Commentary
Despite its flop at the box office, the film raises important questions for the climate community to answer.
Leonardo Martinez-Diaz
Programs
Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics
About the Program
The Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics Program explores how climate change and the responses to it are changing international politics, global governance, and world security. Our work covers topics from the geopolitical implications of decarbonization and environmental breakdown to the challenge of building out clean energy supply chains, alternative protein options, and other challenges of a warming planet.
Projects
The Future of U.S. Financing for Foreign Investments in Clean Energy
U.S. financing for foreign investments in clean energy is in a decisive period: the world is facing an energy shock from the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the United States is preparing for the 2026 elections, the U.S. Export-Import Bank requires reauthorization by the end of the year, and China continues to dominate global clean energy markets. Against this background, the U.S. energy industry and national security community are calling for the state to help expand the supply of clean energy and support U.S. exports and the spread of U.S. technology.
This trio of papers outlines a vision for the future of U.S. foreign energy investment, focusing on the International Development Finance Corporation, the Export-Import Bank, and the overall, cross-agency project pipeline. The aim is to inform efforts to boost U.S. support for clean energy around the world.
Program Experts
Bentley Allan
Nonresident Scholar, Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics Program
Katie Auth
Nonresident Scholar, Africa Program
Dan Baer
Senior Vice President; Director, Europe Program
Kelly Sims Gallagher
Nonresident Scholar, Sustainability, Climate and Geopolitics Program
Liliana Gamboa
Nonresident Scholar, Carnegie California; Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics Program
Corey Hinderstein
Vice President for Studies
John Kerry
Nonresident Scholar, Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics Program
Sarah Labowitz
Senior Fellow, Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics Program
Leonardo Martinez-Diaz
Senior Fellow and Director, Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics Program
Jessica Tuchman Mathews
Distinguished Fellow
Milo McBride
Fellow, Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics Program
Kayly Ober
Visiting Scholar, Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics Program
Alejandro Martin Rodriguez
Fellow, Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics Program
Brett Rosenberg
Nonresident Scholar, American Statecraft Program
Narayan Subramanian
Nonresident Scholar, Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics Program
Anirudh Suri
Nonresident Scholar, Technology and Society Program
Shana Tabak
Senior Fellow and Director, Climate Mobility Project, Sustainability, Climate and Geopolitics Program
Katie Tobin
Nonresident Scholar, American Statecraft Program
Richard Youngs
Senior Fellow, Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program
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Event
The Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics program of the Carnegie Endowment is publishing a series of reports outlining a vision for the future of U.S. foreign energy investment, focusing on the International Development Finance Corporation, the Export-Import Bank, and the overall, cross-agency project pipeline.
September 9, 2026
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Commentary
By focusing only on hard security, the Shield ignores the conditions that fuel cartel power.
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About Us
Climate Support Staff
Debbra Goh
Research Assistant, Sustainability, Climate and Geopolitics Program
Debbra Goh is a research assistant in the Sustainability, Climate and Geopolitics Program.
Otoniel Ramos
Research Assistant, Sustainability, Climate and Geopolitics Program
Chloe Fontenelle
Program Coordinator, Sustainability, Climate and Geopolitics and South Asia Programs
Sarah Brown
Program and Research Manager, Sustainability, Climate and Geopolitics Program