Guns are dumb. Buy a fishing pole.

I'm supposed to be writing, but this news is too big not to share. The Wall Street Journal reports that France will nationalize utility giant EDF, saying the step is necessary to manage the transition away from fossil fuels at a time of energy crisis. (84% of EDF already state-controlled)

Western sanctions on Russia have yet to decrease Chinese import of Russia crude oil, coal, or natural gas. Center on Global Energy Policy's Erica Downs, Amy Myers Jaffe, CSIS Energy Program's Ed Chow & John Herbst discuss tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. (ET) REGISTER NOW. 👇 atlanticcouncil.org/event/chinas-r…

The Inflation Reduction Act houses 2️⃣ distinct approaches to building up domestic and friendly clean energy supply chains. @Will_H_Tobin, Dan Helmeci, and @selinkumbaraci analyze what may be the most effective approach. #EnergySource ⤵️ atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/energyso…

The Yin and Yang of grid resilience in the time of climate change: 🔥 A terrifyingly close brush with… a statewide grid failure. 💧 And then, a groundswell of millions of individual people, businesses, and communities who saved it.

"The energy crisis actually began before the war on Feb.24th, before the brutal attack on Ukraine." Olga Khakova on CNN with Lynda Kinkade:

North Africa could be a global hub for green hydrogen production. Europe would be able to advance its own net-zero future while supporting North African development by promoting investment and collaboration in the sector. #EnergySource 👇 atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/energyso…

“We have to finish the job” Still surreal to hear a President talk about climate resilience, the climate crisis, and clean energy investment alongside inflation and tax policy. Even better: his acknowledgment that #InflationReductionAct is only step 1

/1 Last week we welcomed our 2023-2024 cohort of James C. Gaither Junior Fellows. Get to know the new class😊👇

/9 Dan Helmeci will be supporting the Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics Program. Before joining Carnegie, Dan studied Political Science and History at Rice University.

ALMOST DONE New issue w/ Nathalie Tocci Anna Lührmann Alexandre Adam Milan Nic John O’Brennan Kinga Brudzinska Nikolaos Tzifakis (@tzifakis.bsky.social) Roderick Parkes Henning Hoff Joseph de Weck Noah Gordon Dan Helmeci Rebecca Christie Jacob Mardell et al. special thanks Siobhán Dowling Thorsten Kirchhoff

OUT NOW Toward a Wider and Deeper EU w/ Nathalie Tocci Anna Lührmann Alexandre Adam Milan Nic John O’Brennan Kinga Brudzinska Nikolaos Tzifakis (@tzifakis.bsky.social) Roderick Parkes Henning Hoff Joseph de Weck Noah Gordon Dan Helmeci Rebecca Christie Jacob Mardell et al. ip-quarterly.com/en/fall-2023-i…

Are national climate targets "legally binding"? The governments--and high courts--of the UK and Germany say that they are. But as recent rollbacks of climate policy show, it's not quite true. My piece with Dan Helmeci in the new issue of lnternationale Politik Quarterly: ip-quarterly.com/en/when-climat…

Governments are not keeping pace to meet their own legally binding climate targets. Read Noah Gordon and my article in lnternationale Politik Quarterly covering what the UK and Germany have promised, where they stand, and what could happen if they come up short. ip-quarterly.com/en/when-climat…

From our new issue #CarbonCritical When Is a Climate Target “Legally Binding”? Countries such as 🇩🇪 and the 🇬🇧 have enshrined climate goals into national law. What happens if they miss them?, ask Noah Gordon and Dan Helmeci ip-quarterly.com/en/when-climat…

Looking for a change of pace in climate policy discussions? Join Noah Gordon tomorrow, October 2, 11am ET with Assaad Razzouk, and Hannah Ritchie for a Carnegie Endowment discussion of good climate news (amid a climate crisis). carnegieendowment.org/2023/10/03/goo…

In Brussels this week w Noah Gordon to brief our new Carnegie Endowment article on climate challenges to NATO’s nuclear deterrent (co-auth. w the great Anna Bartoux and Dan Helmeci). Check out the article in link below! (And of course, talking all things NPT whilst here, too!)