The Energy Security and Climate Initiative  (ESCI) at Brookings is designed to encourage the development, discussion and dissemination of high-caliber energy research. ESCI, through its research and convening efforts, seeks to examine three key substantive aspects of energy security: the geopolitics of energy; the economics of energy; and the growing environmental imperative of balancing increasing global economic prosperity in a carbon-constrained context. Dr. Charles Ebinger served as the Initiative's director from 2008 to October of 2014. Previously, he served as a senior adviser at the International Resources Group where he advised over 50 governments on various aspects of their energy policies, specializing in institutional and economic restructuring of their utility sectors. This event costs $25.