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Welcome to the Environment & Energy Research Reading Room

Research Papers

  • Assessing Extreme Climate Events
  • Status of Climate Science in 2017
  • Climate Tipping Points
  • Catastrophic Climate Change Probabilities
  • Economic Damage from Climate Change
  • National Security Implications of Accelerating Climate Change
  • NIC Memo on National Security and Anticipated Climate Change
  • Climate Risks to the United States
  • Climate Change and Migration
  • Weakening Atlantic Ocean Currents
  • Impact of Rising Seas
  • Future Flood Losses in Coastal Cities
  • US IC Global Water Security Assessment
  • Water Stress and Conflict
  • OECD Climate Change and Agriculture
  • Climate Change and Global Food Security
  • USDA Climate Change Impact Report
  • Modeling Food Price Dynamics
  • Food Insecurity and Conflict

  • NREL: Wind and Solar on the Grid
  • The Wind and Solar Delusion
  • Costs of Wind and Solar Have Been Underestimated
  • Obstacles to 100 Percent Renewable Electrical Generation
  • Mineral Constraints on the Energy Transition
  • The Economics of Energy Storage
  • EROI of Different Fuels
  • Why Coal Will Remain in Use

Recommended Books

  • Climate Shock, by Wagner and Weitzman
  • Economic Risks of Climate Change, by Houser et al
  • The Climate Casino, by William Nordhaus
  • Drawdown, by Paul Hawken
  • Smart Solutions to Climate Change: Comparing Costs and Benefits, by Bjorn Lomborg
  • Why Are We Waiting? by Nicholas Stern

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