Jason Bordoff


Jason Bordoff is a columnist at Foreign Policy, the founding director of the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, a professor of professional practice in international and public affairs, co-founding dean emeritus at the Columbia Climate School, and a former senior director on the staff of the U.S. National Security Council and special assistant to former U.S. President Barack Obama.

Articles by Jason Bordoff
Several gas station signs displaying current prices are shown along a street.
Several gas station signs displaying current prices are shown along a street.
Protesters hold placards calling for help with rising energy bills outside 10 Downing Street in London on Dec. 31, 2021.
Protesters hold placards calling for help with rising energy bills outside 10 Downing Street in London on Dec. 31, 2021.
Steam rises from the cooling towers of the Grohnde nuclear power in Germany.
Steam rises from the cooling towers of the Grohnde nuclear power in Germany.
A Zimbabwean boy does his homework by candlelight in Harare, Zimbabwe, on June 26, 2019.
A Zimbabwean boy does his homework by candlelight in Harare, Zimbabwe, on June 26, 2019.
Demonstrators protest against electricity tariffs in Madrid
Demonstrators protest against electricity tariffs in Madrid
Climate activists hold placards as they march from the offices of Royal Dutch Shell towards Parliament Square in London on Sept. 8, 2020.
Climate activists hold placards as they march from the offices of Royal Dutch Shell towards Parliament Square in London on Sept. 8, 2020.
A gasoline pump is out of service near Charlotte, North Carolina following a ransomware attack that shut down the Colonial Pipeline, on May 11.
A gasoline pump is out of service near Charlotte, North Carolina following a ransomware attack that shut down the Colonial Pipeline, on May 11.
Steam rises from German coal-fired power plant.
Steam rises from German coal-fired power plant.
U.S. President Joe Biden signs executive orders, including a decision to rejoin the Paris Agreement, at the White House in Washington on Jan. 20.
U.S. President Joe Biden signs executive orders, including a decision to rejoin the Paris Agreement, at the White House in Washington on Jan. 20.
An oil pumpjack operates near Los Angeles, California on April 21.
An oil pumpjack operates near Los Angeles, California on April 21.
Wind turbines at a wind farm in Colorado City, Texas on Jan. 21, 2016.
Wind turbines at a wind farm in Colorado City, Texas on Jan. 21, 2016.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia meet at the Al-Yamamah Royal Palace in Riyadh on Oct. 14, 2019.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia meet at the Al-Yamamah Royal Palace in Riyadh on Oct. 14, 2019.
Steam rises from the chimneys of a coal-fired power plant in Roggendorf, Germany, on Nov. 8, 2019.
Steam rises from the chimneys of a coal-fired power plant in Roggendorf, Germany, on Nov. 8, 2019.
Schoolchildren play on melting ice in the climate change-affected Yupik Eskimo village of Napakiak in Alaska on April 18, 2019.
Schoolchildren play on melting ice in the climate change-affected Yupik Eskimo village of Napakiak in Alaska on April 18, 2019.
Workers install a solar panel system on the roof of a home in Palmetto Bay, Florida, on Jan. 23, 2018.
Workers install a solar panel system on the roof of a home in Palmetto Bay, Florida, on Jan. 23, 2018.