Michael A. Levi

Michael A. Levi is the David M. Rubenstein senior fellow for energy and the environment at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). He directs the CFR program on energy security and climate change and was project director for the CFR-sponsored Independent Task Force on climate change.

Dr. Levi was previously a nonresident science fellow and a science and technology fellow in foreign policy studies at the Brookings Institution. Prior to that, he was director of the Federation of American Scientists' Strategic Security Project. His interests center on the intersection of science, technology, and foreign policy, including energy, climate, and nuclear security.

His recent publications include “Copenhagen's Inconvenient Truth: How to Salvage the Climate Conference” (Foreign Affairs, September/October 2009) and “The Canadian Oil Sands: Energy Security vs Climate Change” (CFR, June 2009).