Event Tomorrow: The Global Energy Outlook
Dallas Burtraw Awarded AERE Fellowship
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
Informing the design and examining the impacts of carbon pricing policies
Forest Resources
Evaluating regional forest management policies, considering costs and goals
Future of Power
Conducting research to inform the ongoing transformation and decarbonization of the electricity sector
Oil and Gas
Exploring the socioeconomic and environmental impacts of oil and gas development
Social Cost of Carbon
Improving the science behind estimating the social cost of carbon
Water Resources
Informing effective water management policies, from water rights to 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.
Resources Magazine — May 20, 2021
Federal Climate Policy Toolkit: Reducing Emissions
Various US federal policy tools can help reduce carbon emissions and mitigate climate change. Key criteria can help policymakers weigh the value of these tools, accounting for innovation and ancillary effects like air pollution and environmental justice.
Resources Radio — May 4, 2021
Exploring the Energy Transition on Tribal Lands, with Pilar Thomas
Although tribes currently develop oil and gas, Pilar Thomas contends that boosting renewables could be key to reducing energy poverty on tribal lands.