Columbia Business School: Climate Policy
Spring 2026 A-term course
EU
Research, writing, and speaking related to the European Union and countries in Europe.
European Forum Alpbach 2025: "A Green Industrial Policy for Europe’s Future" with EU Commissioner Maria Luís Albuquerque
Alpbach, Austria
Climate Security Is Energy Security
If political conditions in the United States and elsewhere require a rebranding of technologies formerly known as “climate tech,” so be it. The larger economic, technological, and geopolitical forces propelling everyone toward cleaner energy remain as strong as ever.
Marketplace: "What to expect in Tesla's Q2 results"
by Mitchell Hartman
Video: "Stegra: Steel is one of the world’s dirtiest industries, but a company in Sweden may have an answer"
The YEARS Project mini-documentary
Marketplace: “Survey of exporters finds majority in U.S. are rerouting goods and raising prices”
by Mitchell Hartman
The Green Key to Germany’s Economic Recovery
Just as the broader European economy depends heavily on Germany, the continent's industrial powerhouse, Germany's own economy depends on access to affordable power. With geopolitical and climate conditions requiring an urgent transition to renewables, the task now is to develop a politically viable energy strategy.
Börsianer: "Klimakrise? Texas macht mir Hoffnung"
Gespräch mit Daniel Nutz
The changing geopolitical landscape
European University Institute Climate Week 2025, Palazzo Buontalenti, Florence
Deutsche Welle: "Can we afford a transition to clean energy?"
by Charli Shield & Sam Baker
Bloomberg: "A US Brain Drain Doesn’t Benefit Anyone"
By Lara Williams and Mark Gongloff
Vehicle-to-Grid Technology and Network Effects
Columbia Business School Case
Trump’s New Energy Secretary Called Germany’s Energy Transition ‘Unreliable.’ But He Missed All the Nuance
by Dan Gearino, Inside Climate News
Floods are wreaking havoc around the world. Vienna might have found an answer
The Austrian capital has been spared the worst of recent flooding. Its experience could be a lesson in how to tackle the climate crisis
EU Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra
Columbia Business School
Gute Industriepolitik ebnet den Weg zu effektiven CO2-Preisen
Es gibt handfeste Gründe dafür, effizienten Technologien zum Durchbruch zu verhelfen.
Greiner
Online
Stegra: Green Hydrogen Steel
Columbia Business School Case