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April 22, 2025

United States
Nuclear Power and Proliferation: Rising Energy Demand and Global Security Risks

IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi discusses the growing interest in acquiring nuclear weapons among nation-states, advancements in nuclear technology, the increasing global demand for nuclear energ…

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April 22, 2025

Climate Realism
Climate Change Realism on Earth Day 2025, With Varun Sivaram

Varun Sivaram, senior fellow for energy and climate and Director of the Climate Realism Initiative at the Council, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the state of the global environment and U…

Podcast The sun sets behind a cloud and two wind turbines in front of a body of water.

April 7, 2025

Climate Realism
CFR Launches New Climate Realism Initiative to Advance Climate and Clean Energy Policy

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) announces the launch of the Climate Realism Initiative, which will reimagine U.S. foreign policy to confront the threat of climate change, compete in the shifti…

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April 9, 2025

State and Local Governments (U.S.)
The Economic Case for Securing Ukraine

Heidi Crebo-Rediker, senior fellow in the Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies at CFR, discusses Ukraine’s mineral resources and their role in a negotiated settlement to end the war. Paige Gebhar…

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April 7, 2025

United States
Climate Realism Initiative Launch

The United States' historical approach to climate change is failing. American clean technology industries lag dangerously behind their international competitors, threatening U.S. geopolitical and eco…

Workers remove floating plants and debris from the surface of the Yangtze River in a section of Chongqing Municipality.

March 5, 2025

United States
Transition 2025 Series: The Future of U.S. Climate and Energy Policy

Panelists discuss the future of climate and energy policy under the new Trump administration, examining lessons from President Trump’s previous term, anticipated shifts from the policies of the Biden…

Play Larry Renninger, 58, watches as a truck is loaded with anthracite coal at Superior Coal Preparation Plant in Hegins, Pennsylvania, U.S.

April 7, 2025

Climate Realism
We Need a Fresh Approach to Climate Policy. It’s Time for Climate Realism

U.S. policymakers need a new strategy to confront the risks of climate change, compete in the global energy transition, and stay the course regardless of which political party is in power. A doctrine…

 The skyline of lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center is reflected in the Hudson River as the sun rises in New York City on March 5, 2023, as seen from Jersey City, New Jersey.

March 24, 2025

Energy and Climate Policy
Will the International Energy Agency Keep Boosting Clean Energy?

The agency’s mandate has expanded from strengthening energy security to boosting the global clean energy transition, but it is facing pushback from critics who believe this mission undermines oil and…

A drone view shows a solar power plant and wind turbines in the Almaty region.

April 15, 2025

Climate Change
CFR Education Releases New Climate Resources

CFR Education, the educational arm of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), has released a collection of over fifty free multimedia learning resources and companion teaching resources focused on cl…

April 6, 2025

Energy and Climate Policy
Global Clean Energy: Silver Linings Against a Dark Canvas

Global consumption of fossil fuels remains stubbornly high despite decades of climate agreements. As demand continues to rise, the need for innovative solutions has become critical.

Workers set up photovoltaic panels in the solar park project in Goettelborn, near the western German city of Saarbruecken.