This week, Kevin Book (ClearView Energy Partners and CSIS) joins Joseph Majkut (CSIS) to discuss how energy issues are at play in the upcoming U.S. midterm elections and what it may mean for the future of the U.S. energy and climate agenda.

In this special episode, Joseph Majkut (CSIS) talks with Kyle Danish (Van Ness Feldman) and John Larsen (Rhodium Group) about the future of U.S. climate policy following the news that Senator Joe Manchin rejected the proposed energy and climate investments that were part of the budget reconciliation package and the recent Supreme Court decision limiting the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate carbon emissions at existing power plants.

Further Reading

The Climate Change Agenda can Survive the Supreme Court’s EPA ruling

U.S. Supreme Court Constrains EPA’s Climate Authorities

Taking Stock 2022: US Greenhouse Gas Emissions Outlook in an Uncertain World

This week, Raad Alkadiri, Managing Director for Energy, Climate & Resources at the Eurasia Group and an CSIS affiliate and Ben Cahill, CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program talk about President’s upcoming trip to the Middle East. Ben and Raad talk about why the President is going now and expectations for the trip’s success. They look at the energy issues likely to be addressed, especially as global oil prices are easing off their recent highs, and the role that Saudi Arabia and OPEC+ play in managing the oil markets.

Further Reading

CSIS Press Briefing: Previewing President Biden’s Trip to the Middle East, July 6, 2022

To Boost Energy Security, Keep It Simple: Add Supply, Cut Demand by Ben Cahill, July 7, 2022

Don't Expect Saudi Arabia to Save the Day by Ben Cahill, July 13, 2022

This week, Laszlo Varro, Vice President for Global Business Environment at Shell, joins Joseph Majkut (CSIS) to discuss the Shell Scenarios, and how these different scenarios can help us navigate the energy security, geopolitical, and climate concerns of our present-day energy landscape.

For more, check out the Shell Scenarios.

This week Kay Harrison, New Zealand’s Climate Ambassador joins Joseph Majkut (CSIS) to discuss how New Zealand is advancing its national and regional climate actions. Kay was appointed to her position in 2019 and participated in COP26 where New Zealand updated its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) and announced increased climate finance, signalling further commitment to its climate change action.

They talk about New Zealand’s national net zero commitment and how it is being integrated across the country. Lastly, Kay and Joseph look back to if there has been progress on the COP26 commitments look at ahead to COP27 in Egypt and what needs to happen there to keep up the momentum on global climate action.

This bonus episode is from the recent event with U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm and Canadian Minister of Natural Resources Jonathan Wilkinson. They joined Joseph Majkut, director of the CSIS Energy Security & Climate Change Program, for a conversation on areas of U.S.-Canada energy cooperation, including efforts to decarbonize, actions to address the current global energy crisis, and joint efforts to enhance North American energy security.

This week on Energy 360, Peter Irvine (University College London) and Jesse Reynolds (Paris Peace Forum) talk with Joseph Makjut (CSIS) about the future of combatting climate change and how human interventions, including the potential of technologies like solar geoengineering, could play a role.

Guests:

Dr. Peter Irvine, Lecturer in Climate Change & Solar Geoengineering, University College London (UCL) Earth Sciences.

Dr. Jesse Reynolds, Senior Policy Officer, the Global Commission on Governing Risks from Climate Overshoot, Paris Peace Forum

For more, check out their podcast, Challenging Climate

On May 11th, the U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will hold its first offshore wind energy lease sale of the Carolinas. Ahead of this sale, Morgan Higman (CSIS) talks with officials from North Carolina, Massachusetts, and New York, about how their states are working to secure economic benefits for their states from the development of the offshore wind sector.

Guests:

Jennifer R.F. Mundt, Assistant Secretary of Clean Energy Economic Development, North Carolina Department of Commerce, where she leads the state’s efforts to secure economic development and workforce opportunities in the clean energy sector.

Bruce Carlisle, Managing Director, Offshore Wind, Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, where he leads efforts to advance the successful and responsible development of the offshore wind sector in Massachusetts.

Georges Sassine, Vice President, Large Scale Renewables, New York State Energy Research & Development Authority (NYSERDA), where he works to advance land-based renewable energy and offshore wind resources in New York.

Further Reading from the CSIS Clean Resilient States Initiative: State Strategies for Expanding Economic Opportunity in Clean Energy

This week Dr. Martin Skiba, chairman of the World Forum Offshore Wind and a board member of the Offshore Wind Power Foundation, spoke with Joseph Majkut, director of the CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program about offshore wind developments. Dr. Skiba walks us through how Germany was able to grow its domestic offshore wind industry and how the industry is moving into global markets.

This week Ed Crooks (WoodMac) joins Joseph Majkut (CSIS) to focus on energy security in light of the ongoing Russian invasion in Ukraine.

Ed and Joseph discuss the sanctions on Russia, how the U.S. and Europe are rethinking energy security, and what policy options are available to alleviate the short term supply side challenges without upsetting long term climate goals.