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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.

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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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Books

Development and Climate: Engaging Developing Countries

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Pew Center on Global Climate Change, 2003

Journal Articles

Criteria to evaluate research on health policy

Noushinkeigeka sokuhou (Japanese translation, Currently Practical Neurosurgery) , 2003

Working Papers

Political Economy of the Brazilian Power Industry Reform, The

Program on Energy and Sustainable Development Working Paper #2, 2003

Journal Articles

Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty: History and Current Problems, The

Arms Control Today, 2003

Journal Articles

Social Change and Political Reform in China: Meeting the Challenge of Success

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China Quarterly, 2003

Abstracts

Analysis of AHRQ's Patient Safety Indicators: Implications for Use

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Indicators of Quality Obstetric Care Based on Administrative Data: Exploring the Possibilities

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Relationship Between Technology Availability and Health Care Spending, The

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Health Affairs, 2003

Working Papers

Went for Cost, Stayed for Quality?: Moving the Back Office to India

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Shorenstein APARC, 2003

Journal Articles

Managed Care and Asymmetric Information

Noushinkeigeka sokuhou (trans. Currently Practical Neurosurgery) , 2003

Journal Articles

China's New Diplomacy

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Foreign Affairs, 2003

Journal Articles

Spending for Mental Health Treatment in the Veterans Health Administration: 1995-2001

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Health Affairs, 2003

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Using forecasts from national and regional El Nino/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) models to improve Indonesian food security

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Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, 2003

Books

Reinventing the bazaar : a natural history of markets

W. W. Norton & Company, 2003

Working Papers

Mexican Electricity Sector: Economic, Legal and Political Issues, The

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Program on Energy and Sustainable Development Working Paper #5, 2003

Journal Articles

New Opportunities for Integrated Child Health Systems: Results from the Multi-faceted Pre-to-Three Program

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American Journal of Public Health, 2003

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Link between public and private insurance and HIV-related mortality, The

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Journal of Health Economics, 2003

Working Papers

Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Urban Dynamics in Chengdu, 1975-2002

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Shorenstein APARC, 2003

Working Papers

Effects of CPOE on ICU Workflow: An Observational Study, The

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Proceedings of the American Medical Informatics Association's fall 2003 symposium, 2003

Journal Articles

Coping, Treatment Planning, and Treatment Outcome

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Journal of Clinical Psychology, 2003

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Cost-effectiveness of Bypass Surgery versus Stenting in Patients with Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease

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American Journal of Medicine, 2003

Newsletters

CHP/PCOR in the News, fall 2003

CHP/PCOR, 2003

Working Papers

Interactive Visualization and Exploration of Time-oriented Clinical Data Using a Distributed Temporal-Abstraction Architecture

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Proceedings of the American Medical Informatics Association?s fall 2003 symposium, 2003

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Emerging Third Stage Peri-Urbanization: Functional Specialization in the Hangzhou Peri-Urban Region

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Shorenstein APARC, 2003

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Distributed, Collaborative, Structuring Model for a Clinical-guideline Digital-library, A

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Proceedings of the American Medical Informatics Association's fall 2003 symposium, 2003