Fast and Free: How Better Buses Can Lower Costs and Cut Emissions Across the United States
Our Research
Climate and Community Institute (CCI) creates research that connects issues that dominate our political economy directly with the climate crisis. We lay the groundwork for ambitious and creative climate goals in the near term, and build the vision for a just, decarbonized future.
Greening Public Housing to Lower Costs, Make Homes Healthier, and Spur Market Transformation
Insurance: The Hidden Market Force Threatening Affordable Housing
Increasing insurance costs are making an already painful housing affordability crisis even worse. Our research shows how the current state of property and liability insurance—both of …
Are There Trade-offs Between Decarbonization in the Power Sector and Affordability?
Labor of the US Military-Industrial Complex
Despite record-high military spending now exceeding $1 trillion annually, the arms industry is producing fewer and lower-quality jobs. Once a source of stable, unionized manufacturing work, …
Beyond Extractivism
We are in the middle of a global mineral arms race—one that risks reproducing the status quo extractivist model that has defined the fossil fuel era. …
Stop Greed, Build Green: A Working Class Climate Strategy
Stop Greed, Build Green: A Working Class Climate Agenda
A New Era of Manufacturing for Public Good: The Case for the California Grid Manufacturing Initiative
California faces intertwined crises of accelerating climate change and rising cost of living. Major bottlenecks in the supply chain for critical electricity grid components—including transformers, switchgears, …
The Case for City-led Housing Retrofits in New York City
In New York City, policy discussions about housing affordability tend to focus on rent freezes, land-use reform, and public investment in new affordable housing. Yet housing …