KEI Contributor

Elan Sykes is the Director of Energy and Climate Policy at PPI. Elan works on energy deployment, innovation, and decarbonization. Prior to joining PPI, Elan served as a researcher at the Climate Leadership Council where he focused on carbon pricing, global climate policy, and the intersection of climate and trade policies. Before that, Elan served as an intern at the Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel. Elan received an AB cum laude from Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs in 2018, where he wrote a thesis examining Eastern Mediterranean energy and security politics.