Sustainable Solutions Lab

Davis, Steven, Andrew Dumit, Mo Li, Yohanna Maldonado, Michael Steffen, Martha Stevenson, Tatiana Boldyreva, and Sangwon Suh. “The Importance of Multiregional Accounting for Corporate Carbon Emissions”, Nature Communications, December 20, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-67759-5.

Wongel, Alicia, Lyssa Freese, Edgar Virgüez, Steven Davis, and Ken Caldeira. “Economic Development, Air Conditioning and Adaptation to Warming”, Environmental Research Letters, 20, no. 12 (December 2, 2025): 124045. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ae1f2a.

Zhang, Qiang, Yuexuanzi Wang, Qingyang Xiao, Guannan Geng, Steven Davis, Xiaodong Liu, Jin Yang, Jiajun Liu, Wenyu Huang, Changpei He, Binhe Luo, Randall Martin, Michael Brauer, James Randerson, and Kebin He. “Long-Range PM2.5 Pollution and Health Impacts from the 2023 Canadian Wildfires”, Nature, September 10, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09482-1.

Jiang, Hou, Ling Yao, Jun Qin, Yongqing Bai, Martin Brandt, Xu Lian, Steven Davis, Ning Lu, Wenli Zhao, Tang Liu, and Chenghu Zhou. “Globally Interconnected Solar-Wind System Addresses Future Electricity Demands”, Nature Communications, 16 (May 15, 2025): 4523. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-59879-9.

Cheng, Jing, Dan Tong, Hongyan Zhao, Ruochong Xu, Yue Qin, Qiang Zhang, Karan Bhuwalka, Ken Caldeira, and Steven Davis. “Trade Risks to Energy Security in Net-Zero Emissions Energy Scenarios”, Nature Climate Change, April 9, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-025-02305-1.

Seibel, Shane, Richard Luarkie, Daniel Cardenas, Cody Mayer, Ramon Sanchez, Matt Dannenberg, Bazile Panek, Albert Bond, Zane Gordon, Demi Morishige, Kourtney Hadrick, Graham Stahnk, Robert Fofrich, Steven Davis, Richard Tallman, Brooke Bowser, and Morgan Bazilian. “A Path to US Tribal Energy Sovereignty”, Science, 387 (January 17, 2025): 372. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adt7820.

Roijen, Elisabeth, Sabbie Miller, and Steven Davis. “Building Materials Could Store More Than 16 Billion Tonnes of CO2 Annually”, Science, 387, no. 6730 (January 10, 2025): 176-82. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adq85.

Wynes, Seth, Steven Davis, Mitchell Dickau, Susan Ly, Edward Maibach, Joeri Rogelj, Kirsten Zickfeld, and H. Matthews. “Perceptions of Carbon Dioxide Emission Reductions and Future Warming Among Climate Experts”, Communications Earth & Environment, 5, no. 1 (September 12, 2024): 498. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01661-8.

Jackson, Robert, Marielle Saunois, A. Martinez, Josep Canadell, X. Yu, M. Li, Ben Poulter, Peter Raymond, P. Regnier, Philippe Ciais, Steven Davis, and P. Patra. “Human Activities Now Fuel Two-Thirds of Global Methane Emissions”, Environmental Research Letters, 19 (September 10, 2024): 101002. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad6463.

Ruggles, Tyler, Edgar Virgüez, Natasha Reich, Jacqueline Dowling, Hannah Bloomfield, Enrico Antonini, Steven Davis, Nathan Lewis, and Ken Caldeira. “Planning Reliable Wind-and Solar-Based Electricity Systems”, Advances in Applied Energy, 15 (September 1, 2024): 100185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adapen.2024.100185.

Ruggles, Tyler, Edgar Virgüez, Natasha Reich, Jacqueline Dowling, Hannah Bloomfield, Enrico Antonini, Steven Davis, Nate Lewis, and Ken Caldeira. “Planning Reliable Wind-and Solar-Based Electricity Systems”, Advances in Applied Energy, 15 (September 1, 2024): 100185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adapen.2024.100185.

Dowling, Jacqueline, Tyler Ruggles, Edgar Virgüez, Natasha Reich, Zachary Ifkovits, Steven Davis, Anna Li, Kathleen Kennedy, and Katherine Rinaldi. “Opportunities and Constraints of Hydrogen Energy Storage Systems”, Environmental Research Energy, 1 (July 22, 2024): 035004. https://doi.org/10.1088/2753-3751/ad58e5.

Dowling, Jacqueline, Tyler Ruggles, Edgar Virgüez, Natasha Reich, Zachary Ifkovits, Steven Davis, Anna Li, Kathleen Kennedy, Katherine Rinaldi, Lei Duan, Ken Caldeira, and Nathan Lewis. “Opportunities and Constraints of Hydrogen Energy Storage Systems”, Environmental Research: Energy, 1, no. 3 (June 17, 2024). https://doi.org/10.1088/2753-3751/ad58e5.

Davis, Steven, Kathleen Alexander, Juan Moreno-Cruz, Chaopeng Hong, Matthew Shaner, Ken Caldeira, and Ian McKay. “Food Without Agriculture”, Nature Sustainability, 7 (November 6, 2023): 90-95.

Brown, Patrick, Holt Hanley, Ankur Mahesh, Colorado Reed, Scott Strenfel, Steven Davis, Adam Kochanski, and Craig Clements. “Climate Warming Increases Extreme Daily Wildfire Growth Risk in California”, Nature, 621 (August 30, 2023): 760-66.

Cheng, Jing, Dan Tong, Yang Liu, Guannan Geng, Steven Davis, Kebin He, and Qiang Zhang. “A Synergistic Approach to Air Pollution Control and Carbon Neutrality in China Can Avoid Millions of Premature Deaths Annually by 2060”, One Earth, 6, no. 8 (August 18, 2023): 978-89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2023.07.007.

Hegwood, Margaret, Matthew Burgess, Erin Costigliolo, Pete Smith, Bojana Bajzelj, Harry Saunders, and Steven Davis. “Rebound Effects Could Offset More Than Half of Avoided Food Loss and Waste”, Nature Food, 4 (July 20, 2023): 585-95.

Wang, Seaver, Zeke Hausfather, Steven Davis, Juzel Lloyd, Erik Olson, Lauren Liebermann, Guido Núñez-Mujica, and Jameson McBride. “Materials for Electricity in Mitigation Scenarios”, Joule, 7, no. 2 (February 15, 2023): 309-32.

Bergero, Candelaria, Greer Gosnell, Dolf Gielen, Seungwoo Kang, Morgan Bazilian, and Steven Davis. “Pathways to Net-Zero Emissions from Aviation”, Nature Sustainability, 6 (January 30, 2023): 404-14. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-022-01046-9.

Sanders, Brett, Jochen Schubert, Daniel Kahl, Katharine Mach, David Brady, Amir AghaKouchak, Fonna Forman, Richard Matthew, Nicola Ulibarri, and Steven Davis. “Large and Inequitable Flood Risks in Los Angeles”, Nature Sustainability, 6 (October 31, 2022): 47-57.