Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics
Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics
About the Program

The Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics Program explores how climate change and the responses to it are changing international politics, global governance, and world security. Our work covers topics from the geopolitical implications of decarbonization and environmental breakdown to the challenge of building out clean energy supply chains, alternative protein options, and other challenges of a warming planet.

Projects

The U.S. Foreign Policy for Clean Energy Taskforce

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.

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Program experts

Bentley Allan

Nonresident Scholar, Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics Program

Katie Auth

Nonresident Scholar, Africa Program

Dan Baer

Senior Vice President for Policy Research, Director, Europe Program

Susan Crawford

Susan Crawford

Senior Fellow, Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics Program

Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar

President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Kelly Sims Gallagher

Kelly Sims Gallagher

Nonresident Scholar, Sustainability, Climate and Geopolitics Program

Liliana Gamboa

Nonresident Scholar, Carnegie California; Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics Program

Noah Gordon

Fellow, Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics Program and Fellow, Europe Program

Corey Hinderstein

Vice President for Studies

John Kerry

John Kerry

Nonresident Scholar, Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics Program

Sarah Labowitz

Sarah Labowitz

Nonresident Scholar, Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics Program

Olivia Lazard

Fellow, Carnegie Europe

Leonardo Martinez-Diaz

Senior Fellow and Director, Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics Program

Jessica Tuchman Mathews

Distinguished Fellow

Milo McBride

Fellow, Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics Program

Satyendra Prasad

Nonresident Senior Fellow, South Asia Program, Sustainability, Climate and Geopolitics Program

Brett Rosenberg

Nonresident Scholar, American Statecraft Program

Anirudh Suri

Nonresident Scholar, Technology and Society Program

Katie Tobin

Nonresident Scholar, American Statecraft Program

Zainab Usman

Director, Africa Program

Richard Youngs

Senior Fellow, Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program

What’s New

What’s New

Solar panels in front of a barn with a U.S. flag
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How the U.S. Can Stop Losing the Race for Clean Energy

The United States lags far behind China in the race for clean energy technologies and critical minerals. It needs a robust domestic industrial policy and international partnerships to make up ground.

Vapor rises from a geothermal power station along the coast of the Salton Sea near Calipatria, California, December 15, 2021.
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Geothermal Energy and U.S. Competitive Advantage: Drill, Baby, Drill

Recent advances in geothermal power have made it the technology with superior characteristics for future U.S. energy system development.

Featured Content

Featured Content

In Case You Missed It

In Case You Missed It

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Rocks vs. Chips

How the U.S.-China competition is playing out for high-tech advantage

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Rocks vs. Chips

How the U.S.-China competition is playing out for high-tech advantage

a house sitting on a road
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Get Rid of FEMA? Some States Will Hurt More Than Others.

Data from Carnegie’s Disaster Dollar Database shows that states in the Gulf and mid-Atlantic would be most affected if the federal government steps back from disaster recovery.

a house sitting on a road
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Get Rid of FEMA? Some States Will Hurt More Than Others.

Data from Carnegie’s Disaster Dollar Database shows that states in the Gulf and mid-Atlantic would be most affected if the federal government steps back from disaster recovery.

Heavy rains from hurricane Helene caused record flooding and damage on September 28, 2024 in Asheville, North Carolina.
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Flood Insurance Reform for the U.S. Housing Market

Flood risks affect homeowners’ costs and home values, but the housing finance system may not sufficiently account for these risks.

Heavy rains from hurricane Helene caused record flooding and damage on September 28, 2024 in Asheville, North Carolina.
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Flood Insurance Reform for the U.S. Housing Market

Flood risks affect homeowners’ costs and home values, but the housing finance system may not sufficiently account for these risks.

About Us

Climate Support Staff

About Us

Climate Support Staff

Aislinn Familetti

Program Administrator, South Asia and Sustainability, Climate and Geopolitics Programs

Debbra Goh

James C. Gaither Junior Fellow, Sustainability, Climate and Geopolitics Program

Debbra Goh is a James C. Gaither Junior Fellow in the Sustainability, Climate and Geopolitics Program.

Daniel Helmeci

Research Assistant, Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics Program

Daniel Helmeci is a research assistant in the Carnegie Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics Program.

Daevan Mangalmurti

James C. Gaither Junior Fellow, Sustainability, Climate and Geopolitics Program

Daevan Mangalmurti is a James C. Gaither Junior Fellow in the Sustainability, Climate and Geopolitics Program.

Aislinn Familetti

Program Administrator, South Asia and Sustainability, Climate and Geopolitics Programs

Debbra Goh

James C. Gaither Junior Fellow, Sustainability, Climate and Geopolitics Program

Debbra Goh is a James C. Gaither Junior Fellow in the Sustainability, Climate and Geopolitics Program.

Daniel Helmeci

Research Assistant, Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics Program

Daniel Helmeci is a research assistant in the Carnegie Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics Program.

Daevan Mangalmurti

James C. Gaither Junior Fellow, Sustainability, Climate and Geopolitics Program

Daevan Mangalmurti is a James C. Gaither Junior Fellow in the Sustainability, Climate and Geopolitics Program.