SPOTLIGHT ON RENEWABLE ENERGY IN MORROCO AT IMF-WORLD BANK MEETINGS - Join the Atlantic Council live in Marrakesh, Morocco, for a series of special events with finance ministers and central bank governors from around the globe during the 2023 Annual Meetings of the World Bank and International Mo...

HYDROGEN AS A LONG-HAUL TRUCKING SOLUTION - Please join the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center for a discussion on using hydrogen for US long-haul trucking. During this discussion, experts examined key opportunities and challenges for long-haul trucking, including the Inflation Reduction Act...

FRAGMENTING COMMODITY MARKETS: GEOPOLITICS AND THE IMPACT ON FOOD SECURITY AND THE CLEAN ENERGY TRANSITION - War in Europe and heightened geopolitical tensions between the world’s largest economies have put new strains on global economic integration, particularly in commodity markets. Ahead of th...

PULLING OFF AN ENERGY TRANSITION: A ROAD MAP FOR THE CARIBBEAN - The Caribbean’s energy transition is increasingly urgent. High energy prices combined with import dependence on petroleum products leaves the region without access to affordable and reliable energy. Building bankable energy projects...

NUCLEAR ENERGY POLICY SUMMIT 2023: ACCELERATING NET ZERO NUCLEAR - The Atlantic Council Global Energy Center—in partnership with the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation—hosted its inaugural Nuclear Energy Policy Summit 2023: Accelerating Net Zero Nuclear. The Summit took place from September 18-1...

SUMMIT: ACCELERATING US-EMERGING MARKET CLEAN ENERGY PARTNERSHIPS - Emerging markets are poised to constitute the lion’s share of global economic growth through 2050. To ensure growth in these markets continues both apace and in line with net-zero emissions goals, the United States has a role to ...

US-ROMANIA ENERGY AND CLIMATE COOPERATION — Romania has been a strategic partner of the United States for over 25 years and is a reliable ally in the fight against Russia’s energy warfare. The country’s gas and nuclear energy generation play an important role in regional supply security as Europe...

LEVERAGING OFFSHORE WIND TO DECARBONIZE EAST ASIA - Offshore wind is an incredibly promising decarbonization technology that nevertheless faces significant hurdles to adoption, especially outside of relatively mature markets, such as the North Sea. Offshore wind typically enjoys the highest capac...

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS: AN EXECUTIVE DISCUSSION WITH TIM HOLT - Please join the Atlantic Council Global Energy Center to hear from Tim Holt, member of the executive board and labor director for Siemens Energy, on the role of the private sector in enabling the energy transition necessary and global n...

REPORT LAUNCH: THE IMPERATIVE OF THE VERSATILE TEST REACTOR FOR NUCLEAR INNOVATION - In 2018, Congress passed legislation with bipartisan support to investigate the need for a domestic fast neutron irradiation testing capability, based on the argument that the existing test reactors in the United...

GREEN HYDROGEN FOR AFRICA: OPPORTUNITIES AND OBSTACLES IN AFRICAN MARKETS - Although hydrogen energy is becoming an increasingly important decarbonization tool, the high financial costs and carbon intensity of its production present significant barriers to its widespread adoption.

However green ...

8TH ANNUAL CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPEAN ENERGY SECURITY CONFERENCE

Please join the Atlantic Council Global Energy Center for the 8th annual Central and Eastern European Energy Security Conference.

In this second year of Russia’s brutal assault on Ukraine, the conference holds particular signifi...

PLANNING THE ENERGY TRANSITION: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES - The energy transition requires an unprecedented build-out of renewable energy and electrical transmission projects. The grid of the future will need to be bigger, smarter, and better connected, requiring the transformation of a transmission sy...

CLIMATE FINANCE FOR INDIA: REEMA NANAVATY ON THE EXTREME HEAT INCOME INSURANCE - Arsht-Rock’s Director Kathy Baughman McLeod and the Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA)’s Director Reema Nanavaty discuss the newly launched Extreme Heat Income Insurance.

Designed to cover the worst of the exp...

VISIONS OF CHANGE: A CONVERSATION WITH HENRIQUE CAPRILES - Henrique Capriles is a lawyer, politician, and two-time presidential candidate who will represent his party, Primero Justicia, in Venezuela’s opposition primary elections on October 22. Capriles’ experience as a public official includes s...

A CONVERSATION WITH THE RT. HON. GRANT SHAPPS MP - The Atlantic Council's Europe Center and Global Energy Center hosted a conversation with The Right Honorable Grant Shapps MP, UK Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, in Washington, DC.

Secretary Shapps spoke about the priorities ...

CEO SERIES: A CONVERSATION WITH TC ENERGY CEO FRANÇOIS POIRIER - The Atlantic Council Global Energy Center hosted a fireside chat with TC Energy CEO François Poirier. Held as part of the Global Energy Center’s CEO Series, Poirier shared his vision for a reinvigorated North American strategy for e...

OFFSHORE WIND AND GREENING EUROPE’S ENERGY SUPPLY: A FIRESIDE CHAT WITH BELGIAN MINISTER OF ENERGY TINNE VAN DER STRAETEN - The Atlantic Council Global Energy Center hosted a conversation with Belgian Minister of Energy Tinne Van der Straeten on Belgium’s role in creating a “green power plant for...

A CONVERSATION WITH THE UAE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOREIGN TRADE H.E. THANI BIN AHMED AL ZEYOUDI - The United Arab Emirates’ foreign trade hit 2.2 trillion dirhams ($599 billion) in 2022, up 17 percent year-on-year. As the UAE continues to expand its non-oil foreign trade sector by investing in tr...

IMPROVING SANCTIONS ENFORCEMENT AGAINST RUSSIA: THE CHALLENGE OF 2023 - The most intense year in the history of sanctions listings is over, leaving an intense implementation challenge for 2023. In 2022, Western sanctions programs expanded by forty-two percent. It will not be a surprise to anyone ...

A CONVERSATION WITH TOTALENERGIES CHAIRMAN AND CEO PATRICK POUYANNÉ - On February 9, 2023, the Atlantic Council Global Energy Center hosted an Atlantic Council Front Page event with TotalEnergies Chairman and CEO, Patrick Pouyanné. Moderated by Frederick Kempe, president and CEO of the Atlantic C...

A CONVERSATION WITH H.E. DR. SULTAN AL JABER, MINISTER OF INDUSTRY AND ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY AND UAE SPECIAL ENVOY FOR CLIMATE - On April 20, 2021, the Atlantic Council hosted a conversation with H.E. Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and UAE Special Envoy for Climat...