Energy Explained
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Curtailing Fugitive Methane Emissions Amid a Potential US Regulatory Rollback
Fugitive methane emissions from the energy sector have become frontpage news over the last five years. Both the US and EU have developed legislative strategies to combat methane...
Podcasts
Hear in-depth conversations with the world’s top energy and climate leaders from government, business, academia, and civil society.
Climate as a Catalyst for Global Conflicts
Climate change isn't just an environmental threat—it's becoming a catalyst for conflict. Over the past decade, rising temperatures, water shortages, and other environmental disruptions have fueled tensions from...
Events
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January 30, 2025
• 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
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Can AI Help Reduce Emissions of Greenhouse Gases?
Please join the Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP) at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs for a special webinar "Can AI Help Reduce Emissions of...
Webinar
• Zoom Webinar
Initiatives & Programs
Our initiatives and programs are designed to address critical needs in key topical areas around energy.
Women in Energy
Our mission is to elevate women in the energy sector. The initiative offers educational programming and professional development and addresses barriers to entry and success. We work with industry to recruit, retain, and promote women into decision-making roles.
Energy Opportunity Lab
Our Lab works with global communities to improve opportunities for sustainable energy inclusion, innovation, and growth while supporting progress toward the overall goal of a just energy transition to low-carbon energy.
Trade and the Clean Energy Transition
Columbia SIPA’s Center on Global Energy Policy and Institute of Global Politics has launched the Trade and the Clean Energy Transition (TCET) initiative to help decision-makers both within the U.S. and globally navigate the intersection of climate and trade objectives to help accelerate the transition to a net-zero economy.
Critical Materials
Addressing the needs, barriers, and opportunities to scaling up investment in and production of critical minerals and battery supply chains
Carbon Management Research
This initiative strengthens Columbia’s academic leadership in the field of carbon dioxide management.
Nuclear for Climate Impact
Nuclear energy is a dispatchable low-carbon option that can be expanded quickly to accomplish decarbonization. The initiative will focus on five major thrusts to address the challenges facing nuclear energy: Communications and education, NRC regulation, reactors, fuel cycle, and international engagement.
India Program
The India Program supports India’s energy transition through collaborative research within the University, as well as with Indian think tanks and academics working on energy and environment issues.
Book Series
The Center on Global Energy Policy Book Series is dedicated to enriching the quality of energy dialogue.