Climate and Environment at T20 Saudi Arabia

Overview

Created in 2012, the Think 20 (T20) is an engagement group comprised of think tanks whose primary challenge is to add value to the Group of Twenty (G20) process with evidence-based public policy proposals. 

The 2020 engagement group brought global policy experts together from more than 500 institutions to help world leaders address global problems. Over 700 researchers and experts representing 77 countries have contributed to more than 150 policy briefs that come under the five themes of T20 Saudi Arabia: climate and environment; women and youth; multilateralism, economic development, and finance; sustainable resources; and technology and digitalization.

Select List of Policy Briefs

Baker Institute experts from the Center for Energy Studies authored briefs as part of a task force focused on Climate Change and Environment:  

• “Promoting Energy Market Stability in a Transitioning World”
  Hossa Almutairi, Kenneth B. Medlock III, and Axel Pierru
   
• “Refreshing Global Energy Security Policy and Infrastructure for the Energy Transition”
  Mark Finley, Kenneth B. Medlock III, Morgan Bazilian, and Sreve Griffiths
   
• “A G20 Circular Carbon Economy: Policies and Practices to Foster Circularity in Plastics”
  Shilpi Kapur Bakshi, Souvik Bhattacharjya, and Rachel A. Meidl
   
• “Framing Energy and Minerals for Future Pathways”
  Michelle Michot Foss, Michael S. Moats, and Kwame Awuah-Offei
   
• “Enhanced Water Security and Energy Access: Key Investments for sub-Saharan Africa”
  Claudia Ringler, Abdulaziz Alqarawy, William Brent, Gabriel Collins, Paul Orengoh, Bridget Scanlon, and Lama Yaseen

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