In FY 2020, the Export-Import Bank of the United States authorized a mere $29.5 million for renewable energy exports. However, the Biden administration's intent to no longer finance fossil fuel exports and projects overseas will significantly reorient the United States' geoeconomic priorities. 

SOURCE: "Geoeconomics without Fossil Fuels" by CSIS's Nikos Tsafos. 

Under current Federal Communications Commission regulation, satellites must be deorbited within 25 years of the end of their mission to better preserve the space environment. Yet many small satellites have a lifespan one-tenth of that time or less—contributing to several near misses between non-maneuverable objects this past year. 

SOURCE: "To Infinity and Beyond: Civil and Commercial Space Policy in the Biden Administration"  by CSIS's Kaitlyn Johnson. 
 

The infrastructure investment gap in developing Asia—that is, the difference between investment needs and current investment levels—equals 2.4 percent of projected GDP for the 5-year period from 2016 to 2020 when incorporating climate mitigation and adaptation costs.

SOURCE: "The Future of Work in the Mekong Subregion" by CSIS's Dan Runde, Romina Bandura, and Janina Staguhn. 

For the first time in 20 years, global poverty is expected to significantly increase—adding to the estimated 3 billion people worldwide who cannot afford the cheapest form of a healthy diet and raising doubts as to whether the current productivity-centered food system model will be adequate to nourish the world by 2050.

SOURCE: "The United Nations Food Systems Summit: What's at Stake for the United States?" by CSIS Senior Adviser Julie Howard.