energy security

In this insightful interview, Jake Levine, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Climate & Energy with the National Security Council and former Chief Climate Officer of the US Development Finance Corporation, unpacks the Biden administration's landmark achievements in climate finance, energy resilience, and the clean energy transition.

In alignment with the Biden administration’s government-wide commitment to combatting the climate crisis, Jake Levine serves as the first Chief Climate Officer of the US International Development Finance Corporation. As a global development finance institution, in this exclusive interview with VX News, he elaborates on the agency’s goal to drive a surge in climate finance in countries around the world focused on clean energy, ports, agriculture, the blue economy, and more.