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Student-Authored Publications on Energy, Environment, and Infrastructure

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Apr 18, 2024

Informing Clean Energy Planning in California's San Joaquin Valley

This report describes the San Joaquin Valley (SJV) Clean Energy Portfolio Toolkit to help SJV decisionmakers explore how the region might harness its resources to achieve broad prosperity by participating in California’s clean energy transition.

Nidhi Kalra, Robert J. Lempert, Hye Min Park, Javier Rojas Aguilera, Greg C. Wright, Tobias Sytsma, Weilong Kong
Mar 27, 2024

Improving Assessments in Emergency Management: Analysis of the Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment and the Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment

The Federal Emergency Management Agency requires two assessments for participation in certain grant programs. Researchers report their findings from a thorough review of the assessment processes and potential improvements to those processes.

Jason Thomas Barnosky, Andrew Lauland, Jessica Jensen, Susan A. Resetar, Sara Stullken, Jay Balagna, R. J. Briggs, Christy Foran, Emily Hoch, Kristin J. Leuschner, Karen M. Sudkamp, Rachel Steratore
Mar 26, 2024

Incident Management Measurement Toolkit

This toolkit is designed to assess the effectiveness of incident management during and after real-life public health incidents and realistic exercises, which will help incident managers identify opportunities for improvement.

Christopher Nelson, Aaron Clark-Ginsberg, Vanessa Parks, Jalal Awan, Jay Balagna, Laura Fraade-Blanar, Grace Hindmarch
Mar 26, 2024

Extreme Weather and Climate Hazard Impacts on Energy and Water Utilities: Implications for Department of the Air Force Installation Climate Resilience Planning

Researchers developed an approach for estimating utility system exposure to extreme weather- and climate-related hazards to inform at which installations the Department of the Air Force might consider prioritizing deep-dive vulnerability assessments.

Kristin Van Abel, Abbie Tingstad, Rahim Ali, Christy Foran, Beth E. Lachman, Vanessa Wolf, Hye Min Park, Joshua Steier, Brian Wong
Nov 29, 2023

Mischief, Malevolence, or Indifference? How Competitors and Adversaries Could Exploit Climate-Related Conflict in the U.S. Central Command Area of Responsibility

This report presents an analysis of how U.S. competitors and adversaries — China, Russia, and Iran — could attempt to exploit climate-related conflict in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in future decades.

Howard J. Shatz, Karen M. Sudkamp, Jeffrey Martini, Mohammad Ahmadi, Derek Grossman, Kotryna Jukneviciute
Jun 24, 2022

Streamlining Emergency Management: Issues, Impacts, and Options for Improvement

Researchers sought ways to streamline, simplify, and strengthen the U.S. emergency management system, assessing how overlap, duplication, and fragmentation could affect implementation and outcomes. They propose options and discuss trade-offs of each.

Jason Thomas Barnosky, Andrew Lauland, Michelle E. Miro, Jay Balagna, Liisa Ecola, Soo Kim, Chelsea Kolb, Kristin J. Leuschner, Ian Mitch, Andrew M. Parker, Leslie Adrienne Payne, Carter C. Price, Tucker Reese, Liam Regan, Susan A. Resetar, Christopher M. Schnaubelt, Rachel Steratore, Karen M. Sudkamp
Jun 21, 2022

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Preparing for California's Edible Food Recovery Mandate: Findings from the Los Angeles Food Recovery Study

Under a new state law, California must significantly reduce organic waste and recover some edible food from going to landfill by 2025. Is Los Angeles County prepared for the new mandate?

Alina I. Palimaru, Joslyn Fleming, Jay Balagna, Marcy Agmon, Marc Robbins, Sarah B. Hunter
Jun 21, 2022

Los Angeles County's Preparedness for California's Edible Food Recovery Mandate (SB 1383): An Examination of Food Recovery Logistics and Other Challenges

The authors review food recovery in Los Angeles County and specific challenges relating to Senate Bill 1383 implementation, and they suggest ways in which the mandate could be turned into an opportunity for innovation and capacity-building.

Alina I. Palimaru, Joslyn Fleming, Jay Balagna, Marcy Agmon, Marc Robbins, Sarah B. Hunter
Mar 24, 2022

Advancing Global Citizenship in America

This Perspective addresses what global citizenship is, why it is important, how it can be fostered, and ways to promote global citizenship across the political spectrum.

James Dobbins, Krishna B. Kumar, Karishma V. Patel
Feb 24, 2022

A Green Costa Rican COVID-19 Recovery: Aligning Costa Rica's Decarbonization Investments with Economic Recovery

In this report, the authors assess how the implementation of Costa Rica's National Decarbonization Plan, which would lead to an unprecedented economic transformation, could contribute to a just and robust COVID-19 recovery.

David G. Groves, Edmundo Molina-Perez, James Syme, Gabriela Alvarado, Felipe De León Denegri, Juan Daniel Acuña Román, Agripina Jenkins Rojas
Feb 17, 2022

Equity Metrics for Climate Adaptation in the Electricity Sector

Social equity has become a key concern among public agencies. The authors developed an illustrative set of context-specific equity metrics that Southern California Edison could build on and incorporate into its ongoing work toward climate adaptation.

Nidhi Kalra, Swaptik Chowdhury, Kelly Klima, Liam Regan
Dec 21, 2021

Adaptive Water Management in the Face of Uncertainty: Integrating Machine Learning, Groundwater Modeling and Robust Decision Making

This study examines climate change and water resources management challenges facing water suppliers in drought-prone regions.

Michelle E. Miro, David G. Groves, Bob Tincher, James Syme, Stephanie Tanverakul, David Catt

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