Cal Energy and Climate

Climate Navigator

The CITRIS Climate Navigator is a new Web-based, interactive tool that builds a virtual community of policymakers, businesspeople, and scientists searching for practical solutions in energy production, distribution, and use leading to a prosperous, low-emissions future.• The Climate Navigator Wiki......
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Energy and Resources Group

The Energy and Resources Group (ERG) is an interdisciplinary academic unit of the University of California, Berkeley. Our mission is to develop, transmit and apply critical knowledge to enable a future in which human material needs and a healthy environment are mutually and sustainably satisfied. We......
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Center for Environmental Public Policy (CEPP)

The Center for Environmental Public Policy (CEPP) at the Goldman School of Public Policy (GSPP) aims to bridge the gap between environmental theory and policy implementation. It integrates interdisciplinary environmental theory and policy implementation through its seminars, workshops, and conferences......
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Center for Environmental Design Research

For the past few years, UC Berkeley has been engaged in the creation of many research centers involving energy-efficient, sustainability, green design, and green planing research to address issues such as, global warming, environmental sustainability, climate change, and green house......
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Global Health and Environment

The Global Health and Environment Program (GHE) is a unique, interdisciplinary, campus-wide Master of Science program to train students to undertake careers directed toward improving the lives of people in developing countries through understanding the environmental risk factors that affect their health......
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Center for Law, Energy & the Environment (CLEE)

The Center for Law, Energy & the Environment (CLEE) is the new name for Berkeley Law’s environmental and energy law-focused research center, formerly the California Center for Environmental Law & Policy (CCELP).CLEE’s mission is to foster interdisciplinary environmental and energy......
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Climate & Energy Policy Institute (CEPI)

Climate change, a central focus of the environmental law center’s work, is the key environmental issue of our time. To formulate climate policy, we need to address some fundamental questions: What are the economic and social impacts of climate change? What forces drive innovative......
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Featured Publications

Soil organic matter dynamics during 80 years of reforestation of tropical pastures

Our research takes advantage of a historical trend in natural reforestation of abandoned tropical pastures to examine changes in soil... More »

carbon-13, density fractionation, nitrogen-15, Puerto Rico, secondary forests, succession
Climate Change: Parallel Pursuit of Near-Term and Long-Term Climate Mitigation

Science MagazineClimate Change: Parallel Pursuit of Near-Term and Long-Term Climate Mitigation Stacy C. Jackson Energy and... More »

climate change, mitigation, Science Magazine
Clean Energy and Climate Policy for U.S. Growth and Job Creation

An Economic Assessment of the American Clean Energy and Security Act and the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act

Clean Energy and Security Act, green jobs, jobs
UCLA Journal of Environmental Law & Policy

As most people now realize, our society can no longer postpone serious consideration of how to respond to climate change. Most public... More »

Adaptation, climate change, TERRORISTS, TOXICS