The Climate Crisis and the US War Machine
Warmaking, and the industries that supply and profit from it, fuels the climate crisis. Only a reparative approach can begin to reverse militarization and environmental breakdown. …
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.
Shared Fates: Rising Insurance Costs in Louisiana
To understand how the home insurance crisis is affecting households across the state, we compared price quotes for a hypothetical private insurance policy that we standardized …
Jobs for More Mobility and Less Mining
The urgency of eliminating emissions from the transportation sector–the number one source of U.S. carbon emissions–intensifies with every day of inaction. Some climate advocates believe that …
How are transportation dollars flowing in your state?
The 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act dedicated $643 billion to surface transportation over a five year period. Roughly two thirds of that investment goes to …
Voters Support Phasing Out Fossil Fuel Extraction
Preventing catastrophic climate change impacts requires ending the extraction of fossil fuels, but the United States is on track to do the opposite. The US is …
School Solar Ownership Models
Public schools anchor entire communities. Schools are where students spend the majority of their childhoods outside of the home, workplaces for more than 6 million people, …
Restoring trust at COP29
The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) will begin in Baku, Azerbaijan, on November 11, 2024. 197 countries and the EU will meet to “significantly enhance …
The 2023 People Power for Public Power Summit:The State of the Movement
At this pivotal moment—of climate crisis, utility failures, and climbing prices—people from all walks of life in the United States are once more looking toward public …
Briefing Note for UN Biodiversity Conference 2024 –Financial resources, debt and tax
The 16th Conference of Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity kicks off in Cali, Colombia this week. While virtually all nations agree that much …
Achieving Water Justice in California
California’s water rights system is rooted in land theft and racism. It facilitates unjust and unsustainable outcomes that threaten the well-being and survival of people, agriculture, …
