Vietnam: Navigating a Rapidly Changing Economy, Society, and Political Order
In the late 1980s, most of the world still associated Vietnam with resistance and war, hardship, refugees, and a mismanaged planned economy.
Research
Social Sustainability and the Development Process: What Is It, Why Does It Matter, and How Can It Be Enhanced?
Development debates frequently focus on making economic growth sustainable or ensuring that natural resources are used sustainably; such debates rest on longstanding scholarship and largely shared und
High-resolution U.S. methane emissions inferred from an inversion of 2019 TROPOMI satellite data: contributions from individual states, urban areas, and landfills
We quantify 2019 methane emissions in the contiguous U.S.
Behind schedule: The corporate effort to fulfill climate obligations
The 2015 Paris Agreement represented the first multilateral agreement to acknowledge and support efforts by so-called non-state actors, including corporations, to cut their greenhouse gas emissions.
Satellite quantification of methane emissions and oil–gas methane intensities from individual countries in the Middle East and North Africa: implications for climate action
We use 2019 TROPOMI satellite observations of atmospheric methane in an analytical inversion to quantify methane emissions from the Middle East and North Africa at up to ~25?km?×?25?km resolution, usi
Impact of Solar Geoengineering on Temperature-Attributable Mortality
Temperature-attributable mortality is a major risk of climate change.
Walking the Purpose-Talk Inside a Large Company: Sustainable Product Development as an Instance of Divergent Change
There is a growing interest in large companies pursuing a new purpose—changing their core reason for being from a singular focus on financial gain to a renewed responsibility to people and the planet
Rain Follows the Forest: Land Use Policy, Climate Change, and Adaptation
Human actions can alter the local and regional climate, particularly via land use.
Localizing Environmental Regulation: The Case of Boutique Fuels
The Clean Air Act has authorized an array of fuel regulations to reduce the precursors to ambient ozone pollution, among other pollutants.
Show and Tell: An Analysis of Corporate Climate Messaging and its Financial Impacts
As climate-induced physical and transition risks to corporations are becoming more and more material, investors are increasingly scrutinizing a patchwork of voluntary climate-related communications–na
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