The Geopolitics of the Energy Transition: A Conversation with Amb. Geoffrey R. Pyatt and SIS Professor Judith Shapiro

HOSTED BY: American University, School of International Service

DESCRIPTION: Join us for a roundtable with the State Department’s Bureau of Energy Resources (ENR). ENR leads the State Department's efforts to promote energy security for the United States and its allies, increase energy access around the world, and accelerate the global clean energy transition.

SIS professor Judith Shapiro, Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Environment, Development, & Health, and Geoffrey R. Pyatt, Assistant Secretary, ENR, will share their perspective on key energy issues including the massive shifts in the energy landscape amid Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine, the ethics of critical minerals mining and extraction, and the new technologies poised to transform the global energy market.