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Energy Switch
EU Energy and Climate Policy, Part 1
Season 3
Episode 11
Europe is in an energy crisis, which has encouraged a ‘war mentality’ about energy and climate, and fast-tracked new energy projects. What will this mean for the continent and its international allies? Jonathan Elkind, Senior Research Scholar at Columbia's Center on Global Energy Policy, and Dr. Carlos Batlle, Visiting Scientist at MIT Energy Initiative, discuss this complex topic.
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