Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
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.
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.
The connection between construction projects, disregarded environmental regulations, and corruption remains crucial for understanding Ankara’s descent into authoritarianism.
Russia is now in a far worse negotiating position than in 2014. Finding itself at the mercy of a monopsonist buyer, there is very little it can actually do.
Democracy is touted everywhere as a set of values and rights to uphold against foreign foes. It would strengthen the case if Europe more consistently embraced democratic politics, debate and negotiation as a way of actually getting things done.
Join the Carnegie Endowment online for a conversation between Jake Bittle, a staff writer at Grist and the author of The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration.
The United States must not only match the effort of other countries but surpass it, if it wants to be competitive in the clean energy race for the future.
The massive drilling operation says less about U.S. climate policy and more about the struggle to transition away from fossil fuels.
Some speculate that by drawing its southern neighbors into closer cooperation on gas, Russia wants to gain control over Central Asian exports to China. That won’t be easy.
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.