Energy and Sustainability

The Energy Security and Climate Change Program analyzes the global and domestic energy landscape, with a focus on sustainability, technology, markets, and policy.

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Photo: Chris Rogers/The Image Bank via Getty Images

White House Executive Orders Target Ambitious Nuclear Deployment in the United States and Abroad

The recent suite of nuclear energy White House EOs has amplified U.S. deployment ambitions. The EOs call for NRC reform and leveraging the DOD and DOE to accelerate reactor innovation, licensing, and deployment. Incentive rollbacks and funding cuts threaten to derail these goals. 

Commentary by Jane Nakano and Leslie Abrahams — June 9, 2025

Past Events


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Photo: CSIS

Photo: CSIS

2025 Global Development Forum

April 23, 2025 • 9:00 am – 5:30 pm EDT
Video On Demand
Hosted by Project on Prosperity and Development

Experts


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Joseph Majkut
Director, Energy Security and Climate Change Program
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Leslie Abrahams
Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Energy Security and Climate Change Program
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Clayton Seigle
Senior Fellow and James R. Schlesinger Chair in Energy and Geopolitics, Energy Security and Climate Change Program
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Jane Nakano
Senior Fellow, Energy Security and Climate Change Program
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5Mazzocco
Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics
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Will Todman
Chief of Staff, Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department; and Senior Fellow, Middle East Program
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Yasir Atalan
Data Fellow, Futures Lab, Defense and Security Department