The Geopolitics of Renewable Energy

Lead PI: David Sandalow , Megan O'Sullivan, Indra Overland

Unit Affiliation: Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP)

June 2017 - Ongoing
Active
Global
Project Type: Research Outreach

DESCRIPTION: In a working paper jointly published by the Center on Global Energy Policy, the Belfer Center at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, the authors — including CGEP Inaugural Fellow David Sandalow -- explore geopolitical issues that could accompany the widespread deployment of renewable energy technologies. Following an overview of six renewable energy scenarios for the coming decades, the paper outlines seven mechanisms through which renewable energy technologies could shape geopolitics.

EXTERNAL COLLABORATORS:

The Belfer Center at the Harvard Kennedy School; The Norwegian Institute of International Affairs

WEBSITE:

https://energypolicy.columbia.edu/research/report/geopolitics-renewable-energy

PUBLICATIONS:

The Geopolitics of Renewable Energy

KEYWORDS

environment energy security technology climate change renewable energy energy for development innovation energy markets energy geopolitics