Gordon McCord

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“How to spend one trillion dollars: the US decarbonization conundrum,” Nature, October 2024

“Tackling extreme poverty around the world need not impede climate action,” with Katharine Ricke, Nature, November 2023

“Why governments must take action to transform our food and land use systems,” with Guido Schmidt-Traub, Apolitical, November 2023

“El Niños are predictable. We should prepare for their possibly disastrous consequences,“ with Jesse Anttila-Hughes and Amir Jina, New York Times, October 2023

“Environmental and Agricultural Impacts of Dietary Shifts at Global and National Scales,” Food, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Land Use, and Energy Consortium, July 2021

“America recommits to climate action and sustainability: can it get the world back on track?,” SDG Action, June 2021.

“How to Build a Carbon Neutral Economy for the United States by 2050,” Food and Land Use Coalition, May 4, 2021.

“What Americans can learn from Northern Ireland: Walls make bad neighbors,” with Joseph M. Brown, America: The Jesuit Review, October 2, 2019.

“Northern Ireland’s Troubles began 50 years ago. Here’s why they were so violent,” with Joseph Brown, The Washington Post – Monkey Cage, August 22, 2019.

“The benefits of taxing cigarettes in middle income countries,” Editorial with Thomas E. Novotny. BMJ 2018, April 2018

“Malaria: The Cost of Making the Poor Pay,” with Jeffrey D. Sachs and Awash Teklehaimanot, SciDev.net, October 31, 2005.

“Time for Chile’s Next Step in Economic Development,” with Jeffrey D. Sachs, Business Chile, November 2004. [Spanish version here]

GPS News

Using nightlights as a measure of economic activity March 31, 2022 | GPS & SDGPI alum Mario Rodriguez-Heredia ’21 and SDGPI Director Gordon McCord use cutting-edge remote sensing technology to help provide an innovative path for monitoring progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals.

A life-changing internship Feb 28, 2022 | GPS & SDGPI alum Joe Bettles ’21 speaks to his success post-graduation after coauthoring of two academic papers and a life changing internship.

Hitting the ground running on sustainable policy Dec 21, 2020 | The SDG Policy Initiative and its partners lay out a new framework for the world to meet carbon neutrality goals, with a focus on leaving no one behind

UC San Diego Plays Key Role in United Nations Initiative to Improve Human Welfare Dec. 6, 2018 | Campus is host to U.S. Sustainable Development Solutions Network that launched in 2018.

Office hours: Professor Gordon McCord March 22, 2018

Linked in Latin America July 17, 2017 | Under the leadership of Professor Gordon McCord, GPS bolsters its Latin American connections with a second student exchange program in Chile.

Interdisciplinary intellect July 14, 2015 | A glimpse into Professor Gordon McCord’s academic and professional backstory, plus who guided him along the way.

GPS China scholars build ties in Chile Oct. 26, 2015 | Professor Gordon McCord assembles team of GPS colleagues to lend China knowledge, build scholarly ties in Chile.

GPS Interview August 3, 2015

Media Mentions

“How Local Governments Can Lead the Way in Decarbonizing the U.S.” | October 30, 2024 | GPS

“Bhopal’s Endless Health Crisis” | December 5, 2023 | The Diplomat

“Research Growth Tops $1.76B With Tremendous Portafolio of Discovery and Invention” | August 8, 2023 | UC San Diego Today

“Pesticide in the womb: New research shows how the Bhopal gas disaster is still destroying lives” | June 17, 2023 | Salon

“The world’s worst industrial disaster harmed people even before they were born” | June 17, 2023 | NPR

“Sustainable Cleveland holds first Decarbonization Summit to find ways to reduce emissions levels” | April 14, 2023 | Ideastream Public Media

“Leading the Way to Health Equity: Predicting Climate Impacts on Health in the Developing World” | December 6, 2022 | UCSD Today

“Cambio climático: la era de las consecuencias. ¿Ante qué nos enfrentamos?” | Nov 3, 2022 | UNIVISION

“How Can San Diego Reach its climate goals? New framework lays out the options – and trade-offs” | August 16, 2022 | San Diego Union-Tribune

“Localizing SDG data and solutions; how to bridge questions of communication” | May 7, 2022 | GLOBUS Podcast