The DFC should focus on advanced, low-carbon energy sources, prioritizing areas where the United States has comparative advantages.

States must actively tilt the playing field on renewable energy too

States must actively tilt the playing field on renewable energy too

States must actively tilt the playing field on renewable energy too

The Carnegie Endowment Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics’ Noah Gordon and Sarah Labowitz, and journalists Molly Taft of WIRED and David Wallace Wells of the New York Times discuss the challenge...

Examples from Virginia and Lake Tahoe reveal complex situations that governments could use to fund critical grid upgrades.

The EU is right to raise its ambitions on the electrification rate—but the target is highly stretching. Only a more aggressive approach will suffice.

The EU is right to raise its ambitions on the electrification rate—but the target is highly stretching. Only a more aggressive approach will suffice.

As the Iran war shocks oil prices, countries that have invested in renewables, EVs, and battery development since the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine are seeing the value of their investments.

Alasdair and Noah Gordon discuss the international and environmental politics of fertilisers.

As the Iran war shocks oil prices, countries that have invested in renewables, EVs, and battery development since the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine are seeing the value of their investments.

It’s not just red tape that’s limiting the supply of electricity in America. Grids are physical machines, and they’re short on transformers.

Even if the Iran war stops, restarting production and transport for fertilizers and their components could take weeks—at a crucial moment for planting.

The Middle East supplies a huge amount of the world’s fertilizer. Conflict in the region has sent prices soaring ahead of the critical spring planting season.

Washington is leveraging its power to intimidate countries that are trying to protect the planet.

Washington is leveraging its power to intimidate countries that are trying to protect the planet.

As a movement, it has largely refused to engage seriously with AI, ceding debate about a threat and opportunity to the right

Washington is leveraging its power to intimidate countries that are trying to protect the planet.

The Communist Caribbean island is in crisis as airlines cancel flights, hotels close and authorities furlough workers.

Confronting difficult implications and realities of the green tech revolution

The story of climate action is one of peaks—promised, assumed or still to come.