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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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Generational Change in Russia

Demokratizatsiya, 2003

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Quality of life and time trade-off utility measures in patients with coronary artery disease

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American Heart Journal, 2003

Newsletters

CHP/PCOR in the News (Winter Quarter 2003)

CHP/PCOR, 2003

Journal Articles

Preventing Complications of Central Venous Catheterization

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New England Journal of Medicine, 2003

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Pitfalls of International Idealism, The

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Daedalus, 2003

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New Threat of Terror in the Western Hemisphere, A

SAIS Review, 2003