page_title: Daniel Yergin
section_title: Viewpoints and research
hierarchical_section_title: Daniel Yergin / Viewpoints and research
caption_attribution_description: 140917-N-TB118-036 NEWPORT, R.I. (Sept. 17, 2014) Daniel Yergin, author, global energy expert and Pulitzer Prize winner for “The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power,” provides remarks during the Chief of Naval Operations’ 21st International Seapower Symposium (ISS) at U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. More than 170 senior officers and civilians from more than 100 countries, including many of the senior-most officers from those countries’ navies, are currently attending the biennial event Sept. 16-19. This year’s theme is “Global Solutions to Common Maritime Challenges,” and will feature guest speakers and three panel discussions to explore shared global concerns: "Future Trends in Maritime Security," "Maritime Implications of Climate Change," and "Enhancing Coalition Operations." First held in 1969, ISS has become the largest gathering of maritime leaders in history and provides a forum for senior international leaders to create and solidify solutions to shared challenges and threats in ways that are in the interests of individual nations. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Electronics Technician James Clark/Released) VIRIN: 140917-N-TB118-036
context_page_description: Daniel Howard Yergin is an American author, speaker, energy expert, and economic historian. Yergin is vice chairman of IHS Markit, a research and information company which absorbed his own energy research consultancy Cambridge Energy Research Associates in 2004. He has authored or co-authored several books on energy and world economics, including the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power and The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World. Yergin's articles and op-eds on energy, history, and the economy have been published in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and the Financial Times. All of Yergin's books have been drafted in long-hand. Currently a director on entities such as the Council on Foreign Relations and the United States Energy Association, he is also a trustee of the Brookings Institution and a long-term advisor to several U.S. administrations, as well as chairman of the annual CERAWeek energy conference.
context_section_description: Yergin's articles and op-eds on energy, history, and the economy have been published in a variety of publications, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Foreign Affairs, The Washington Post, the Financial Times,  and Forbes.  He has also been interviewed about energy policy and international politics on various television programs. In 2003 he became CNBC’s global energy expert, and in September 2011 he appeared on The Colbert Report to discuss wind and solar power.
  In 2019, Yergin and former U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz led a major 229-page study, Advancing the Landscape of Clean Energy Innovation, which was conducted by IHS Markit and  Energy Futures Initiative for the Breakthrough Energy coalition, led by Bill Gates. The study identified ten areas for transformational energy breakthroughs. Axios quoted Yergin, “The purpose of the report is to provide a framework and a guide to people who want to invest in clean energy innovation.”
caption: Yergin at the 2014 International Seapower Symposium
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