Zero Carbon Action Plan
In order to achieve zero carbon emissions, the US will need a plan. SDGPI is part of a coalition of the nation's leading experts who have laid out the path…
Substantial progress has been made in reducing the proportion of the global urban population living in slums, though more than 1 billion people continue to live in such situations. Urgent action is needed to reverse the current situation, which sees the vast majority of urban residents breathing poor-quality air and having limited access to transport and open public spaces. With the areas occupied by cities growing faster than their populations, there are profound repercussions for sustainability.
The Ecological Impact Of Transportation Infrastructure
There is a long-standing debate over whether new roads unavoidably lead to environmental damage, especially forest loss, but causal identification has been elusive. Using multiple causal identification strategies, we study…
How artificial intelligence will affect the future of energy and climate
Artificial intelligence helps make markets more efficient and easier for analysts and market participants to understand highly complex phenomena—from the behavior of electrical power grids to climate change. There is…
The Effect of Pollution on Worker Productivity: Evidence from Call Center Workers in China
We investigate the effect of pollution on worker productivity in the service sector by focusing on two call centers in China. Using precise measures of each worker’s daily output linked…
Techno–ecological synergies of solar energy for global sustainability
Techno–ecological synergy is a framework for engineering mutually beneficial relationships between technological and ecological systems, as an approach to augment the sustainability of solar energy across a diverse suite of…
Unintended Effects of Residential Energy Storage on Emissions from the Electric Power System
In many jurisdictions, policy-makers are seeking to decentralize the electric power system while also promoting deep reductions in the emission of greenhouse gases (GHG). We examine the potential roles for…
(Not So) Gently Down The Stream: River Pollution and Health in Indonesia
Waterborne diseases are the leading cause of mortality in developing countries. This paper emphasizes a previously ignored cause of diarrhea - upstream river bathing. Using newly constructed data on upstream-downstream…
Heat, Disparities, and Health Outcomes in San Diego County’s Diverse Climate Zones
Climate variability and change are issues of growing public health importance. We analyzed hospitalization data for three unique climate regions of San Diego County alongside temperature data spanning 14 years.…
BYOB: How Bringing Your Own Shopping Bags Leads to Treating Yourself and the Environment
Using scanner panel data from a single California location of a major grocery chain, and controlling for consumer heterogeneity, the authors demonstrate that bringing one's own bags increases purchases of…