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Energy and the Environment

At the intersection of physical sciences and policy, our researchers work to find solutions for hunger, environmental degradation, emerging energy markets and more.

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Economic Policy Challenges Facing California's Next Governor: Electricity Policy Reform

Because Californians are likely to want to continue to lead the energy transition, the relevant policy design question is: How can the state achieve these low-carbon energy goals in a more cost- effective manner?

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Climate Change is Increasing the Risk of Extreme Autumn Wildfire Conditions Across California

The climate model analyses presented here suggest that continued climate change will further amplify the number of days with extreme fire weather by the end of this century, though a pathway consistent with the UN Paris commitments would substantially curb that increase.

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Sight for Sorghums: Comparisons of Satellite- and Ground-Based Sorghum Yield Estimates in Mali

Leveraging a survey experiment in Mali, this study uses plot-level sorghum yield estimates, based on farmer reporting and crop cutting, to construct and evaluate estimates from three satellite-based sensors.

Featured Scholars

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Ertharin Cousin

Visiting Scholar at the Center on Food Security and the Environment

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David Lobell

Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Director, Center on Food Security and the Environment

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Rosamond Naylor

Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

William Wrigley Professor of Earth System Science

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Frank Wolak

Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Director, Program on Energy and Sustainable Development

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Publications

Working Papers

Identity, Social Distance, and Palestinian Support for the Roadmap

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CDDRL Working Papers, 2004

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Sources of Rationalized Governance: Cross-National Longitudinal Analyses, 1985-2002

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CDDRL Working Papers, 2004

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Trade Liberalization and Growth: New Evidence

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CDDRL Working Papers, 2004

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Rule of Law? Whose Law?

CDDRL Working Papers, 2004

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A Theory of Endogenous Institutional Change

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CDDRL Working Papers, 2004

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Borders and Growth

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CDDRL Working Papers, 2004

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Global Standards; Global Growth?

CDDRL Working Papers, 2004

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Post-Communist Paradox: How the Rise of Parliamentarism Coincided with the Demise of Pluralism in Moldova

CDDRL Working Papers, 2004

Journal Articles

National trends in osteoporosis visits and osteoporosis treatment, 1988-2003

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Archives of Internal Medicine, 2004

Policy Briefs

Future Of Bay Area Jobs

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SPRIE, 2004

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Evaluation of primary care patients with chronic stable angina: guidelines from the American College of Physicians

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Annals of Internal Medicine, 2004

Books

Effects of September 11: A Rift Between Europe and America

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ABC-CLIO in "Public Opinion and Polling Around the World: A Historical Encyclopedia", 2004

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Reorganizing the Power Distribution Sector in India

Energy Policy, 2004

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WMD: Weapons of Miller's Descriptions

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 2004

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Reflections on the socio-economic correlates of health

Journal of Health Economics, 2004

Newsletters

CHP/PCOR Quarterly Update, summer 2004

CHP/PCOR, 2004

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Separatist Wars, Partition, and World Order

Security Studies, 2004

Books

Future of America's Alliances in Northeast Asia, The

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Shorenstein APARC, 2004

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Russian Democracy in Eclipse: What the Elections Tell Us

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Journal of Democracy, 2004

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Psychology of Appeasement, The

Hoover Digest, 2004

Policy Briefs

A New Currency: Climate Change and Carbon Credits

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Harvard International Review, 2004

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Cardiovascular health and economic effects of smoke-free workplaces

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American Journal of Medicine, 2004

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Sustaining a market-based healthcare system

Healthcare Financial Management Association, 2004

Journal Articles

How it Feels to Get Old

Stanford Magazine, 2004

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The Nation-State as Babbitt: Global Models and National Conformity

Contexts, 2004