As developing countries continue to be the most negatively affected by climate change and the energy transition, it is increasingly critical that they receive foreign direct investment and financial ...

Lisa Sachs is the Director of the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI), a Center of Columbia Climate School at Columbia University; Associate Professor of Professional Practice at Columbia ...

Andrew Bernstein is an international lawyer whose practice focuses on transactions and disputes for sovereign clients involving extractive industries and financings, as well as international capital ...

Event time is displayed in your time zone. Interchurch Center, 475 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10115, (enter at 61 Claremont Ave), Lobby Meeting Rooms A, B, C, and D The energy transition offers ...

CCSI convened a series of events during Climate Week to bring actionable research and diverse stakeholders into dialogue on the most pressing issues at the nexus of investment, climate, and ...

CCSI convened a series of events during Climate Week to bring actionable research and diverse stakeholders into dialogue on the most pressing issues at the nexus of investment, climate, and ...

Understanding the carbon footprint of countries and companies along the oil value chain is fundamental to outlining paths to reduced reliance on fossil fuels. Adopting a supply-chain approach, CCSI ...

The most recent session of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Working Group III (WGIII), held in April 2025, brought to the surface a now-familiar dynamic: ongoing ...

The world’s energy systems and digital infrastructure are undergoing rapid and interconnected transformations. The continued expansion of data centers – driven by growing demand for cloud computing, ...

Today, some of the world's fastest-growing economies face some of the highest borrowing costs—even for clean energy and development projects with strong fundamentals. This is not a function of global ...

Building on more than a decade of experience working on mining governance with a range of stakeholders, the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI), in association with Steptoe LLP, is ...

To further and fully understand how to plan for the decarbonization of mining value chains, we need better data on carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. However, neither consumers, ...