Climate
It is impossible to discuss energy without acknowledging the climate impact of the way we power our buildings, cities, vehicles, and industries. As we imagine our energy future, we must do so with the recognition that climate change will transform how we move and power our lives.
Recent Work
Closing the Climate Finance Gap: A Proposal for a New Green Investment Protocol
While international legal agreements protecting foreign investment are much criticized for standing in the way of government efforts to address climate change, these same agreements—if properly deployed—can help close the climate finance gap.
Climate Action in the Age of Great Power Rivalry: What Geopolitics Means for the Climate
This policy digest explores the implications of a world in which climate action depends as much on geopolitics as it does on energy or economics. While great power rivalry generally complicates international responses to climate change, it also presents limited opportunities to enhance climate action.
Emissions
Cooling People, Not Spaces: Surmounting the Risks of Air-Conditioning Over-Reliance
The growing global demand for air conditioning is exacerbating carbon emissions. This trend will intensify unless alternative solutions are sought and massively adopted. Solutions already exist and new ones are emerging, but face barriers include technology, building design, education, finance, and policy.
The Net-Zero Governance Conveyor Belt
While the proliferation of net-zero targets represents progress toward reaching our global climate goals, targets vary enormously in quality. This report proposes four governance tools to steer net-zero targets toward higher integrity.
Featured Researcher
Oscar Serpell
Deputy DirectorOscar Serpell oversees all student programming, alumni engagement, faculty and student grants, and visiting scholars. He is also a researcher, writer, and policy analyst working on research initiatives with students and Center partners.
Featured Researcher
Michael Mann
Presidential Distinguished ProfessorMichael E. Mann is the Presidential Distinguished Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Science, with a secondary appointment in the Annenberg School for Communication. He is a faculty fellow with the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy.
People
- Parrish Bergquist
- Eugenie Birch
- William Braham
- Stephanie Carlisle
- Cornelia Colijn
- Danny Cullenward
- Jesús Fernández-Villaverde
- Mark Alan Hughes
- Sarah Light
- Lauren Lutzke
- Kristina Lyons
- Michael Mann
- Ioana Marinescu
- Irina Marinov
- R. Jisung Park
- John Quigley
- Megan Ryerson
- Oscar Serpell
- Andy Stone
- Arthur van Benthem
- Erik Wibbels
- Bethany Wiggin
- Jennifer Wilcox
