The Trump administration has been very actively designing and implementing a new strategy for reliable supply of critical minerals which aims at reducing the country’s vulnerabilities and becoming a leader in this field.

Climate policies and energy transition

The Climate policies and energy transition research axis whithin Ifri's Center for Energy & Climate deals with the climate change policies adopted at national levels, as well as the positions of the main emitting countries in the international climate negociations. In particular, this area focuses on the implementation of the Paris Agreement on climate and global efforts to reduce green-house gas emissions to limit the increase of temperature at +1,5° by 2100.
Director of Ifri’s Center for Energy & Climate
...Research Fellow, Center for Energy & Climate
...Associate Research Fellow, Center for Energy & Climate
...Associate Research Fellow, Center for Energy & Climate
...For most of United States (US) history, environmental issues enjoyed bipartisan support. While Democratic President Johnson signed the Clean Air Act in 1963, Republican President Nixon established the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 1970. America’s “environmental decade”...
Energy and electricity policy, planning and regulation in South Africa has been slow and bureaucratic, lacking visionary leadership, and marred by uncertainty. Policy positions and actions taken have tended to be reactive, and driven more by crisis management than by forward-looking leadership...
This study assesses the prospects of a hydrogen economy with Chinese characteristics. Against the backdrop of an escalating US-China trade war and the ongoing novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, key Chinese stakeholders become increasingly interested in moving the hydrogen economy agenda...
European buildings are old and too often inefficient, past policies have not delivered and the amount of investment into energy efficiency must be scaled up dramatically to meet the 2030 targets and ultimately, the carbon neutrality objective.
Xi Jinping’s announcement of carbon neutrality is impeccably timed, but the hard part lies ahead.
Japan has been steadfastly promoting the development of its hydrogen economy at all levels: political, diplomatic, economic and industrial. It is yet to be seen if this excitement can be turned into a credible, cost-effective and large scale deployment.
The European Union (EU) is committed to reach climate neutrality by 2050. Similarly, Norway aims to create a zero-emission society by that same year.
The electrification of sub-Saharan Africa is one of the great challenges of the 21st century. It is essential if we are to succeed in creating the 20 million jobs each year necessary to absorb the demographic growth of the region,[1] which is set...
In global affairs, the Covid-19 virus makes all countries, powers and individuals equal in one dimension: none is immune to or spared from contamination. In an open and interdependent world, we are all exposed to global sanitary and environmental degradations. Russia is no exception: it has...
Decarbonizing Electricity Systems: Progress Made and Challenges Ahead COP22 Side Event in Marrakesh
Climate goals agreed in Paris at COP21 can only be reached if a strong focus is put on the promotion of low-carbon electricity sources. Electricity generation is already the largest contributor to energy-related CO2 emissions and global demand for electricity is set to increase by...
What to expect from COP22? Brussels, joint debate Ifri - OCP Policy Center
COP21 has been a resounding success; all 196 Parties to the UN Convention on Climate Change have committed to take concrete steps toward decarbonizing the global economy and increasing resilience to a changing climate. All eyes are now turning to the November 2016 COP22 to see whether...
Innovation as a Catalyst for Energy Markets?
In the aftermath of the Paris global agreement on climate change, innovation stands as a growing source of leadership edge in energy markets. The integration of energy storage capacities is opening new ways of thinking and may trigger new...
The Role of Sub-National Actors in Climate Policy: Discussing the cases of Tokyo and Paris
The Center for Asian Studies and the Center for Energy organize a roundtable on the climate policy of sub-national actors.
COP21 and the Future of Energy Conference cancelled
Due to the events, we inform you that the conference on COP21 and the Future of Energy, scheduled on November 18 at Sciences Po Paris is cancelled. Thank you for your comprehension
Climate Action beyond COP21: from International Negotiations to Universal Mobilisation?
In the run-up to COP21, Ifri is gathering key experts to discuss the future of climate action and identify what structural changes the Paris conference could trigger.
Towards COP21: Mexico’s Perspective - Closed-door roundtable Ifri & CDC Climat -
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Towards COP21: California's Perspective
In the run up to COP21, CDC Climat Research and the Ifri Center for Energy are jointly organizing “Climate Breakfast Roundtables “ bringing together key stakeholders with the aim of sharing analyses on the climate policies adopted at local, national and regional levels and on...
COP21: the Role of the EU and of its Members in the Climate Negotiations Views from the Weimar Triangle Countries
By invitation only
Towards COP21: Indonesia's Perspective Seminar CDC Climate - Ifri
with Dr Yetti Rusli, Senior Advisor to the Minister for Environment and Climate Change, Republic of Indonesia