• CERAWEEK 2025 | March 10-14, 2025
  • CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Jason Bordoff

Center on Global Energy Policy

Founding Director

Jason Bordoff is the Founding Director of the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, where he is a Professor of Professional Practice. He is also on the faculty of the Columbia Climate School, where he is Co-Founding Dean Emeritus. He previously served as Special Assistant to President Barack Obama and Senior Director for Energy and Climate Change on the Staff of the National Security Council. Prior to that appointment, he held senior policy positions on the White House’s National Economic Council and Council on Environmental Quality. Earlier in his career, he was a scholar at the Brookings Institution, served in the Treasury Department during the Clinton Administration, and was a consultant with McKinsey & Company. One of the world’s leading energy and climate policy experts, Bordoff’s research and policy interests lie at the intersection of economics, energy, environment, and national security. As a member of the Columbia SIPA faculty since 2013, he teaches and mentors the world’s future energy and climate leaders in government, business and civil society. Bordoff graduated with honors from Harvard Law School. He also holds an MLitt degree from Oxford University, where he studied as a Marshall Scholar, and a BA magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Brown University.

Sessions With Jason Bordoff

Monday, 9 March

  • 12:00pm - 12:50pm (CST) / -

    Voices of Innovation: Charif Souki

    Join this dialogue with Charif Souki, a pathbreaker who has shaped global markets and played a key role in developing US LNG exports. This close-up conversation will explore the highlights of Mr. Souki’s remarkable career; his perspective on the grand challenges facing today’s energy industry; the role of innovation and technology; emerging models of collaboration; and his vision for the energy future. 

  • 07:30pm - 09:00pm (CST) / -

    US Energy Policy, Climate & the 2020 Elections
    Climate & Sustainability Geopolitics/Policy/Regulatory

    An intense national debate on the politics of energy and climate change is unfolding in the runup to the 2020 US election. Cities and states have taken measures such as net-zero carbon emissions and renewable portfolio standards. Some candidates argue for a ban on fracking and against natural gas. Others point to the transition from coal to natural gas as the key driver of US emissions reductions. Can the US achieve coherent strategies on energy and climate? What are the implications for US energy security and for US market leadership during the energy transition?