Climate Change Scholarship

White paper from Energy, Environment, and Land Use Program examines the concept of corporate physical climate risk Read More

Land use expert Christopher Serkin offers regulatory roadmap for local governments Read More

New paper from Vanderbilt scholars quantifies the significance of individual behavior in recent environmental legislation Read More

Interdisciplinary article evaluates the behavioral and structural challenges to implementation of the IIJA, Inflation Reduction Act, and the CHIPS and Science Act Read More

The trend in the importance of climate change opinion among voters gives the Democratic candidate an electoral advantage. Read More

New Paper by J.B. Ruhl and James Salzman outlines a new regime for speeding up decarbonization efforts without sacrificing the intentions of the Grand Bargain Read More

Local power companies in TVA’s service region have limited leverage to demand that TVA increase or speed up its shift to clean-energy sources, a case study written by EELU Program Director Caroline Cox and Madeline Flynn ’23 explains Read More

Vanderbilt’s Michael Vandenbergh and Jonathan Gilligan join discussion on how recent legislation can incentivize action Read More

New Paper from Vanderbilt’s Energy, Environment, and Land Use Program examines opportunities and barriers to microgrids in the Volunteer State Read More

Two projects will examine the benefits of and barriers to widespread use of electric vehicles and potential public health impacts of EV adoption. Read More