Energy and the Environment

Abundant energy is both essential to sustaining global prosperity and a potential source of its undoing. The global economy has been built on relatively low-cost energy supplies. But as energy costs soar, economic growth is stymied and potential conflict looms. At the same time, our reliance on fossil fuels is changing our climate and threatening to devastate the global ecosystem. These developments could shake the foundations of modern society and fundamentally alter the geopolitical landscape.