CFR.org - Energy/Environment

Securing U.S. Energy Supplies

Council on Foreign Relations — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:07:40 -0500

Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers says nuclear investment and partnering with Chinese energy firms are important steps to building U.S. energy security.

Department of Energy Pursuing Sound Strategy but Funding is Vulnerable

Council on Foreign Relations — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:23:59 -0500

As part of a larger publication, assessing the effectiveness of the economic stimulus, Michael Levi and Adam Segal write that the Department of Energy is pursuing a "prudent and sound" strategy for investing their share. The more pressing concern, according to Levi and Segal, is that Congress may forgo funding the department in favor of more "politically attractive" options.

International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea

Council on Foreign Relations — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:55:36 -0500

Convention

U.S.-China Clean Energy Announcements, November 2009

Council on Foreign Relations — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:55:35 -0500

Fact Sheet

Nigeria Proposes Reform of Oil Industry

Council on Foreign Relations — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:00:37 -0500

Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua’s efforts to reform the oil and gas industry have the potential to upset the fragile Nigerian internal political balance among the regions, ethnic and religious groups, and patronage networks, writes John Campbell.

Countdown to Copenhagen Symposium: Session 3: U.S. Options for Copenhagen

Council on Foreign Relations — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:03:22 -0500

Experts outline some of the options the United States negotiating team could pursue during climate change talks at Copenhagen.

Countdown to Copenhagen Symposium: Session 2: Connecting Domestic and International Action

Council on Foreign Relations — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:46:53 -0500

Representative Edward J. Markey delivers his insight into the interplay between domestic and international action on climate change.

Countdown to Copenhagen Symposium: Session 1: Copenhagen in a Global Context

Council on Foreign Relations — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:37:16 -0500

Experts and policymakers place the climate change negotiations at Copenhagen within a global context.

Countdown to Copenhagen Symposium: Session 1: Copenhagen in a Global Context (Audio)

Council on Foreign Relations — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:33:48 -0500

Listen to experts and policymakers place the climate change negotiations at Copenhagen within a global context.

This session was part of a CFR symposium, Countdown to Copenhagen: What's Next for Climate Change?, which was made possible through generous support from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Alcoa Foundation, and the Robina Foundation.

Countdown to Copenhagen Symposium: Session 2: Connecting Domestic and International Action (Video)

Council on Foreign Relations — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:32:54 -0500

Watch Representative Edward J. Markey, Chair, Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming; Chair, Energy and Environment Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee, U.S. House of Representatives (D-MA), deliver his insight into the interplay between domestic and international action on climate change.

Countdown to Copenhagen Symposium: Session 2: Connecting Domestic and International Action (Audio)

Council on Foreign Relations — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:32:23 -0500

Listen to Representative Edward J. Markey, Chair, Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming; Chair, Energy and Environment Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee, U.S. House of Representatives (D-MA), deliver his insight into the interplay between domestic and international action on climate change.

Countdown to Copenhagen Symposium: Session 3: U.S. Options for Copenhagen (Audio)

Council on Foreign Relations — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:31:57 -0500

Listen to experts outline some of the options the United States negotiating team could pursue during climate change talks at Copenhagen.

Countdown to Copenhagen Symposium: Session 3: U.S. Options for Copenhagen (Video)

Council on Foreign Relations — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:31:51 -0500

Watch experts outline some of the options the United States negotiating team could pursue during climate change talks at Copenhagen.

Oceans Act (Canada)

Council on Foreign Relations — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:07:04 -0500

Act

Jakarta Mandate on Marine and Coastal Biological Diversity

Council on Foreign Relations — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:05:27 -0500

Mandate

East Asian Seas Action Plan

Council on Foreign Relations — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:12:36 -0500

Plan

Northwest Pacific Action Plan

Council on Foreign Relations — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:09:11 -0500

Plan

South Asian Seas Action Plan

Council on Foreign Relations — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:06:16 -0500

Plan

Convention for the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Eastern African Region (Nairobi Convention)

Council on Foreign Relations — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:31:45 -0500

Convention

Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes

Council on Foreign Relations — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:26:02 -0500

Convention

JES: The Relationship Between Energy Infrastructure Attacks and Crude Oil Prices

Council on Foreign Relations — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:36:44 -0400

This Journal of Energy Security article reviews the changing energy security environment and the effect of energy infrastructure attacks on crude oil pricing.

NYT: Yes We Can (Pass Climate Change Legislation)

Council on Foreign Relations — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:17:49 -0400

Senators John Kerry and Lindsey Graham outline the steps needed to achieve passage of climate change legislation in Congress.

Prepared Testimony by Elizabeth Economy: "Human Rights and the Rule of Law in China"

Council on Foreign Relations — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:12:25 -0400

Elizabeth C. Economy testifies before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China about China’s efforts in the realm of human rights, the rule of law, and the environment, and the prospects for U.S.-China cooperation on these issues.

European Commission Directorate-General for Research:The world in 2025: Rising Asia and socio-ecological transition

Council on Foreign Relations — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:49:59 -0400

The European Commission Directorate-General for Research examines the factors and tensions shaping the international environment, and its transition towards a multi-polar world governance, and towards a new "socio-ecological" production model that Europe will help to promote.

Copenhagen's Conundrum

Council on Foreign Relations — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:13:33 -0400

CFR's Michael Levi says the Obama administration faces tough negotiations on a global climate change agreement at the December Copenhagen meeting without clear support from Congress. But he says Obama has other legislative options.

Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act (Senate bill, proposed)

Council on Foreign Relations — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:13:13 -0400

Act (Proposed)

CQ: Empty-Handed Before the World on Cap-and-Trade

Council on Foreign Relations — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:21:03 -0400

Adriel Bettelheim raises questions about the Obama administration's ability to commit to promises made on carbon emissions and cap-and-trade.

United Nations Climate Change Science Compendium, 2009

Council on Foreign Relations — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:49:10 -0400

Report

Reuters: FACTBOX-Climate Negotiating Positions of Top Five Emitter

Council on Foreign Relations — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:28:26 -0400

Reuters tracks the negotiating positions of the top five greenhouse gas emitters ahead of the December UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.

G20 Leaders Statement at Pittsburgh Summit: Acting on our Global Energy and Climate Change Challenges

Council on Foreign Relations — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:02:30 -0400

Statement