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Spotlight on Faculty Research: Sustainability

April 18, 2011

…is a professor of economics. He specializes in environmental and natural resource economics. He has worked on issues related to air pollution, energy, growth management, natural disasters, non-market valuation and water. He also works in the areas of econometrics and consumer marketing. More… Bill Gerwick Bill Gerwick is a professor…

Car Talk

May 1, 2023

Old cars are terrible polluters. Equity is an issue. Environmental economist Mark Jacobsen seeks an effective and equitable solution to the pollution, and subsequent health costs, caused by old vehicles.

Course Seeks to Educate World about Sustainable Food and Energy Issues

February 21, 2013

…from many countries and economic levels an opportunity to offer new ideas, explore local solutions and apply their collective knowledge to propose sustainable 21st century energy projects.” Mayfield said students and others will be educated about the global demands for food and fuel through lectures delivered by UC San Diego…

Online Course Seeks to Educate World about Sustainable Food and Energy Issues

February 21, 2013

The University of California, San Diego is developing a free online course designed to educate students and anyone else around the world with a computer and an internet connection about the challenges and potential solutions for meeting the global demands of food and fuel in the 21st century.

Next Greenovation Forum to Focus on Managing the Ocean

February 14, 2012

…Spatial Planning: The Ecological, Economic, and Governance Principles for Managing the Ocean” will take place at 4 p.m. Feb. 22 at Atkinson Hall. The forum will address the problem of the declining health of marine ecosystems and how coastal and marine spatial planning can be part of the solution. Marine…

Economies of Wildfire

November 2, 2023

Just as the threat of fire increases across the state, two major insurance companies have pulled out of California’s home insurance market. Judd Boomhower, assistant professor of economics at UC San Diego, is looking closely a the potential causes of the destabilized insurance market in California.

Finding a Path to the Green Job Industry

October 4, 2012

…current position with the environment and conservation department at Walt Disney Company. Students at UC San Diego are getting hands-on experience in the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification process by participating and managing LEED projects, implementing facility energy efficiency and water conservation programs and conducting waste audits.…

New Research Forecasts U.S. Among Top Nations to Suffer Economic Damage from Climate Change

September 24, 2018

For the first time, researchers have developed a data set quantifying what the social cost of carbon—the measure of the economic harm from carbon dioxide emissions—will be for each of the globe’s nearly 200 countries, and the results are surprising.

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Nobel Peace Prize, 2007

November 1, 2012

…“Nobel” Tradition Harry Markowitz, Economic Sciences, 1990 Paul Crutzen, Chemistry, 1995 Mario J. Molina, Chemistry, 1995 Robert Engle, Economic Sciences, 2003 Roger Tsien, Chemistry, 2008 Somerville continues meteorological research at Scripps. In 2008, the American Meteorological Society published a new edition of his book “The Forgiving Air: Understanding Environmental Change.”…

School of Global Policy and Strategy Launches New Master of Chinese Economic and Political Affairs

August 31, 2016

The School of Global Policy and Strategy at the University of California San Diego will now offer a Master of Chinese Economic and Political Affairs, solidifying it as one of the premier locations to gain expertise in China and United States-China relations.

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