The Center on Global Energy Policy is a research center located within the

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. The center's director is

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, and it features senior research scholars such as Richard Nephew and

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, as well as visiting fellows and adjunct senior research scholars such as Cheryl LaFleur and

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. The center's stated mission is to "advance smart, actionable and evidence-based energy and climate solutions through research, education and dialogue".

History

On April 24, 2013 the Center for Global Energy Policy was founded within Columbia's

. The launch event filled Columbia's historic

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, where mayor

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spoke about how “New York is where the energy future is taking place”. The center's director,

, a professor of professional practice and a former special assistant to President

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, said that he hoped that the center would "break new ground in energy research".

Publications

The Center’s research agenda emphasizes an economic and geostrategic approach to key energy policy areas. Current research programs encompass a wide variety of specific studies and topics, focused both on U.S. policy and specific regions around the world.

Current members of the advisory board

The center has a large international advisory board. Members include: *Nick Beim, Partner at

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* Thomas E. Donilon, Distinguished Fellow at

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and former

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, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman,

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, Partner,

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*Dr.

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, President of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation * Lady Barbara Judge, Chair of the Energy Institute at

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*John Knight, Executive Vice President at

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*General (Ret.)

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, Co-Founder and Partner at McChrystal Group LLC and former commander,

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*Dr. Edward L. Morse, Managing Director, Global Head of Commodities at

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*Joel Moser, Founding Chief Executive Officer, AQM Capital LLC and former Partner and Head, Energy & Infrastructure Group at

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, former Deputy Secretary at the U.S. Department of Energy *

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, Chairman at Willett Advisors LLC and former lead adviser to the

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, Managing Director, Investment Banking at

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*Zachary Schreiber, Chairman and Chief Investment Officer, PointState Capital *

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, Partner at Macro Advisory Partners LLP and former

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for Policy * Susan Tierney, Managing Principal at

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and former Assistant Secretary of Energy for Policy at the U.S. Department of Energy *Michael D. Tusiani, Chairman at Poten & Partners * Bill White, Chairman at Lazard Houston and former Mayor of

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*Dr.

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, Vice Chairman at

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and author of The Prize and The Quest *

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, Consulting Professor at

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and former Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy

References

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