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Modeling Climate Change’s Physical Impacts May 06, 2019

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Trevor Houser (Partner, Rhodium Group) talks with Sarah Ladislaw (CSIS) about modeling the physical risks and impacts of climate change at the Climate Impact Lab. The Climate Impact Lab’s models are providing companies with better tools to see these potential impacts and risks in their portfolios, allowing them to begin taking precautionary steps to increase resilience.

Delivering Prosperity in the Indo-Pacific Apr 18, 2019

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Please join us on April 18 for a lively discussion of U.S.-Australia economic partnership. Participants will receive the CSIS Simon Chair in Political Economy’s latest brief, “Delivering Prosperity in the Indo-Pacific,” a wide-ranging look at opportunities for U.S.-Australia coordination in the Indo-Pacific across five sectors (infrastructure, investment facilitation, energy, digital economy, and financial systems).
PANELISTS:

Bill Costello
Minister-Counsellor of Development, Embassy of Australia

Mark Sobel
U.S. Chairman, OMFIF; Former Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of the Treasury

Nikos Tsafos
Senior Fellow, Energy and National Security Program, CSIS

Matthew P. Goodman
Senior Vice President and Simon Chair, CSIS

MODERATED BY

Amy Searight
Senior Adviser and Director, Southeast Asia Program, CSIS

This event is made possible through general support to CSIS.

Algeria: Energy & Geopolitics Apr 15, 2019

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Frank Verrastro (CSIS Energy Program) and Haim Malka (Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, CSIS Middle East Program) discuss the current political developments in Algeria. Their discussion includes the challenges of creating a legitimate transitionary process, ongoing protests, and uncertainty for energy production and oil markets.

Concessional Finance in the Clean Energy Transition Apr 08, 2019

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Luiza Demôro, associate and project lead author with BloombergNEF, and Chris Head, private sector specialist with Climate Investment Funds, join Nikos Tsafos, senior fellow with the CSIS Energy and National Security Program, to discuss the potential for concessional financing to accelerate the clean energy transition in emerging markets.

For more, read: The Clean Technology Fund and Concessional Finance

Managing Methane Leakage in the Oil and Gas Sector Mar 25, 2019

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Isabel Mogstad (Manager, EDF+Business Energy at Environmental Defense Fund), Geoff Walker (Co-founder and Managing Director at Water Street Partners), and Nikos Tsafos (Senior Fellow with the CSIS Energy & National Security Program) discuss how oil and gas companies are moving to reduce methane emissions from their operations worldwide. Listen in as Isabel, Geoff, and Nikos converse about the unique challenges faced by companies in this partner-intensive industry, where decision making is spread across multiple actors and addressing methane leakage will require a high level of cooperation. Isabel and Geoff also highlight the key factors necessary for addressing this issue within the next three to five years.
For more, see EDF’s recent report: The Next Frontier: Managing Methane Risk from Non-Operated Assets

China’s Emerging New-Energy Vehicle Industry: A Conversation with Scott Kennedy Mar 15, 2019

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By: Bonnie S. Glaser

This episode explores China’s new-energy vehicle (NEV) market and draws from the November 2018 CSIS report entitled China’s Risky Drive into New-Energy Vehicles. We are joined by the author of the report, Dr. Scott Kennedy, who examines the strategic and economic motivations behind Beijing’s prioritization of NEVs. Dr. Kennedy discusses the positive results of China becoming the world’s largest NEV market, as well as issues the industry faces in China, such as overcapacity, environmental ramifications, and the challenges posed by international competitors. He also offers his assessment of how the industry will evolve and China’s role moving forward.

Dr. Scott Kennedy is a senior adviser of the Freeman Chair in China Studies and director of Project on Chinese Business and Political Economy at CSIS. Prior to joining CSIS, he was a professor at Indiana University (IU) for over 14 years. His work focuses on China’s economic policy and its global economic relations, including industrial policy, technology innovation, and US-China commercial relations.

Globalization and Energy: Perspectives from the 2019 BP Energy Outlook Mar 11, 2019

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This week, Spencer Dale (Group Chief Economist, BP) and Sarah Ladislaw (SVP and Director, Energy and National Security Program, CSIS) discuss BP’s 2019 Energy Outlook, specifically diving into one of the Outlook scenarios which focused on less globalization and its potential implications for energy systems out to 2040.

Prospects for Global Energy Markets, including the Role of the United States: Perspectives from the World Energy Outlook 2018 Mar 01, 2019

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The CSIS Energy & National Security Program is pleased to host Dr. Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), present highlights of the IEA's World Energy Outlook 2018. The WEO is the IEA's annual report on the state of the energy sector from a global perspective, providing comprehensive analysis of the interplay between energy policy, markets, and technology development.

Dr. Birol's presentation will be followed by a panel discussion with Frank Fannon (U.S. Department of State), John Hess (CSIS; Hess Corporation), and Katherine Hamilton (38 North Solutions), moderated by Sarah Ladislaw.

This event is made possible by general funding to CSIS and the CSIS Energy & National Security Program.

2019 BP Energy Outlook Feb 27, 2019

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CSIS is pleased to host a presentation of the 2019 BP Energy Outlook with Spencer Dale, group chief economist of BP.

The global energy system faces a challenge to provide significantly more energy while simultaneously reducing emissions. What forces are shaping the energy transition through 2040? The Outlook explores the forces shaping this transition through various scenarios, focusing on different sectors, regions, and fuels.

Mr. Dale will present the scenarios of the Outlook, followed by a moderated conversation with Sarah Ladislaw, senior vice president and director of the CSIS Energy & National Security Program.

This event is made possible by general funding to CSIS and the CSIS Energy & National Security Program.

The Role of Center-State Relations in Achieving India’s Renewable Energy Target Feb 25, 2019

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In 2015, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi announced that India will generate 175 gigawatts of renewable energy by 2022. India's ability to achieve this ambitious goal, however, will depend on the progress of India's states in meeting specific renewable energy capacity targets. The Wadhwani Chair in U.S.-India Studies and the Energy and National Security Program at CSIS are pleased to host Anand Kumar, Secretary at the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy to unpack the role of center-state relations in achieving the target of 175 GW of renewable energy by 2022. He will also highlight opportunities for how U.S. stakeholders can engage India and its states to help them meet their targets.
Introductory Remarks
Richard Rossow
Senior Advisor and Wadhwani Chair in U.S.-India Policy Studies, CSIS
Keynote Address
Anand Kumar
Secretary, Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, Government of India
Discussion with:
Sarah Ladislaw
Senior Vice President; Director and Senior Fellow, Energy and National Security Program, CSIS
This event is made possible through general support to CSIS.

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