Tutoriales para aprender a usar la Calculadora FABLE
El Consorcio FABLE (Food, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Land-Use and Energy) fue creado en el marco de la Coalición para la Alimentación y Uso del Suelo para entender cómo los países pueden…
Could cutting carbon emissions create good jobs in San Diego County?
Switching San Diego off fossil fuels onto green energy will require careful efforts to preserve and create high quality jobs, experts told the San Diego County Board of Supervisors Wednesday.
Launch of Sustainable Development Report for Paraguay 2021
On Monday Nov 8, the SDSN launched the very first Sustainable Development Report for Paraguay. The project came out of a year-long collaboration between SDSN and Paraguay’s Finance Ministry with…
San Diego County considers paving the way for a net carbon neutral future
San Diego County supervisors got a glimpse of a more climate-friendly future when briefed on a regional plan designed to de-carbonize the county. The idea driving the effort is to…
Zero Emissions Solutions Conference session – Delivering Climate Neutral Districts
San Diego County Supervisor, Terra Lawson-Remer, and UCSD's Gordon McCord join a panel discussion framed around a whole systems approach to develop the Climate Neutral Districts Vision that crosses city…
New San Diego County plan aims to slash carbon emissions to net-zero by 2035.
San Diego — San Diego County releases new report outlining strategies for drastically cutting carbon emissions across the region to stave off the worst effects of climate change in coming decades.
ENSO impacts child undernutrition in the global tropics
The El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a principal component of global climate variability known to influence a host of social and economic outcomes, but its systematic effects on human…
The Political Boundaries of Ethnic Divisions
We use a policy experiment in Indonesia to show how local political boundaries affect ethnic tension. Redrawing district borders along group lines reduces conflict. However, the gains in stability are…
Policy Experimentation in Committees: A Case against Veto Rights under Redistributive Constraints
We study optimal policy experimentation by a committee. We consider a dynamic bargaining game in which committee members choose either a risky reform or a safe alternative each period. When…
“Rugged Individualism” and Collective (In)action During the COVID-19 Pandemic
“Rugged individualism”—the combination of individualism and anti-statism—is a prominent feature of American culture with deep roots in the country’s history of frontier settlement. Today, rugged individualism is more prevalent in…