This week, Dr. Seong-ik Oh, Director General of the Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport, joins Jane Nakano, senior fellow with the CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program, to look at the differences between South Korea and Japan's energy policies and the factors that developed these different strategies. Dr. Oh also discusses how the dual challenge of energy security and climate change is advancing how Korea and Japan diversifying their energy production, including...

In the weeks following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, there was a flurry of articles, commentaries and videos predicting that the event signaled the end of globalization. Part of this prediction was based on policymakers and business leaders seeing the risks of global supply chains in countries with dissimilar political, economic and human rights alignments. What does the push to onshore and friend shore clean energy supply chains mean for global trade? How can trade be used as a tool to...

In this episode, we look at two different sectors – the solar industry and the offshore wind industry. Both technologies are set to play important roles in decarbonizing the US’ and the world’s power supply. Allegra Dawes hosts this episode with MJ Shiao, the Vice President of Supply chain and Manufacturing for the American Clean Power Association; Scott Moskowitz, the Director of Strategy and Market Intelligence at QCells; Atin Jain, Senior Associate, BloombergNEF; and Varun Sivaram, the...

Batteries are critical for the energy transition. Can the US build a domestic industry for batteries from mining for minerals to producing batteries at scale? Allegra Dawes hosts this episode with Jay Turner, a professor of environmental studies at Wellesley College; Jasper Jung, the Executive Director of Global strategic initiatives and public policy with General Motors; Steve LeVine the editor of the online publication, the Electric; and Jon Evans, the CEO and President of Lithium Americas. 

Green industrial policy is the new tool to address climate change, stimulate domestic manufacturing, and counter China. Where did this new policy experiment come from and what is at stake? Allegra Dawes hosts this episode with Jane Flegal, the former Senior Director for Industrial Emissions at the White House; David Victor, a professor of innovation and public policy at UC San Diego; and Joanna Lewis, an associate Professor of Energy and Environment at Georgetown University.  

It’s been a little over a year since the passage of the IRA. How has the bill impacted the US’ energy transition strategy? Joseph Majkut and Deputy Secretary Dave Turk of the Department of Energy discuss how investment in clean energy has developed in the wake of the IRA.  

The CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change team is launching a new podcast miniseries, New Shores, that will dive into the world of clean energy supply chains in the wake of the Inflation Reduction Act. Join us to learn about onshoring and friendshoring the energy transition.

This week Christyan Malek, Managing Director and Global Head of Energy Strategy for JP Morgan and Head of EMEA Oil & Gas Equity Research, joins Joseph Majkut, director of the CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program to discuss energy market conditions, energy security, barriers to investment and what’s next for the energy transition.   Christyan Malek, a Managing Director and Global Head of Energy Strategy for JP Morgan and Head of EMEA Oil & Gas Equity Research. Christyan and...

This week, CSIS experts Joseph Majkut, Ben Cahill, and Gracelin Baskaran cover recent developments in global oil markets, BRICS expansion, critical minerals, and the geopolitics of energy.    Further Reading from the CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program Oil Market Tightens but China Looms Large  Six New BRICS: Implications for Energy Trade  Prospects for U.S. Minerals Engagement with Africa   

This week, Adi Imsirovic (Surrey Clean Energy) joins Ben Cahill (CSIS) to discuss developments in global oil markets, demand and supply outlooks for the rest of 2023, and the OPEC+ - Russia relationship.  Adi is the Director at Surrey Clean Energy and former Global Head of Oil Trading at Gazprom Marketing and Trading, and was a Senior Research Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. He is also the author of: ‘Trading and Price Discovery for Crude Oil’ and editor of ‘Brent Crude...

This week, Simone Tagliapietra, a Senior Fellow with Bruegel, joins CSIS program director Joseph Majkut to discuss how Europe is managing the ongoing energy crisis and moving away from Russian energy supplies while advancing decarbonization efforts, also look at the future of energy security in Europe, and the state of U.S.-EU energy policy cooperation. Further Reading After the great energy crisis: Europe’s new landscape, Testimony before the U.S. Senate Climate Change Task Force Rebooting...

In this week’s episode, Steven Burns, Chief Director of Energy and Infrastructure for Europe and Eurasia, USAID, joins Ben Cahill with the CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program, for an update on Ukraine’s energy sector. Steve describes the current state of Ukraine’s energy sector and the extensive damage done by Russian attacks this past winter, especially to the electricity sector. Steve outlines the role that USAID is playing in the reconstruction, with the help of its partners...

This week, David Fishman, a Senior Manager at The Lantau Group, joins Cy McGeady to look at the Chinese electric power sector. China is leading in renewable energy deployment but at the same time is building and using coal-fired power plants. David and Cy look at the Chinese sector to understand how both these things can be true and what it means for China’s energy future.  

This week, Rick Rossow, Chair in U.S.-India Policy Studies here at CSIS, joins Joseph Majkut to discuss India’s ambitious renewable energy targets, where it is exceeding or failing to meet those targets, subnational collaboration with counterparts in U.S. states, and India’s position on the world stage over the next decade. Further Reading: Accelerate: 175: A Plan for Targeted Renewable Energy Cooperation with Key Indian States

This week, Laszlo Varro (Shell) joins Joseph Majkut (CSIS) to discuss the latest Shell Scenarios, called Sky and Archipelago, and how they relate to the world’s present geopolitical, energy, and climate developments. Laszlo Varro is Vice-President, Global Business Environment at Shell, where he leads their analyses of energy scenarios, macroeconomics, climate policy, and geopolitics. Varro joined Shell in 2021, after ten years at the International Energy Agency. For more, check out the Shell...

This week, Tatsuya Terazawa, Chairman and CEO of The Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ), joins Jane Nakano (CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program) to look at key energy and climate issues on the G7 agenda. In April, Japan hosted the G7 Ministers Meeting on Climate, Energy, and Environment, in advance of the upcoming G7 Summit on May 19-21. They discuss highlights from the G7’s Communique, including energy security, decarbonization efforts, and renewable energy development...

This week, Noah Kaufman (Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University) joins Joseph Majkut (Energy Security and Climate Change Program at CSIS) to discuss the recent Executive Order on modernizing the regulatory review process, and its implications and benefits for the U.S. climate regulations.    Executive Order on Modernizing Regulatory Review Preamble: Proposed OMB Circular No. A-4, “Regulatory Analysis”

This week, Allison Good with S&P Global Market intelligence talks with Cy McGeady with the CSIS Energy Program about how changing conditions in the capital markets may affect the U.S. energy transition. They discuss three recent shifts in the economic landscape and the role these play in shaping the renewable energy sector: the collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank, implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act, and the elevated cost of capital.

This week Ben Cahill talks with Joseph Majkut about his recent work on efforts to reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas industry. The EPA is developing new U.S. methane regulations, due out later this year, and the EU is advancing methane legislation, though progress slowed over the last year. Ben also looks head for next steps for both countries, especially in the months leading up to COP28. Further Reading: What’s Next for Oil and Gas Methane Regulations: Emerging Rules in the...

This week, Jamie Webster with the Center for Energy Impact at BCG joins Ben Cahill (CSIS) to discuss energy transitions, what peak demand really means, and the resulting shifts in the global energy system. 

This week, Steve LeVine joins Jane Nakano (CSIS) to discuss recent developments in the U.S. electric vehicle market and battery supply chain. Steve is editor of the Electric, a new publication looking at batteries, electric vehicles, and their impact on society, cities, and geopolitics. Further reading: U.S. Push to Secure EV Battery Supply Chains and the Role of China The Electric by Steve LeVine

This week, Hal Harvey (CEO of Energy Innovation and co-author of The Big Fix) joins Joseph Majkut (CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program) to talk about the progress he is seeing on clean energy goals and climate solutions, especially in the United States in light of the Inflation Reduction Act. Further Reading:  The Big Fix Seven Practical Steps to Save Our Planet Top State Policies To Cut Carbon Emissions

This week, Senator Kevin Cramer of North Dakota joins Joseph Majkut (CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program) to discuss energy and climate issues in the 118th Congress, the potential for bipartisan policymaking, the role of the United States as an energy exporter and the opportunity for U.S leadership in global energy security.

This week, Dr. Tatiana Mitrova (Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University) and Ben Cahill (Energy Security and Climate Change Program at CSIS) provide an outlook for the Russian oil sector, including the EU and G7 price cap on Russian oil and its impacts on the Russian economy. Further Reading: Can Russia’s War Chest Withstand the New Oil Cap? Progress Report on EU Embargo and Russian Oil Price Cap

EIA Administrator Dr. Joe DeCarolis joined CSIS Senior Fellow Ben Cahill for a discussion on priorities for EIA, outlining the role of EIA, how its data can be most useful to policymakers, and his plans for changes and improvements in the coming year.  Dr. Joseph DeCarolis was confirmed Administrator of the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) on March 31, 2022. Before his appointment, Dr. DeCarolis served as a professor in the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental...