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The shift away from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources has been unfolding over decades. While the concept of sustainable energy emerged in the 20th century, it accelerated in the new millennium driven by rising environmental concerns, growing awareness of climate change, and the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Under President Biden and his signature climate legislation as well as the European Green Deal aiming for carbon neutrality by 2050, the global momentum for a green transition gained significant momentum.
However, the war in Ukraine and new leaderships in the United States and Germany have ushered in a political shift away from clean energy toward more secure and affordable energy sources. In the U.S. presidential election as well as in Germany’s February snap election, concerns about climate change were not a top priority. President Trump’s push to “Drill Baby, Drill” and the priorities of Germany’s incoming Chancellor Merz on defense capabilities raise questions about the future of the green energy transition.
Cameron Abadi, Deputy Editor at Foreign Policy and Co-Host of FP’s Ones and Tooze podcast, and Dr. Kira Vinke, Head of Center for Climate and Foreign Policy at the German Council on Foreign Relations came together to discuss this development with 1014 and the ACG.
Biographies
Dr. Kira Vinke is head of the Center for Climate and Foreign Policy at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP). She is also a member of the Advisory Board to the Federal Government for Civilian Crisis Prevention and Peacebuilding, which she co-chaired from 2018 to January 2025. From 2014-2022, she worked at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). Before joining DGAP, she headed the East Africa Peru India Climate Capacities (EPICC) project there. Vinke has been a member of the advisory board of Germany’s Federal Academy for Security Policy (BAKS) since 2022. She is also a member of the board of trustees of the German Climate Foundation (Deutsche KlimaStiftung) and of the World Vision Deutschland e.V. In addition, Vinke is a member of the German section of “Aktion gegen den Hunger” (Action Against Hunger), and the Development Service and Humanitarian Aid Committee of “Brot für die Welt” (bread for the world).
Cameron Abadi is a deputy editor at Foreign Policy and co-host of FP’s Ones and Tooze podcast. He previously worked at the New Republic and Foreign Affairs and as a correspondent in Germany and Iran. His writing has appeared in Bloomberg Businessweek, the New Yorker, the New Republic, and Der Spiegel.
The shift away from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources has been unfolding over decades. While the concept of sustainable energy emerged in the 20th century, it accelerated in the new millennium driven by rising environmental concerns, growing awareness of climate change, and the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Under President Biden and his signature climate legislation as well as the European Green Deal aiming for carbon neutrality by 2050, the global momentum for a green transition gained significant momentum.
However, the war in Ukraine and new leaderships in the United States and Germany have ushered in a political shift away from clean energy toward more secure and affordable energy sources. In the U.S. presidential election as well as in Germany’s February snap election, concerns about climate change were not a top priority. President Trump’s push to “Drill Baby, Drill” and the priorities of Germany’s incoming Chancellor Merz on defense capabilities raise questions about the future of the green energy transition.
Cameron Abadi, Deputy Editor at Foreign Policy and Co-Host of FP’s Ones and Tooze podcast, and Dr. Kira Vinke, Head of Center for Climate and Foreign Policy at the German Council on Foreign Relations came together to discuss this development with 1014 and the ACG.
Biographies
Dr. Kira Vinke is head of the Center for Climate and Foreign Policy at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP). She is also a member of the Advisory Board to the Federal Government for Civilian Crisis Prevention and Peacebuilding, which she co-chaired from 2018 to January 2025. From 2014-2022, she worked at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). Before joining DGAP, she headed the East Africa Peru India Climate Capacities (EPICC) project there. Vinke has been a member of the advisory board of Germany’s Federal Academy for Security Policy (BAKS) since 2022. She is also a member of the board of trustees of the German Climate Foundation (Deutsche KlimaStiftung) and of the World Vision Deutschland e.V. In addition, Vinke is a member of the German section of “Aktion gegen den Hunger” (Action Against Hunger), and the Development Service and Humanitarian Aid Committee of “Brot für die Welt” (bread for the world).
Cameron Abadi is a deputy editor at Foreign Policy and co-host of FP’s Ones and Tooze podcast. He previously worked at the New Republic and Foreign Affairs and as a correspondent in Germany and Iran. His writing has appeared in Bloomberg Businessweek, the New Yorker, the New Republic, and Der Spiegel.
The shift away from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources has been unfolding over decades. While the concept of sustainable energy emerged in the 20th century, it accelerated in the new millennium driven by rising environmental concerns, growing awareness of climate change, and the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Under President Biden and his signature climate legislation as well as the European Green Deal aiming for carbon neutrality by 2050, the global momentum for a green transition gained significant momentum.
However, the war in Ukraine and new leaderships in the United States and Germany have ushered in a political shift away from clean energy toward more secure and affordable energy sources. In the U.S. presidential election as well as in Germany’s February snap election, concerns about climate change were not a top priority. President Trump’s push to “Drill Baby, Drill” and the priorities of Germany’s incoming Chancellor Merz on defense capabilities raise questions about the future of the green energy transition.
Cameron Abadi, Deputy Editor at Foreign Policy and Co-Host of FP’s Ones and Tooze podcast, and Dr. Kira Vinke, Head of Center for Climate and Foreign Policy at the German Council on Foreign Relations came together to discuss this development with 1014 and the ACG.
Biographies
Dr. Kira Vinke is head of the Center for Climate and Foreign Policy at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP). She is also a member of the Advisory Board to the Federal Government for Civilian Crisis Prevention and Peacebuilding, which she co-chaired from 2018 to January 2025. From 2014-2022, she worked at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). Before joining DGAP, she headed the East Africa Peru India Climate Capacities (EPICC) project there. Vinke has been a member of the advisory board of Germany’s Federal Academy for Security Policy (BAKS) since 2022. She is also a member of the board of trustees of the German Climate Foundation (Deutsche KlimaStiftung) and of the World Vision Deutschland e.V. In addition, Vinke is a member of the German section of “Aktion gegen den Hunger” (Action Against Hunger), and the Development Service and Humanitarian Aid Committee of “Brot für die Welt” (bread for the world).
Cameron Abadi is a deputy editor at Foreign Policy and co-host of FP’s Ones and Tooze podcast. He previously worked at the New Republic and Foreign Affairs and as a correspondent in Germany and Iran. His writing has appeared in Bloomberg Businessweek, the New Yorker, the New Republic, and Der Spiegel.
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