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Why Responsible Mining Is a Human Rights Imperative

The UDHR can, and should, be a guiding force for the mining industry to improve its practices by preventing negative health and environmental consequences, ensuring food security, and protecting cultural heritage and biodiversity.

Commentary by Gracelin Baskaran — November 29, 2023

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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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Ben Cahill

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Neelima Jain

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Energy Market Implications of the Israel-Hamas Conflict

The Hamas attacks on Israel and potentially wider regional conflicts will increase calls for tougher sanctions enforcement on Iranian oil exports. Less certain is whether a sustained oil price increase will alter Saudi Arabia’s plans to unwind its production cuts.

Critical Questions by Ben Cahill — October 11, 2023

U.S. EIA’s International Energy Outlook 2023

The CSIS Energy Security & Climate Change Program hosted Dr. Joseph DeCarolis, Administrator of the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), and Angelina LaRose, Assistant Administrator for Energy Analysis, for a presentation and discussion of the EIA's International Energy Outlook 2023 (IEO2023).

Transcript — October 11, 2023

A Window of Opportunity to Build Critical Mineral Security in Africa

African countries are becoming weary of China’s approach to critical minerals engagement, including resource-backed loans, infrastructure-for-resource swaps, and poor human rights records. This opens an important window of opportunity for the United States.

Commentary by Gracelin Baskaran — October 10, 2023

Energy Perspectives with Eirik Wærness

Please join the CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program on Thursday, October 5th at 3:00pm EDT for a conversation between Eirik Wærness, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of Equinor, and Joseph Majkut, director of the CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program, for a discussion on Equinor’s latest Energy Perspectives Analysis.  

Event — October 5, 2023

Building Transmission: Lessons from Abroad

Please join the CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program for an event on the importance of transmission infrastructure to an effective and resilient energy transition on October 4th, 2023.

Event — October 4, 2023

Transatlantic Collaboration on the Energy Transition

The CSIS Energy Security & Climate Change Program is pleased to host Michel Heijdra, Vice Minister for Climate and Energy at the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy, for a discussion on building transatlantic cooperation to support the energy transition. 

Event — October 3, 2023

The Developments in Climate and Trade Policy

Join CSIS for a livestream event to discuss trade and climate policy developments and the undercurrents of climate and industrial policy that are driving them.  

Event — September 29, 2023

The Waterfall’s Shadow in the Mekong Region

Infrastructure programs like China's Belt and Road Initiative further authoritarian influence in climate and water-stressed regions. The United States needs strategies that simultaneously advance water security and national security to compete with China. 

Brief by Benjamin Jensen Daniel F. Runde and Thomas Bryja — September 29, 2023