Sub-national climate leadership
Co-organised by the CEFD, the governments of Colombia and the Netherlands, and the Climate Group, the panel brought together experts from Brazil, Ecuador, Canada, Nigeria, and the United States to debate the role of states and provinces in the low-carbon economy
Sustainable finance taxonomies
Organised by the Centre for Energy, Finance and Development (CEFD) and the Finance for Development Lab, the webinar brought together policymakers from Mexico, Senegal and Brazil alongside international experts to debate the present and future of sustainable finance taxonomies The Centre for Energy, Finance and Development (CEFD) and the Finance for Development Lab (FDL) hosted […]
NY Climate Week
Event Organized by CEFD and COP30 Presidency at NY Climate Week Addresses Economic Challenges of the Energy Transition During New York Climate Week, the Center for Energy, Finance and Development (CEFD), in partnership with the Brazilian COP30 Presidency team, organized the roundtable “Economic Challenges of the Transition Away from Fossil Fuels.” The event brought together […]
Future of Energy Conference
Africa faces a severe energy poverty crisis, with more than 600 million people lacking access to electricity and 1 billion relying on biomass for cooking. Despite having vast reserves of critical minerals essential for clean energy technologies (such as cobalt, platinum, graphite, and copper), the continent attracts only a fraction of global investments in renewable […]
Climate of Transformation
The researchers Dr. Nicolas Lippolis and Dr. Renata Albuquerque Ribeiro participated in the Climate of Transformation event in Brasília, Federal District, in August 2025. Organized by the Economic and Climate Prosperity area of the Open Society Foundations in Brazil, led by Laura Carvalho and Iago Hairon, the two-day meeting brought together civil society organizations for […]
Prosperity Post-Fossil Fuels
The researcher Nicolas Lippolis, founder of the Center for Energy, Finance and Development (CEFD), was in Salzburg, Austria, in June to participate in the second round of the Pathways to Prosperity Post-Fossil Fuels dialogue. The PPFF project, a collaborative effort by Salzburg Global, Climate Strategies, the Stanley Center for Peace and Security, and the Windward […]
Energy Transition and Artificial Intelligence
Nicolas Lippolis, a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Global Energy Policy and the Climate School at Columbia University, participated in the seminar “Energy Transition and Artificial Intelligence: Solutions for a Sustainable World” at the Smith Learning Theater at Columbia University in New York in March 2025. The seminar served as an opportunity for academics, […]