Energy and Sustainability

The CSIS Americas Program evaluates the mining landscape in Latin America and the critical role this sector will play in meeting growing demand for minerals in energy transformations.

The European Union’s new carbon border adjustment mechanism will introduce new trade tensions, even with the United States. But the United States should look past temporary inconvenience and enable the long-term success of carbon-adjusted trade.

The Biden administration seeks to use the Defense Production Act (DPA) to mobilize the nation’s industrial base to meet national needs along clean energy technology supply chains. The DPA has its limitations, however, and its success will depend on how it is used.

The EU embargo on seaborne Russian crude and the EU-G7 price cap are institutionalizing the discounts for Russian crude and forcing Russia to ship oil over longer distances to a dwindling number of buyers.

Rebuilding Ukraine’s energy system provides an opportunity to modernize the sector and bolster energy security. Developing renewable energy will support these goals. Expanding renewables depends on attracting investment and clarifying domestic policies that impact the sector.

CSIS Project on Prosperity and Development senior fellow Conor M. Savoy examines the gap in global funding for smallholder farmers and outlines policy recommendations for development finance institutions to strengthen small-scale agriculture in a time of global disruption.

Drone defense technology use is emerging across African battlefields, with few policy safeguards, codes of conduct, and security frameworks to protect vulnerable populations.