Big Pixel Initiative
The Big Pixel Initiative is developing geospatial capacity to address our world’s greatest challenges at scale. Founded in partnership at UC San Diego’s Qualcomm Institute and School of Global Policy…
With rising greenhouse gas emissions, climate change is occurring at rates much faster than anticipated and its effects are clearly felt worldwide. While there are positive steps in terms of the climate finance flows and the development of nationally determined contributions, far more ambitious plans and accelerated action are needed on mitigation and adaptation. Access to finance and strengthened capacities need to be scaled up at a much faster rate, particularly for least developed countries and small island developing States.
Center on Global Transformation
Technological transformations open new opportunities and disrupt old patterns. Founded in 2006, Center on Global Transformation (CGT) provides a new framework for vanguard exploration of topics critical to analyzing and…
Dust pollution from the Sahara and African infant mortality
Estimation of pollution impacts on health is critical for guiding policy to improve health outcomes. Estimation is challenging, however, because economic activity can worsen pollution but also independently improve health…
Deep Decarbonization Initiative
The mission of the UC San Diego Deep Decarbonization Initiative is to help guide a transition in the global economy toward net-zero carbon emissions. Our aim is to help real…
The downstream air pollution impacts of the transition from coal to natural gas in the United States
Between 2005 and 2016 in the continental United States, decommissioning of coal-fired units was associated with an estimated 26,610 lives saved. Although there are considerable benefits of decommissioning older coal-fired…
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…
The Pandemic Won’t Save the Climate
The economic free fall accompanying the coronavirus pandemic has, by some measures, made the world a cleaner place. Air pollution in Chinese, Indian, and U.S. cities is way down. In…
The Food, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Land-Use, and Energy (FABLE) Consortium
The FABLE Consortium has released its 2020 Report on Pathways to Sustainable Land-Use and Food Systems. Explore the latest trends in food and land-use with the new 'Scenathon' dashboard. Visit the…
Going Green in China: Firms’ Responses to Stricter Environmental Regulations
This paper examines the effect of stringent environmental regulations on firms' environmental practices, economic performance, and environmental innovation. Reducing COD levels by 10% relative to 2005 levels is an aim…
Utility, Risk and Demand for Incomplete Insurance: Lab Experiments with Guatemalan Co-Operatives
We play a series of incentivised laboratory games with risk-exposed co-operativised Guatemalan coffee farmers to understand the demand for index-based rainfall insurance. We estimate an explicit utility curve for every…