Katie Auth

Jan 13, 2025 | carnegieendowment.org | Katie Auth

Facing historic drought conditions in August 2024, the Zambian utility announced it would likely need to shut off electricity production at the Kariba South hydropower plant, which normally generates more than half the country’s power. Zambia’s electricity sector has struggled with low water levels for years, imposing rolling blackouts on residential and commercial customers.

Apr 23, 2024 | carnegieendowment.org | Byford Tsang |Katie Auth

Investing in African infrastructure has long been a high-profile objective of U.S. foreign policy—but lofty rhetoric over the course of decades has fed both outsized expectations and deep skepticism. In the face of rising geopolitical tensions with China and Russia, energy security threats, rapidly evolving digital sectors, and climate change, the United States is under increasing pressure to deliver on its big promises.

Nov 29, 2023 | energyforgrowth.org | Andrew Freedman |Katie Auth |Rose Mutiso

Tim McDonnell, Climate & Energy Editor at Semafor, joins Rose and Katie for a conversation about his approach to climate reporting for varied audiences, the role of renewables in Ukraine’s energy security, and how he went from geotagging rattlesnakes to reporting on all things climate and energy. Tim McDonnell is the Climate & Energy Editor at Semafor. Tim has covered the business and science of climate change for more than a decade from front lines of the crisis around the world.