Energy Security and Climate Change Program
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Our team provides the analysis leaders need to build energy security, address global climate change, and alleviate energy injustice.
We provide innovative, strategic insights and policy solutions by examining energy issues at the intersection of geopolitics, policy, markets, and development. Collaborating with leaders in government, industry, academia, and civil society, our team develops projects to help decisionmakers design smart energy policies that balance economic, environmental, and security priorities.
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- Lisa Hyland
- Associate Director for Energy Education and Public Programming, Energy Security and Climate Change Program
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- Chief Communications Officer
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Financing U.S. Decarbonization: A Conversation with Jigar Shah
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A New Age Dawns for Oil Markets
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.
Commentary by Karim Fawaz — May 30, 2023

Anything but Money: How the United States Can Promote Global Decarbonization and Development
Commentary by Max Gruenig — May 30, 2023

Challenges to Scaling U.S. Low-Carbon Technology
Commentary by Nat Bullard — May 30, 2023

The Power System Benefits of Interregional Transmission
Commentary by Joseph Majkut and Cy McGeady — May 25, 2023

The State of Play in Permitting Reform
Critical Questions by Cy McGeady — May 24, 2023
In the Media
China Is Crushing US in Battle Over Electric Car Battery Technology
Jane Nakano in Business Insider — May 16, 2023
The COVID pandemic was not an oil inflection point
Ben Cahill in Axios — May 9, 2023
Oil and gas critics escalate their gripes against Biden
Joseph Majkut in Politico — April 29, 2023
OPEC’s Production Cut Will Test Russian Oil Price Caps
Ben Cahill in Barron's — April 12, 2023
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U.S. Push to Secure EV Battery Supply Chains and the Role of China
Commentary by Jane Nakano and Chen Huang — February 6, 2023
Energy and Climate in the 118th Congress with Sen. Kevin Cramer
Podcast Episode by Lisa Hyland and Joseph Majkut — February 6, 2023

Global Update on Energy and Climate
Transcript — February 2, 2023
Global Update on Energy and Climate
Event by David Turk , Fatih Birol , and Joseph Majkut — January 31, 2023
Tailwinds and Headwinds: The U.S. Offshore Wind Market
Commentary by Allegra Dawes and Joseph Majkut — January 31, 2023
U.S. LNG: Remapping Energy Security
Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz , Joseph Majkut , and Leslie Palti-Guzman — January 26, 2023

Update on the Russian Oil Sector
Podcast Episode by Lisa Hyland and Ben Cahill — January 23, 2023

Sanctions and the Russian Economy
Event by Max Bergmann , Maria Snegovaya , Ben Cahill , and Sergey Aleksashenko — January 19, 2023
The United States Should Learn to Live with EU CBAM
Commentary by Joseph Majkut — January 17, 2023
U.S. LNG: Remapping Energy Security
Digital Report by Leslie Palti-Guzman , Joseph Majkut , and Ian Barlow — January 17, 2023