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Experts React: COP29 Highlights, Challenges, and Emerging Trends in Global Climate Policy

COP29 has brought heads of state, climate experts, nongovernmental organizations, and activists to Azerbaijan to assess global climate efforts and discuss opportunities for cooperation. CSIS experts react to some of the conference’s most notable highlights. 

Commentary by Jane Nakano, Noam Unger, Ray Cai, Mathias Zacarias, Wilder Alejandro Sánchez, Quill Robinson, and Zach Slotkin — November 26, 2024

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CSIS Trustee John Hess on the Energy Transition

CSIS Trustee John Hess sat down to discuss obstacles to the energy transition and how policymakers can overcome them.

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Perils of Proceduralism

November 14, 2024 • 9:00 – 9:45 am EST
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Experts React: COP29 Highlights, Challenges, and Emerging Trends in Global Climate Policy

COP29 has brought heads of state, climate experts, nongovernmental organizations, and activists to Azerbaijan to assess global climate efforts and discuss opportunities for cooperation. CSIS experts react to some of the conference’s most notable highlights. 

Commentary by Jane Nakano, Noam Unger, Ray Cai, Mathias Zacarias, Wilder Alejandro Sánchez, Quill Robinson, and Zach Slotkin — November 26, 2024

Grand Strategy in the Next Administration Starts with Connecting Markets

This commentary outlines how the next administration can leverage existing frameworks to secure U.S. economic growth by advancing energy infrastructure, digitizing trade systems for transparency, and fostering public-private partnerships to counter authoritarian influences globally.

Commentary by Benjamin Jensen and Jacob Clayton — November 21, 2024

Perils of Proceduralism

The CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program leads a discussion of the economic and geopolitical implications of permitting challenges facing energy infrastructure in the United States.

Transcript — November 14, 2024

Power and Planet: Lessons from a Climate and Trade Tabletop Exercise

In July 2024, CSIS hosted a one-day trade and climate simulation game that focused on how players representing key nations make decisions at the intersection of climate and trade policy to reduce emissions, boost economic opportunity, and ensure security. 

Report by Joseph Majkut, Guillaume Ferlet, and William Alan Reinsch — November 13, 2024

Latin America: The World's Copper Stronghold

Copper is essential for meeting not only clean energy needs, but also the electronics, infrastructure, and technologies that power the modern economy. US-Latin America cooperation is vital given it’s home to the world’s largest copper reserves.

Digital Report by Gracelin Baskaran, Christopher Hernandez-Roy, Henry Ziemer, and Fabio Murgia — November 13, 2024

Mobilizing for Sustainability

Environmental and climate crises are destabilizing the Middle East and North Africa and destroying communities. Will Todman argues that international actors should see environmental civil society as a strategic partner in their efforts to stabilize the region. 

Report by Will Todman and Martin Pimentel — November 12, 2024

What Causes Water Conflict?

Growing water demands, mounting environmental stresses, and poor management practices increasingly strain global water supplies. Violent conflicts over access to and control of water systems are rapidly rising as competing users assert their claims to vital resources.

Commentary by David Michel — November 8, 2024