Ten years after the global financial crisis, Joyce Chang (Global Head of Research, JP Morgan Chase) and Sarah Ladislaw (Senior Vice President, CSIS) reflect on the state of the global economy, current risks in emerging markets, and what it all means for energy markets.

Meghan Gordon (Senior Reporter on Oil, S&P Global Platts), Jamie Webster (Senior Director, BCG Center for Energy Impact), and Sarah Ladislaw (Senior Vice President, CSIS) assess the short-term global oil market, including uncertainties for Iranian oil supply with imminent U.S. sanctions, the outlook of global demand, and the potential economic impacts of trade wars.

In this excerpt from The Readout, Sarah Ladislaw (Senior Vice President, CSIS) explains the context and significance of the IPCC's new report urging global action before 2030 to avert climate disaster.

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Kevin Book (ClearView Energy Partners, LLC) and Sarah Ladislaw (CSIS) talk about the upcoming U.S. midterm elections and the role that energy is playing in candidates’ campaign strategies.

David Livingston (Deputy Director, Climate and Advanced Energy, Atlantic Council), Varun Sivaram (Chief Technology Officer, ReNew Power), and Sarah Ladislaw (CSIS) explain the role of blockchain in the energy sector; how it can drive more efficiency in operations, lower transaction costs, and make the electricity system more distributed and democratic. For more, please see Applying Blockchain Technology to Electric Power Systems. This is the second of three discussions in a series on key trends of the Energy Futures Forum 2018.

One billion people, about 13% of the world’s population, live without access to electricity.  Hundreds of millions more live with insufficient or unreliable electricity, according to the World Bank.  Join Riccardo Puliti (World Bank, Senior Director, Energy & Extractives) and Sarah Ladislaw (CSIS) as they discuss how institutions such as the World Bank aim to tackle major global challenges by achieving universal energy access by 2030 as part of the Sustainable Development Goals.

Kevin Book (Clear View Energy Partners and CSIS) and Liam Denning (Bloomberg) join Sarah Ladislaw (CSIS) to discuss where we are on climate change, the positions of various actors, and the next steps toward tackling climate change.

Elizabeth Rosenberg (Senior Fellow and Director of the Energy, Economics, and Security Program, CNAS) and Sarah Ladislaw (CSIS) discuss how sanctions impact the energy sector, the politicization of sanctions development, and how sanctions regimes may look in the future.
 

Denise Brinley, senior energy advisor for the Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development, chats with Sarah Ladislaw on energy’s current role in spurring economic development, redevelopment of former coal-fired power plants, and Pennsylvania’s growth as a natural gas supplier.
 
This episode is part of Energy in America, our project exploring how energy impacts states or regions across the United States.
 
CSIS recently held a workshop with the Smeal College of Business at Penn State to explore how Pennsylvania is preparing for its energy future.  Read the report

Following Iraq’s parliamentary elections in May 2018, Iraqi representatives are struggling to form their new government. Raad Alkadiri, senior director at the BCG Center for Energy Impact and a senior associate with CSIS, sat down with Sarah Ladislaw to discuss key issues on government formation in Iraq, the priorities for the next government, and geopolitical influence from the U.S. and Iraq’s neighbors. Also discussed: prospects for the energy sector and how disputes with the Kurds are affecting oil production.