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May 23, 2024 | 
finance.yahoo.com | Chris Bataille |Noah Kaufman |Gautam Jain |Sagatom Saha
Beware of oversimplified narratives about the Biden administration’s recent plans to raise the tariff from 25% to 100% on Chinese electric vehicles (EVs), doubling their base cost. For example, President Joe Biden accused Beijing of “cheating” as he announced the measures, but China’s subsidies for its domestic EV industry are arguably just a different approach to an industrial policy strategy that the United States is pursuing as well.
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Feb 2, 2024 | 
energypost.eu | Gautam Jain |Noah Kaufman |Chris Bataille |Sagatom Saha
Uncertainty over the results of this year’s elections in the U.S. and the EU have effectively postponed trade deals between the two blocks. That means when talks restart in 2025 there will be even less time to find the best compromises. As Gautam Jain, Noah Kaufman, Chris Bataille and Sagatom Saha at the Center on Global Energy Policy explain, it’s why this time should be taken to better understand the differences and lay out the possible solutions.
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Jan 23, 2024 | 
nationalinterest.org | Sagatom Saha |Gautam Jain
Last month, the world descended on Dubai for COP28, the latest annual UN climate conference. The summit featured the first-ever trade day in hopes that trade measures could contribute positively to climate progress, but they portended more strife than consensus when they arose.
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Jan 17, 2024 | 
energypolicy.columbia.edu | Gautam Jain |Noah Kaufman |Chris Bataille |Sagatom Saha
Insights from the Center on Global Energy Policy Climate Change Blog by Gautam Jain, Noah Kaufman, Chris Bataille + 1 more • January 17, 2024 2024 is the “ultimate election year,” with more voters than ever heading to the polls in a record 64 countries representing half of the global population.[1] This includes elections in the United States and the European Union, which will influence the trajectory of transatlantic cooperation on climate and trade policies, most imminently regarding...
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Dec 5, 2023 | 
energypost.eu | Matt Bowen |Sagatom Saha
Poland sees nuclear as ideal for replacing its coal, explain Matt Bowen and Sagatom Saha at the Center on Global Energy Policy. Though Poland’s renewables like wind and solar have grown rapidly in the last few years, reactors can provide dispatchable heat and power in the way that coal currently does. Poland is extremely reliant on coal, generating over 70% of its electricity and giving it the second-largest coal fleet in the EU.
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Nov 28, 2023 | 
energypolicy.columbia.edu | David Sandalow |Sagatom Saha |Bill Loveless
This week, climate leaders, scholars, and activists from around the world will travel to the United Arab Emirates for the annual United Nations conference on climate change known as COP. Many highly debated topics will take center stage at this year’s COP28, including the role of fossil fuels in meeting future global energy demands, the follow through on loss and damage commitments from last year’s meeting, and rising international trade tensions over clean energy economics.
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Nov 15, 2023 | 
energypolicy.columbia.edu | Sagatom Saha |Daniel Propp
November 15, 2023 • 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm est Student Roundtable and Lunch with Dr. Destenie Nock REGISTER This roundtable is open only to currently-enrolled Columbia University students. Please join the Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP) at Columbia University’s School of International Public Affairs... Event • Center on Global Energy PolicyLarge Conference Room1255 Amsterdam AvenueNew York, NY 10027
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Oct 31, 2023 | 
energypolicy.columbia.edu | Matt Bowen |Sagatom Saha
Poland’s nascent nuclear energy program is advancing: in late September, Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe (PEJ), the utility tasked with constructing the country’s first nuclear plant by the Polish Ministry of Climate and Environment, signed an engineering services contract with Westinghouse and Bechtel to design the reactor.[1] This would be a welcome development for the Biden administration, which is keenly interested in reviving the United States’ lost competitiveness in the global civil...
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Oct 2, 2023 | 
foreignpolicy.com | Sagatom Saha |Shayak Sengupta
Little time remains before countries gather in early December in Dubai for COP28, the world’s largest climate conference. The negotiations frequently feature rifts between rich and poor countries, but this time it could be worse, because Washington’s biggest domestic action on climate may compound the world’s existing climate woes, from a lack of finance to bureaucratic battles over a promised loss and damage fund.
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Sep 8, 2023 | 
energypolicy.columbia.edu | Noah Kaufman |Chris Bataille |Gautam Jain |Sagatom Saha
Get the latest as our experts share their insights on global energy policy. Featured Mainstreaming the Energy Transition in India’s Policy Framework As the world’s most populous country, fifth-largest economy, and third-largest emitter of CO2, India has taken several policy measures to address its energy trilemma of ensuring energy security, energy affordability, and environmental sustainability.
