The world of oils is becoming increasingly complex. Compared to a decade ago when there were very few types of oils, new technologies such as fracking have allowed around 300 new oils to come on-stream. Figuring out which oils are the most carbon intensive—depending also on how they are refined and used—has become very complex but also very important for investors and regulatory agencies. The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, in conjunction with Stanford University and the University of Calgary, has developed a first-of-its-kind Oil-Climate Index (OCI) to compare these resources. Tom Carver sat down with Deborah Gordon, the head of Carnegie’s Energy and Climate program, to discuss the ways the OCI describes the new world of unconventional oils.
Sophia Besch sits down with Michael Pettis to talk about the failures of our modern global trading system and how to fix them.
Sophia Besch sits down with Darshana Baruah to discuss maritime security and great power competition in the Indian Ocean.
Sophia Besch sits down with Chris Chivvis and Stephen Wertheim to discuss why meaningful change in U.S. foreign policy is so difficult to achieve—and what it would take for the next American president to make such a change happen.
Sarah Yerkes, a senior fellow in Carnegie's Middle East Program, joins Sophia to discuss the recent re-election of President Kais Saied and what it means for Tunisia's democracy.
Sophia sits down with Cynthia Scharf, a senior fellow at the International Center for Future Generations, to discuss the geopolitics of solar geoengineering.