The Geopolitics of the Green Energy Revolution

Columbia Climate School

You are invited to an, in-person discussion with two of Columbia Climate School's Founding Deans

The Harold Pratt House

Please note that attendees are required to be fully vaccinated.The need to cut greenhouse gas emissions has never been more evident or more urgent. The transition to cleaner energy is now a global imperative. For decades, the geopolitics of energy has been the geopolitics of fossil fuels. As the global energy economy goes clean and green, will this trigger far reaching shifts and new political power dynamics? How can we decarbonize society without destabilizing geopolitics? Who stands to win? Who is at risk of losing?On Tuesday, May 2, 2023, the Columbia Climate School invites you to join us for an important conversation about the future of energy policy and its myriad impacts. Founding Dean Alex Halliday will lead a discussion with Jason Bordoff— former Obama Administration Director of Energy and Climate Change—the Founding Director of the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and Co-Founding Dean of the Columbia Climate School.Please, join us for a unique opportunity, to hear from a leading expert on American energy policy and to ask your questions.The Speakers:<a href="https://www.energypolicy.columbia.edu/jason-bordoff/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Jason Bordoff </a>is the Founding Director of the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, where he is a Professor of Professional Practice, and a Co-Founding Dean of the Columbia Climate School. He is also a Senior Advisor at Macro Advisory Partners, a global strategic advising firm. He previously served as Special Assistant to President Barack Obama and Senior Director for Energy and Climate Change on the Staff of the National Security Council, and, prior to that, held senior policy positions on the White House’s National Economic Council and Council on Environmental Quality. Earlier in his career, he was a scholar at the Brookings Institution, served in the Treasury Department during the Clinton Administration, and was a consultant with McKinsey &amp; Company.One of the world’s leading energy and climate policy experts, Bordoff’s research and policy interests lie at the intersection of economics, energy, environment, and national security. He is a columnist for Foreign Policy magazine; a frequent commentator on TV and radio, including NPR, CNN, NBC, Bloomberg, CNBC, CBS, and BBC; has appeared on the Colbert Report; and has published in Foreign Affairs, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, the Economist, and other leading outlets.Bordoff chairs the Aspen Institute-Columbia Global Energy Forum and serves on numerous boards or advisory boards, including the Nature Conservancy of New York, Winrock International, Foreign Policy 4 America, the New York Energy Forum, and the World Economic Forum’s “Future of Energy Stewardship” Program. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Trilateral Commission, the Leadership Council of Sustainable Energy for All at the United Nations, the Steering Committee of the World Economic Forum’s “Mobilizing Investment for Clean Energy in Emerging Economies” Program, and the National Petroleum Council (a federally chartered advisory committee to Secretary of Energy).Bordoff graduated with honors from Harvard Law School, where he served on the Harvard Law Review, and clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. He also holds an MLitt degree from Oxford University, where he studied as a Marshall Scholar, and a BA magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Brown University.The Moderator: <a href="https://people.climate.columbia.edu/users/profile/alexander-n-halliday" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Alex N. Halliday</a>, is the Founding Dean of the Columbia Climate School and Director of Columbia University’s Earth Institute. He joined the Earth Institute in April 2018, after spending more than a decade at the University of Oxford, during which time he was dean of science and engineering. With over 400 published research papers, Halliday has been a pioneer in developing mass spectrometry to measure small isotopic variations, helping to shed light on the birth and early development of our solar system, the interior workings of the Earth, and the processes that affect its surface environment.About Us:The climate crisis is a challenge like no other. Tackling it requires innovative, coordinated, and transdisciplinary approaches from top universities, like Columbia. <a href="https://www.climate.columbia.edu/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Climate School</a> is marshaling and expanding the University’s work in climate research and education to develop innovative solutions, train future leaders and provide answers for the benefit of society.

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