Background: Plastics have conveyed great benefits to humanity and made possible some of
the most significant advances of modern civilization in fields as diverse as medicine …

The risks of climate change are enormous, threatening the lives and livelihoods of millions to
billions of people. The economic consequences of many of the complex risks associated …

This paper studies how people across the world perceive and understand climate change
and climate policies, which factors determine their support for climate action, and what type …

Estimates of global economic damage caused by carbon dioxide (CO 2) emissions can
inform climate policy 1, 2, 3. The social cost of carbon (SCC) quantifies these damages by …

Increased extreme heat is among the clearest impacts of global warming, but the economic
effects of heat waves are poorly understood. Using subnational economic data, extreme …

Increased exposure to extreme heat from both climate change and the urban heat island
effect—total urban warming—threatens the sustainability of rapidly growing urban …

Jurisdictions adopt climate policies that vary in terms of both ambition and policy approach,
with some pricing carbon and others subsidizing clean production. We distinguish two types …

This paper develops and implements a method to monetize the impact of moderate social
distancing on deaths from COVID-19. Using the Ferguson et al.(2020) simulation model of …

Ambient temperatures are rising worldwide, with the greatest increases recorded at night.
Concurrently, the prevalence of insufficient sleep is rising in many populations. Yet it …

Climate change has a broad range of health impacts and tackling climate change could be
the greatest opportunity for improving global health this century. Yet conversations on …