Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
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The fight against climate change will fuel the emergence of new types of sanctions, tariffs, and export controls. In retaliation against these measures, China and Russia could weaponize access to critical minerals, posing a threat to U.S. national security.
The EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism has sparked a debate about its negative spillover effects, particularly for developing and least developed countries. Reforming CBAM should be a priority for the EU not only for climate justice but also for geopolitical considerations.
Given existing reserves, it is possible for the United States and its key democratic partners to significantly friendshore the production of critical minerals. However, it would require an unprecedented buildout of the mining industry to achieve clean energy targets for 2030.
An increase in climate-driven disasters, particularly hurricanes, results in four major risks for U.S. national security. To address these risks, the government must build a more equitable and responsive national disaster-recovery policy.
Island nations in the Indian and Pacific Oceans are important to great power competition, but they are often excluded from policy discussions about the Indo-Pacific. The second annual Islands Dialogue aimed to change that.
The 2021 Global Assembly was an attempt to create a citizen-led governance chamber that connected institutions, civil society, and grassroots communities. Making this format permanent would allow global citizens to be actively involved in long-term decisions on climate change.
European politics have been hobbled by a complex trilemma of the green transition, social justice, and democracy. Rather than approaching this puzzle in terms of trade-offs, European governments should employ open forms of democratic engagement to cultivate positive linkages.
The climate and energy policies of the United States and African countries should build on three shared interests—and address three strategic tensions.
Climate change exacerbates the underlying social and governmental weaknesses that violent groups profit from.
It’s easy to get caught up on how climate change affects everything from Germany-Italy bond spreads to efforts to reach NATO’s defense spending targets.