Program
Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics
Climate, Geopolitics, and Security

Climate change, and the responses to it, will reshape geopolitics and the global security landscape. With this project, Carnegie intends to contribute to the growing body of research on climate geopolitics and engage with policymakers to ensure that the latest, best knowledge is reflected in governmental strategies and security budgets. The project will generate an edited volume and a series of private workshops and public events.  

This project is led by Dan Baer and Noah Gordon and is supported by the Open Society Foundations. 

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Carnegie Connects: Is It Too Late To Save the Planet?
May 10, 2023

Join Aaron David Miller as he sits down with Sue Biniaz, the U.S. Deputy Special Envoy for Climate Change, to discuss what the United States and others in the international community do to deal with the global climate crisis.

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California Burning: Climate Change and America’s Power Grid
February 23, 2023

Join us online for a conversation between Katherine Blunt, author of California Burning: The Fall of Pacific Gas and Electric and What it Means for America’s Power Grid, and Noah J. Gordon, acting co-director of Carnegie's Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics Program.

commentary
As Financial Pledges Trickle In, Did COP27 Meet Its Goal of Implementation?

The agreement on a new loss and damage fund is one of the summit’s bright spots, but more needs to be done to deliver the trillions of dollars needed to finance the low-carbon transition.

· November 21, 2022
REQUIRED IMAGE
research
Europe Must Accelerate Its Climate Adaptation

It’s easy to get caught up on how climate change affects everything from Germany-Italy bond spreads to efforts to reach NATO’s defense spending targets.

· November 17, 2022
Foreign Policy
In The Media
in the media
How the IMF Could Help the Global South Fight the Climate Crisis

Billions were allocated to help countries fight Covid – the same must be done for climate action.

· November 9, 2022
Q&A
What to Expect at COP27

“We have to be very clear-eyed about what is feasible, politically and socially.”

· November 4, 2022
In The Media
in the media
Climate Reparations Really Aren’t That Radical—or Hard

As the many instances of reparations throughout history show, paying reparations always sounds unrealistic until it isn’t. And there is more to reparations than handing over money and considering the matter settled.

· October 26, 2022
In The Media
in the media
Better Climate Models Would Build In Political and Personal Decisions

The scientists behind the social-climate model have begun to do their part to consider how sociopolitical phenomena manifest as dependent variables.

· August 25, 2022
In The Media
in the media
Carbon Pricing Isn’t Enough to Mitigate Climate Change

This summer’s deadly heat wave could be the third major impetus in just two years for countries to acknowledge that tilting European markets through carbon pricing isn’t enough to address the climate crisis. To meet the existential challenge, states must intervene aggressively in markets, starting with energy regulations and industrial policies.

· August 1, 2022
commentary
Germany’s Energy Crisis Is Bigger Than Gazprom

Berlin’s seemingly technical energy debate is actually social and political.

· July 28, 2022
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Let’s Place Sustainability and Climate Change at the Heart of International Policy

By addressing the questions raised by climate change, think tanks, including Carnegie, will be better able to help countries and policymakers through an enormously fraught, consequential, and complicated period of human history.

In The Media
in the media
Russian Energy Out, African Energy In?

In its attempt to drastically reduce its dependency on Russian oil and gas, Europe is turning to Africa. But the move is problematic, as producing fossil fuels on the continent presents its own challenges.

· June 30, 2022