Energy Security and Climate Change Program

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Our team provides the analysis leaders need to build energy security, address global climate change, and alleviate energy injustice.

We provide innovative, strategic insights and policy solutions by examining energy issues at the intersection of geopolitics, policy, markets, and development. Collaborating with leaders in government, industry, academia, and civil society, our team develops projects to help decisionmakers design smart energy policies that balance economic, environmental, and security priorities. 

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Exploring the New Math Puzzle of a PJM Intervention

The White House NEDC and partnering agencies released a Statement of Principles to urge PJM to make electricity more affordable for residential customers and strengthen grid reliability by building more than $15 billion of reliable baseload power generation.

Commentary by Arushi Sharma Frank — January 16, 2026

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U.S. LNG: Remapping Energy Security

Europe's wartime shift from Russian gas to U.S. LNG is reshaping global energy trade. A new CSIS interactive feature demonstrates how transatlantic cooperation is critical for ensuring European energy security and hastening the energy transition.

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Experts React: Progress and Setbacks at COP30

COP30 showcased noteworthy progress while exposing persistent roadblocks in global climate diplomacy. CSIS experts react to the conference’s most significant outcomes and their implications for the future of climate, energy, health, development, and the COP process at large.

Commentary by Leslie Abrahams, Jane Nakano, Noam Unger, J. Stephen Morrison, Katherine E. Bliss, Mathias Zacarias, Ray Cai, and Alexis Burns — November 25, 2025

2023’s Summer of Climate Shocks

What happened this summer? Were successive climate shocks merely an exclamation point to a deeper ongoing march? Or were they a thunderclap, signaling a pivot?

Event — September 11, 2023

The Future Appetite for Alternative Proteins

As many countries seek more sustainable and resilient means of food production, alternative proteins may offer a solution.

Digital Report by Caitlin Welsh, Joseph Majkut, and Zane Swanson — May 4, 2023

Energy Access and Health Outcomes

Energy poverty is closely linked to poor health outcomes. Improving electricity supply for the health sector can aid Covid-19 vaccine distribution and treatment while addressing underlying problems.

Commentary by Ben Cahill — March 22, 2021

Experts React: State of the Union 2018

An all-star panel are in place to discuss everything from North Korea to the opioid crisis. Featuring CSIS Senior Vice Presidents Jon Alterman, Heather Conley, Kathleen Hicks, Michael Green, James Lewis, Steve Morrison, and Frank Verrastro.

Commentary — January 31, 2018

2016 Global Security Forum

Join us for CSIS' annual flagship conference on the top challenges facing U.S. and global security. This year's Forum will focus on the foreign and security policy agenda for the next U.S. Administration. 

Event — December 1, 2016