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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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Governing Policy Experiments in Chinese Cities: Lessons on Effective Climate Mitigation

Case studies on Chinese cities indicates that political leadership is critical in achieving progress on decarbonization and that combining policy coherence with local priorities is key to maintaining climate priorities over the long-term.

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Reducing Emissions and Air Pollution from Informal Brick Kilns: Evidence from Bangladesh

Researchers offer data-backed interventions that can improve energy efficiency and reduce emissions in "zigzag” brick kilns in Bangladesh while also decreasing fuel costs and increasing brick quality.

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An example of a desalination plant in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates.

Thinking Outside the Basin: Evaluating Israel’s Desalinated Climate Resilience Strategy

Israel’s experience demonstrates how inter-basin desalination transfers can strengthen water security and offer a replicable framework for other regions confronting climate-induced scarcity.

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Featured Scholars

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Jennifer Burney

Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Deputy Director of 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

Books

Understanding the Resource Curse

Open Society Institute, in "Covering Oil: A Guide to Energy and Development", 2005

Journal Articles

Aquaculture and Ocean Resources: Raising Tigers of the Sea

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Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 2005

Journal Articles

Losing the Links Between Livestock and Land

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Science, 2005

Journal Articles

Incorporating stress in electric power systems reliability models

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Energy Policy, 2005

Journal Articles

Ringing In Proliferation: How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb Network

International Security, 2005

Working Papers

Political Economy of International Infrastructure Contracting, Lessons from the IPP Experience

Program on Energy and Sustainable Development Working Paper #52, 2005

Journal Articles

India and Pakistan's Unstable Peace: Why Nuclear South Asia Is Not Like Cold War Europe

International Security, 2005

Working Papers

IPP Experience in the Brazilian Electricity Market, The

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Program on Energy and Sustainable Development Working Paper #53, 2005

Journal Articles

A Madisonian Approach to Climate Policy

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Science, 2005

Journal Articles

An Energy Model for a Low Income Rural African Village

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Energy Policy, 2005

Working Papers

IPP Experience in the Philippines, The

Program on Energy and Sustainable Development Working Paper #37, 2005

Working Papers

Agriculture Decision-Making in Indonesia with ENSO Variability: Conference poster

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2005

Working Papers

AIDS, Reversal of the Demographic Transition and Economic Development: Evidence from Africa

CDDRL Working Papers, 2005

Working Papers

Origins and Growth of the Software Industry in India

Shorenstein APARC, 2005

Working Papers

Private Power Production in Mexico: A Country Study

Program on Energy and Sustainable Development Working Paper #47, 2005

Working Papers

IPP Investment Experience in Argentina, The

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Program on Energy and Sustainable Development Working Paper #44, 2005

Working Papers

Geopolitics of Natural Gas Project Summary: Insights to 2040

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Program on Energy and Sustainable Development Working Paper #36, 2005

Journal Articles

Resources and the Information Problem in Rebel Recruitment

Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2005

Working Papers

Independent Power Producers in Thailand

Program on Energy and Sustainable Development Working Paper #51, 2005

Journal Articles

Millennium Assessment of Human Behavior

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Science, 2005

Journal Articles

Global Consequences of Land Use

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Science, 2005

Working Papers

Natural Gas Sector Reform in India: Case Study of a Hybrid Market Design

Program on Energy and Sustainable Development Working Paper #43, 2005

Working Papers

Beyond Free Electricity: The Cost of Electric Cooking in Poor Households and a Market-friendly Alternative

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Program on Energy and Sustainable Development Working Paper #42, 2005

Journal Articles

Health-related quality of life in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a systematic review

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Thorax, 2005

Working Papers

China's Electric Power Market: The Rise and Fall of IPPs

Program on Energy and Sustainable Development Working Paper #45, 2005