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Energy Transition: Amping Up or Powering Down?

In 2025, the global energy landscape is being redefined by geopolitical unpredictability, shifting market dynamics and uncertainty around climate ambitions. Assumptions about the speed, scale and direction of the energy transition are being tested as nations recalibrate priorities on energy security, affordability and industrial competitiveness.

This is the full audio from a session at the Sustainable Development Impact Meetings on 23 September, 2025.

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Guests:

Jason Bordoff

Founding Director, Columbia University Center on Global Energy Policy; Professor of Professional Practice in International and Public Affairs, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University

Topics:
Energy Transition
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