Program
Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics
HomeClimate and SecurityClimate MobilityClean Energy TransitionClimate Adaptation
Foreign Policy for Clean Energy

Clean energy and associated products are increasingly essential for the security and prosperity of the United States. But if the United States is to decarbonize its own economy and do its part to cut global emissions to net zero, it will have to effect change beyond its borders.

Coffee beans fall off a man's hand and into a big bag of beans
commentary
Emissary
What the Cobalt Industry Can Learn From Coffee Producers

Policymakers and industry leaders should look to the grocery store for inspiration in regulating the critical mineral industry.

  • Stephen Lezak
· October 8, 2024
In The Media
in the media
How America Can Win the Coming Battery War

Bipartisan Consensus Is Key—but Depends on U.S. Control of Supply Chains.

· June 7, 2024
Foreign Affairs
paper
Building a Net-Zero World: How U.S. Finance Can Strengthen Clean Energy Manufacturing Abroad

With strategic use of its development finance tools, the United States can promote clean energy manufacturing outside of China and help partner countries in the Global South become more than sources of raw materials.

· September 5, 2023
article
Friendshoring Critical Minerals: What Could the U.S. and Its Partners Produce?

Given existing reserves, it is possible for the United States and its key democratic partners to significantly friendshore the production of critical minerals. However, it would require an unprecedented buildout of the mining industry to achieve clean energy targets for 2030.

· May 3, 2023