Today—Clean Energy Innovation: How Beneficial is Government Funding?
US Wildfires: Context and Consequences
Explore the Climate Insights Survey Data Tool
A new interactive tool provides comprehensive data on American public attitudes toward climate change between 1997 and 2020.
Build Your Own Carbon Pricing Proposal
Our carbon pricing calculator can compare Congressional proposals and custom bills—now with a state-by-state breakdown of impacts.
Learn More about RFF's Advanced Energy Technologies Project
RFF scholars model the potential power sector and economy-wide benefits of innovation for five advanced energy technologies.
Resources for the Future improves environmental, energy, and natural resource decisions through impartial economic research and policy engagement.
Topics
Carbon Pricing
Examining the design and implications of carbon pricing policies for the economy and the environment
Land Use, Forestry, and Agriculture
Examining the way natural, agricultural, and urban land is used and managed
Electric Power
Conducting research to inform the ongoing transformation and decarbonization of the electricity sector
Industry and Fuels
Solutions to decarbonize industry and transition away from fossil fuels
Social Cost of Carbon
Improving the science behind estimating the social cost of carbon
Air Quality
Analyzing policies to monitor and improve air quality
Partnerships
RFF-CMCC European Institute on Economics and the Environment
The Institute is a central focal point for research and policy solutions within Europe.
VALUABLES
VALUABLES is a collaboration between RFF and NASA to measure how satellite information benefits people and the environment when it is used to make decisions.
Climate Insights
Scholars at RFF and Stanford University collaborate on the definitive American public opinion surveys on climate change and the environment
Resources Magazine
Published since 1959, Resources publishes breakthrough environmental, energy, and natural resource ideas.
Issue 207: The Federal Climate Policy Toolkit
Issue 207 of RFF’s Resources magazine is a comprehensive collection of policy options for decarbonizing all sectors of the US economy and combating climate change. The articles are adapted from RFF’s “Federal Climate Policy Toolkit” explainer series.
Common Resources — Jul 29, 2021
Border Carbon Adjustments: How to Implement in Countries That Don’t Have a Carbon Price
A large body of research considers how a border adjustment tax can be imposed on goods from countries that don’t implement a carbon price. A new RFF working paper considers a more complex question: How can nations without a price implement their own tax?
Resources Radio — Jul 27, 2021
Leading by Example: Launching New Federal Building Performance Standards, with Veronique Bugnion
As the federal government develops its own building performance standards, Veronique Bugnion describes the challenge of reducing building emissions.