Policy Position Papers
Climate Risks, the Economy, and National Security
Kate Gordon
Whether in the public or private sector, long-term economic planning rarely takes climate change into account. Yet a warming climate will significantl...
Large and Long-Lasting Human-Caused Climate Change
Dr. Richard B. Alley
The carbon dioxide released into the air by human fossil-fuel burning will have large and long-lasting effects on climate and sea level, impacting hum...
Climate Security and “Actionable Science
Hon. Sharon Burke
The United States government recognizes climate change as a security issue, but has insufficient ends, ways, and especially means to actually improve ...
Climate Change Evidence
Dr. Inez Fung
Observations confirm that climate change is happening, and that extreme weather is becoming the new normal. In addition to the steady rise in air tem...
Report: Implications of Climate Change for National Security
Dr. Rod Schoonover
Long-term changes in the climate will produce increasingly more extreme weather events and put greater stress on critical Earth systems such as oceans...
Perennial Crops Are a Key to Sustainably Productive Agriculture
Dr. Lee DeHaan
Agricultural production of grain is central to the global food supply, and grain fields dominate vast regions of the landscape. Despite improv...
Diversified Adaptable Food: Toward Personalized Nutrition
Cecelia Bartolucci
In the next decades, we will be facing an increase in world population. Some of the greatest challenges will be to sustainably and equitably provide b...
Water Resource Management Challenges in a Time of Changing Climate
Dr. Sharon Megdal
Water is scarce relative to demand in Arizona and the Colorado River Basin. Despite 14 years of drought, the likes of which have not been seen...
Balancing Efficient Use With Sustainable Generation
Neil Fromer, Executive Director, Resnick Sustainability Institute at Caltech
We need to develop a wide range of new technology to support a more sustainable future. In the United States, this means developing a system-wide opti...
Cultivating a Sustainable and Resilient Food Future
Laura Lengnick, Ph.D., Lead Scientist, Cultivating Resilience, LLC, Asheville, North Carolina
A growing awareness of the costs of industrial food in the latter half of the 20th century drove a search for solutions that emerged as the sustainabl...