How California's ambitious new climate plan could help speed energy transformation around the world

California is one of the world’s largest economies, and it’s aiming for net-zero emissions by 2045. A transportation expert involved in the plan explains why it just might succeed.

Daniel Sperling, Distinguished Blue Planet Prize Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Founding Director, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis • conversation
Jan. 26, 2023 ~13 min

Russia's energy war: Putin's unpredictable actions and looming sanctions could further disrupt oil and gas markets

Russian President Vladimir Putin has not hesitated to use energy as a weapon. An expert on global energy markets analyzes what could come next.

Amy Myers Jaffe, Research professor, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University • conversation
Sept. 29, 2022 ~11 min


Why is Russia sending oil and gas workers to fight in Ukraine? It may signal more energy cutoffs ahead

Russian President Vladimir Putin has not hesitated to use energy as a weapon. An expert on global energy markets analyzes what could come next.

Amy Myers Jaffe, Research professor, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University • conversation
Sept. 29, 2022 ~10 min

Boosting renewable energy use can happen quickly – and reduce harm to low-income people if done thoughtfully

While a US transition to renewable energy by 2030 is possible, streamlined policies with clear goals and incentives are necessary to get there, says an industrial engineering professor.

Erin Baker, Professor of Industrial Engineering Applied to Energy Policy, UMass Amherst • conversation
Aug. 10, 2022 ~8 min

Oceans and their largest inhabitants could be the key to storing our carbon emissions

Using our oceans as carbon sinks could help achieve climate goals set in the most recent IPCC report.

Jane Lichtenstein, Associate Researcher, Climate Crisis Advisory Group (CCAG), University of Cambridge • conversation
April 11, 2022 ~7 min

Ukraine has made a major move towards integrating with Europe – by plugging into its electricity grid

It’s evidence of political solidarity and a strengthening of ties between Ukraine and the EU.

Hafez Abdo, Associate Professor of Accounting, University of Nottingham • conversation
March 29, 2022 ~6 min

Ukraine has made a major move towards EU integration – by plugging into Europe's electricity grid

It’s evidence of political solidarity and a strengthening of ties between Ukraine and the EU.

Hafez Abdo, Associate Professor of Accounting, University of Nottingham • conversation
March 29, 2022 ~6 min

Why Russian gas could disrupt Germany's plan for a bolder climate agenda

The ‘Energiewende’ relies on gas as a bridge between a coal-powered past and renewable future.

Trevelyan Wing, Centre Researcher and PhD Candidate, Cambridge Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance (CEENRG), University of Cambridge • conversation
March 22, 2022 ~8 min


A 21st-century reinvention of the electric grid is crucial for solving the climate change crisis

Renewable energy is expanding at a record pace, but still not fast enough. Here are the key areas to watch for progress in bringing more wind and solar into the power grid in 2022.

Jeffrey Logan, Associate Director of Energy Policy and Analysis, Renewable & Sustainable Energy Institute, University of Colorado Boulder • conversation
Jan. 12, 2022 ~10 min

4 strategies for a global breakthrough on energy and climate change

Energy and climate policies aren’t always headed in the same direction, but if they work together they can tackle two of the biggest challenges of our time.

Dolf Gielen, Payne Institute Fellow, Colorado School of Mines • conversation
Sept. 16, 2021 ~8 min

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