Seth Villanueva is a Research Analyst at Resources for the Future. He graduated from UC Santa Barbara in 2019 with a BA in economics and a minor in mathematics. At UCSB, Seth worked as a Gretler Research Fellow under Professor Olivier Deschenes to study economic outcomes related to the scaling of wind power generation. Seth's current projects at RFF focus on the valuation of climate models and resource management services, as well as the maintaining of RFF's annual Global Energy Outlook report.

Seth Villanueva
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Report — Feb 18, 2021
The Societal Value of the HYSPLIT Air Dispersion Model
This study describes the many types of applications for NOAA's HYSPLIT model and provides a literature review that highlights how the benefits of these uses could theoretically be quantified.

Report — Feb 9, 2021
The Societal Value of NOAA's Digital Coast
An RFF report examines ways in which the Digital Coast, an online platform run by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, creates societal value through better-informed decisionmaking on coastal issues.

Report — May 20, 2020
Global Energy Outlook 2020: Energy Transition or Energy Addition?
With commentary on the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic, the RFF Global Energy Outlook provides a review of global energy market projections by leading international energy organizations and corporations.

Report — Feb 18, 2021
The Societal Value of the HYSPLIT Air Dispersion Model
This study describes the many types of applications for NOAA's HYSPLIT model and provides a literature review that highlights how the benefits of these uses could theoretically be quantified.

Report — Feb 9, 2021
The Societal Value of NOAA's Digital Coast
An RFF report examines ways in which the Digital Coast, an online platform run by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, creates societal value through better-informed decisionmaking on coastal issues.

Report — May 20, 2020
Global Energy Outlook 2020: Energy Transition or Energy Addition?
With commentary on the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic, the RFF Global Energy Outlook provides a review of global energy market projections by leading international energy organizations and corporations.