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Climate and Conflict: Why Politicians Should Understand How Climate Change Poses a Threat to Security

January 26th, 2016 - Laura Bergedieck

The review of 55 scientific articles shows that deviations from moderate climate and precipitation patterns systematically increase the risk of violence and conflict, both on an interpersonal level (assaults, murder, rape) and an intergroup level (political co... More »

Developing Efficiency: Why energy efficiency gains in China may not be fully realized

April 10th, 2014 - Greg Ellingson

The rebound effect, which measures the increased demand for energy from increasing energy efficiency, is found to be strong in Chinese urban residential electricity use. More »