RESEARCH

What we study

The lab studies the unavoidable environmental tradeoffs of energy, food, and material security — and the most viable paths to a sustainable future. Our work spans six interconnected systems, two main topic axes, and two complementary methodological approaches.

BY TOPIC

• TOPIC

  Mitigation

  Reducing greenhouse-gas emissions and managing carbon across systems and complex global supply chains.

  GeneralTradeCarbon mgmt

  147 papers · 42,569 cites

• TOPIC

  Impacts & adaptation

  Projecting and planing for the consequences of climate change for people and systems — air pollution, heat, drought, fire, flooding.

  GeneralAir pollutionHeatDroughtFireFlooding

  66 papers · 11,027 cites

BY APPROACH

• CONCEPTUAL · CIU

  Conceptual

  Theory-first work by the lab's CIU — building abstract models in a quest for high-level insights into the behavior of important and complex systems.

  12 papers · 1,341 cites

• DATA-DRIVEN

  Data-driven

  Empirical and modeling work that quantifies emissions, impacts, and pathways across the systems and topics above.

  173 papers · 47,846 cites