Climate Change
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The UK Climate Change Act is a Story of Political, Not Environmental, Sustainability
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An analysis of the UK Climate Change Act demonstrates the importance of the political landscape in assessing the stability of climate change policies.
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Enduring the Heat: Could residential air conditioning mitigate the danger of global climate change?
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From the US experience, the adoption of residential air conditioning appears to be a promising way to reduce heat-related mortality rates in developing countries.
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Why We’ll Need More Than Just Inhalers if Climate Change and Air Pollution Persist
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A large, multi-country study in Europe demonstrates a synergistic relationship between climate change and air pollution and their negative effects on respiratory health.
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Food Security in an Increasingly Urban World: The Case of Bolivia
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The founder of Alternativas discusses agricultural challenges in a world of climate and economic changes.
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China: Progress without Partnership
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China’s reliance on economic growth is the primary reason it has remained so obstinate to world pacts on climate change.
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Black Carbon: A Small Particle’s Big Effect on Climate Change
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A recent study demonstrates that black carbon may be the second most significant driver of anthropogenic climate change.
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Past, Present, and Future: Newt Gingrich Reflects on the Republican Party
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Newt Gingrich on what he learned from the campaign trail, what to expect from Republicans over the next few years, and what he would do if he were Speaker of the House today.
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Polling and Policy: Pollster Joel Benenson Discusses the Role of Polling in Setting Presidential Agendas
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The Obama campaign’s chief pollster discusses his current role in the White House.
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Climate Change: It’s the Economy, Stupid
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New research suggests economic growth plays a larger role in climate change than population growth
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The Future of Energy: Our Neighbors to the North?
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Climate policies and their restriction on carbon emissions will have a direct impact on the expansion and growth of the Canadian oil sands industry
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Temperature Shocks and Economic Growth
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Climate change is about more than just the weather. Three economists find that rising temperatures lead to falling economic growth.