On this episode, co-hosts Nick Van Hollen and Thomas Obermeier sit down with Meghan O’Sullivan, the Jeane Kirkpatrick Professor of the Practice of International Affairs and the Director of the Geopolitics of Energy Project at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. 

They discuss how the geopolitics of energy will evolve during the transition to cleaner energy sources, focusing on the distinction between the long-term geopolitical implications of a net-zero world and the short-term perils that will arrive in the next few decades. 

Within this framework, they also examine the counterintuitive forces sustaining petrostates, the growing importance of clean energy supply chains, and energy’s central role in the ongoing war in Ukraine.

[Updated for clarity on June 1, 2022]

The Geopolitics of the Energy Transition - Meghan O’Sullivan, Harvard Kennedy School

In this episode, co-hosts Thomas Obermeier and Charles Lachapelle sit down with the authors of the Climate Tech VC newsletter, Sophie Purdom, early stage climate tech investor, and Kim Zou, investor at Energy Impact Partners. They discuss the state of climate tech, how it's different from cleantech 1.0, and which areas within the space are currently particularly attractive to venture capital investors. 

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The Geopolitics of the Energy Transition - Meghan O’Sullivan, Harvard Kennedy School

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