Power Map

Energy is at the heart of the most important issues facing the U.S. and the world. On the Power Map podcast, we explore the forces reshaping the global energy landscape with policymakers, industry experts, and thought leaders. Hosted by the CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program.

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Building Climate Resilience
Alice Hill (CFR) and Leo Martinez-Diaz (WRI) talk climate resilience with Sarah Ladislaw (CSIS), to understand how communities are learning from past disasters and how decision-makers from various sectors are addressing resilience needs.
40 min
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Trends in Sustainable Energy: A Story Told Thro...
Lisa Jacobson (BCSE) and Ethan Zindler (BloombergNEF) join Lisa Hyland (CSIS) to discuss the major findings of the eighth annual edition of the Sustainable Energy in America Factbook.
31 min
153
Tax Extensions for Clean Energy, extended
John Larsen (RHG) joins Sarah Ladislaw (CSIS) to talk about the Rhodium Group’s analysis of clean energy tax credit extensions in the United States.
25 min
154
Climate Change on the Top of the Global Agenda
Andrew Schwartz and Sarah Ladislaw talk about how and why climate change has risen as a top priority for global leaders.
25 min
155
2020 Energy and Climate Trends in the Asia Pacific
Justin Wu discusses energy impacts from the US-China trade dispute and phase one deal.
33 min
156
2020 Vision for Energy and Climate
What might next year bring? We asked Kevin Book, Liam Denning, and Sarah Ladislaw what to watch for in 2020.
41 min
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China as a Climate Leader
This week, Energy 360 looks at the role of China on the global climate stage.
42 min
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Climate Change Adaptation
In this week’s episode, Sarah Ladislaw (CSIS Energy Program) talks with Manish Bapna (World Resources Institute [WRI]) about global climate adaptation efforts.
30 min
159
Outlook for Russian Energy & Geopolitics
Tatiana Mitrova (Director of the SKOLKOVO Energy Center in Moscow) joins Nikos Tsafos (CSIS Energy Program) to discuss the outlook for the Russian energy sector.
28 min
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Carbon Pricing Proposals in Today’s Congress, w...
In this special episode of Energy 360°, host Sarah Ladislaw partners with the Resources Radio podcast from Resources for the Future. Ladislaw and RFF’s Daniel Raimi interview RFF Fellow Marc Hafstead, director of RFF's Carbon Pricing Initiative.
33 min
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Energy & Geopolitics: Oil Sanctions and Venezuela
Francisco Monaldi (Baker Institute) chats with Andrew Stanley (CSIS) about Venezuela's collapsing oil industry.  Join them as they discuss the current status of U.S. sanctions, geopolitical implications of Russia's involvement in the country's oil indust
33 min
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Progress on India’s Electrification Agenda
This week, we return to India's ambitious agenda for improving electrification and energy access across its 29 states. Kartikeya Singh (CSIS) is joined by Indra Keshari (Resident Commissioner and former Power Secretary, Government of Madhya Pradesh), and
27 min
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India’s Power Sector: Assessing Progress in Tam...
Kartikeya Singh (CSIS) chats with Vikram Kapur (Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Tamil Nadu) about the dramatic changes facing the state’s electric power sector, ranging from rapid growth in renewables to plans for electric vehicle infrastructur
29 min
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Energy & Geopolitics: The Sep. 14 Attack on Sau...
CSIS Energy Program experts Andrew Stanley and Frank Verrastro are joined by Jon Alterman of the CSIS Middle East Program to discuss developments following the September 14 attacks on Abqaiq and Khurais in Saudi Arabia: what these events might mean for S
23 min
165
Update on Sustainable Development Goal #7: Affo...
Laura Cozzi, Chief Energy Modeler at the International Energy Agency, and Vivien Foster, Chief Economist for the Infrastructure Vice-Presidency at the World Bank, sit down with Sarah Ladislaw (CSIS) to discuss the UN Sustainable Development Goal #7: Affo
27 min
166
Energy Outlooks: No Crystal Ball Here
Sam Brannen (CSIS) chats with Sarah Ladislaw and Nikos Tsafos about the role of forecasts and outlooks in the energy sector, examining why the energy policymakers and business leaders use forecasts in strategic planning.  They also discuss forecasts vs.
34 min
167
The Future of Asian-Pacific Energy
Jane Nakano (CSIS Energy Program) interviews James Kendell and David Wogan of the Asia Pacific Energy Research Centre (APERC) about the recently released APEC Energy Demand and Supply Outlook, highlighting trade, transportation, and demand trends across
27 min
168
Energy Opportunities in the U.S. Economy
Sarah Ladislaw highlights the main findings from Energy as a Source of Economic Growth and Social Mobility, a new report by Jesse Barnett and Sarah Ladislaw of the CSIS Energy & National Security Program.  The report examines energy’s contributions t
22 min
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Modi’s Energy Reforms, Take Two
This week Ranjit Bharvirkar, director of the India Program at the Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP), and Kartikeya Singh (CSIS Energy Program and the CSIS Wadhwani Chair in U.S.-India Policy Studies) discuss the prospects for energy reforms during Modi
25 min
170
Japan’s Energy Security
Koichiro Tanaka, Professor at Keio University, President of JIME Center at the Institute of Energy Economics Japan, and Board Member of IEEJ, joined Jane Nakano, CSIS Energy & National Security Program, to discuss Japanese energy security, including
22 min
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Canada Votes: What’s Next for Canadian Energy?
Albertan elections this spring brought in a new provincial government promising to revitalize the province’s oil and gas sector. This week on Energy 360°, Laura Dawson (Wilson Center) and Chris Sands (SAIS) join Andrew Stanley (CSIS Energy Program) to un
37 min
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The Present and Future for Coal
Nikos Tsafos (CSIS) chats with Mark Thurber (Associate Director, Program on Energy and Sustainable Development (PESD) Stanford) about his new book, Coal.  Mark and Nikos delve into the geopolitics and economics of continued coal use in energy versus the
39 min
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Spurring Innovation and Fighting Climate Change...
Join Gina McCarthy (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment) and Sarah Ladislaw (CSIS Energy Program) as they discuss the need for breakthrough innovations to create more efficient residential
19 min
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Changing Expectations for the Belt and Road Ini...
This week, 3 CSIS experts discuss the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), China’s global strategy to be at the center of global economics through infrastructure, trade, and energy projects.  In the years since BRI was launched, definitions and expectations f
31 min
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Modeling Climate Change’s Physical Impacts
Trevor Houser (Partner, Rhodium Group) talks with Sarah Ladislaw (CSIS) about modeling the physical risks and impacts of climate change at the Climate Impact Lab.  The Climate Impact Lab’s models are providing companies with better tools to see these pot
23 min