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Global Climate Change

Global climate models developed by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predict glacial retreat, rises in sea level, and other impacts on human and natural activity, from agriculture to migratory patterns. RAND researchers have studied and are continuing to examine the effects of climate change, particularly how governments and businesses respond to both observed changes and projected scenarios.

Research conducted by: RAND Infrastructure, Safety, and Environment; Pardee Center for Longer Range Global Policy; Improving Decisions in a Complex and Changing World; Environment, Energy, and Economic Development Program

Projects (2)

Can Payment for Environmental Services Save the Rainforest? — Feb 9, 2012

The Forest Allowance Program (Programa Bolsa Floresta) is an avoided deforestation initiative in Brazil that pays the local population a monthly allowance for environmental services and increases deforestation monitoring and enforcement. RAND is studying this and similar initiatives to determine their success in reducing deforestation.

Modeling Climate Change Threat Can Help Improve Policy Decisions — Feb 1, 2007

Climate change presents decisionmakers with a fundamental quandary: how to address a potentially serious, long-term, and uncertain threat. A joint project of RAND Infrastructure, Safety, and Environment and the RAND Pardee Center seeks to address this problem through basic research and computer modeling.