Energy Security and Climate Change Program

The United States and its allies need to make an offer to the Global South, creating opportunity and ensuring the world is on track to achieve necessary greenhouse gas emissions reductions to avoid catastrophic climate change.

The United States and allies need to make an offer to the Global South, creating opportunity and ensuring the world is on track toward achieving necessary greenhouse gas emissions reductions to avoid catastrophic climate change.

The oil market has followed a path of consistent but managed globalization for nearly 50 years. The events of 2022 warrant a fundamental rethink of the global oil map, how oil prices are set, and how motives of various stakeholders interact in a fractured market.

The proposed legislation that mandates interregional transmission capacity minimums is an excellent way to create demand for new transmission projects that will increase grid reliability, support new generation resources, and lower costs for end users.

A recent flurry of activity on permitting reform in Washington shows both parties are interested in bipartisan legislation, but a close examination of proposals reveals considerable differences. Compromise is difficult but necessary to move forward.

Upcoming guidance for the 45V hydrogen production tax credit is set to dictate clean hydrogen’s effectiveness as a decarbonization pathway. Which facets of implementation have sparked debate and how can a sensible compromise be forged?

The EPA recently unveiled its long-awaited standards to curb greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants. CSIS experts comment on its resource adequacy concerns, alignment with U.S. climate targets, and legal and environmental implications.