Priyanka Mahat

CFR Staff

Priyanka Mahat

Research Associate, Climate Change Policy

Priyanka Mahat is a research associate for climate change policy at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). Before joining CFR, she was a researcher at Brown University’s Climate and Development Lab and served as a representative at the UN's COP28 climate conference. She holds a bachelor's degree in environmental studies and international and public affairs from Brown University.

Climate Change

Was COP29 in Azerbaijan a Failure?

The UN climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, was poorly organized, fell far short of goals for climate finance, and raised doubts about the ability of the COP process to halt alarming global warming trends.

Expert Brief by Alice C. Hill and Priyanka Mahat November 25, 2024 Energy Security and Climate Change Program
Climate Change

COP29 Summit in Baku: What to Expect

The 2024 summit in Azerbaijan comes amid fresh reports showing that global warming levels are accelerating, bringing more intense climate-related disasters and an increased demand for funding to mitigate and protect communities from the effects of climate change.

Expert Brief by Alice C. Hill and Priyanka Mahat October 31, 2024 Energy Security and Climate Change Program

Trade

What Are Tariffs?

U.S. Presidents Trump and Biden have both turned to tariffs to support local industries amid economic confrontation with China. Here’s how these taxes work and how they’ve been used historically.

Backgrounder by Andrew Chatzky, Anshu Siripurapu and Noah Berman November 26, 2024 Renewing America

International Criminal Court

The Role of the ICC

The International Criminal Court was created to bring justice to the world’s worst war criminals, but debate over the court still rages.

Backgrounder by Claire Klobucista and Mariel Ferragamo November 22, 2024

China

The China-North Korea Relationship

Complex dynamics between the two Asian nuclear powers are shifting once again as North Korea deepens ties with Russia and the U.S.-China rivalry intensifies.

Backgrounder by Clara Fong November 21, 2024

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