Dr. Joshua Busby, the former Senior Advisor for Climate at the U.S. Department of Defense and a Distinguished Scholar at the Strauss Center, recently spoke on The India Energy Hour Podcast, addressing questions regarding India’s energy security while phasing down inefficient coal power plants.
“If the international community truly prioritizes a clean energy transition in the Global South, including but not limited to India, it is going to need to mobilize much higher levels of low cost finance than what we’ve seen today” Busby argues.
Find the full podcast episode here.
Strauss Center Distinguished Scholar Joshua Busby recently co-authored a piece in The National Interest titled “No Easy Solutions to Europe’s Geopolitical Trilemma.” Busy examines the mounting strategic pressures facing the European Union as it seeks defense, economic, and energy autonomy amid growing uncertainty from Russia, China, and the United States. “Thankfully for Europe, it is wealthy enough to continue restricting...
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Alan Kuperman, Strauss Distinguished Scholar and coordinator of the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Project, appeared in News Network’s article “US research on bomb-grade uranium alternative in Navy vessels advances” regarding technological advancements in the U.S. military to lower uranium and nuclear proliferation risks. “The program is vital to preventing the spread of nuclear weapons, is making rapid progress, and will be...