The Center for International Security and Cooperation is a center of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
Climate
Scholarly Publications
Geophysical limits to global wind power
September 2012
Abstract There is enough power in Earth’s winds to be a primary source of near-zero-emission electric power as the global economy continues to grow through the twenty-first century.
Organizations and Global Warming
December 2010
Introduction This essay examines the two biggest environmental polluters, the oil and coal industries, and the possibilities of renewable energy that could replace them.
The Growth of Nuclear Power: Drivers & Constraints
October 2009
Many countries around the world are taking a fresh look at nuclear power.
Other Publications
Climate and Social Stress: Implications for Security Analysis
November 2012
SummaryClimate change can reasonably be expected to increase the frequency and intensity of a variety of potentially disruptive environmental events-slowly at first, but then more quickly.
Technology Can Nudge Climate Change Politics
October 2011
Reducing carbon-dioxide emissions is primarily a political problem, rather than a technological one.
Debt Default Exceptionally Un-American
July 2011
Conservatives Would Turn Our History and Our Future on Its Head ---- We cannot know exactly how disastrous the failure of Congress to increase the debt ceiling would be to the global financial...
News
Top climate scientists are sceptical that nations will rein in global warming
November 2021
A Nature survey reveals that many authors of the latest IPCC climate-science report--including Paul N. Edwards--are anxious about the future and expect to see catastrophic changes in their lifetimes.
Building Climate Knowledge Infrastructures
November 2021
A Lead Author of the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report, Paul N. Edwards, talks about knowledge infrastructures and geoengineering, as well as policy and visual aspects of the landmark report on climate...
Paul Edwards delivers keynote at Global Weather Conference Oct. 12
October 2018
What can the past teach us about the future of the global weather enterprise? On October 12th, William J.
Old Events
Quantifying the influence of global warming on the probability of historically unprecedented extreme climate events
March 31, 2017
Abstract: Effective climate risk management requires robust quantification of the probability of different kinds of hazards, such as heat waves, droughts, floods, and severe storms.
Global Health Impacts of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident
October 1, 2012
This study quantifies worldwide health effects of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident on 11 March 2011.
Advanced Energy Technologies: Prospects and Challenges for Developing Countries
June 4, 2012
Dramatic improvements and cost reductions in renewable energy technologies have occurred over the past decade and even greater improvements are expected in the years to come.
Projects
Managing Global Insecurity Project (MGI)
Nearly 20 years into the post-cold war era, the existing multilateral architecture of international organizations, treaties, and alliances shows signs of acute distress.
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