Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law
Center for International Security and Cooperation
Center on Food Security and the Environment
Stanford Health Policy
The Europe Center
Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center
Program on Energy and Sustainable Development
Rural Education Action Program
Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education
Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies
Ford Dorsey Program in International Policy Studies
Center for Innovation in Global Health
Stanford Center at Peking UniversityAugust 27th, 2007
PESD associate reports to Boston Globe on unclean oil alternatives
in the news: Boston Globe on August 19, 2007Mike Jackson suggests carbon policies to guide energy projects towards cleaner technologies at times of high oil prices Read more »
December 1st, 2006
Global impact of hydroelectric dams may be significant
in the news: Nature on November 30, 2006Nature magazine included findings from Danny Cullenward's research analyzing emissions of greenhouse gases from hydroelectric dams in the tropics. He estimates that dams release between 95 million and 122 million tonnes of methane per year. His work has also been featured in a recent report by Berkeley-based International Rivers Network and in the San Francisco Chronicle.
April 26th, 2006
Journal of Climatic Change editorial weighs in on dam debate
Op-edThere is growing evidence that some hydro dams in tropical regions emit large quantities of greenhouse gases, but the results have been intensely controversial. PESD researchers Danny Cullenward and David Victor comment on the controversy and outline a plan, modeled on the IPCC, for getting to the bottom of the matter. 
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April 17th, 2006
PESD director David G. Victor advises how to manage our oil addiction
Op-ed: Houston Chronicle News on April 15, 2006The Brazilian government is declaring victory in its decades-long struggle to become self-sufficient in the supply of oil. The milestone is cause for celebration in a country that has long paid a high price for imported energy. Read more »
March 9th, 2006
We are basically at energy crisis levels, states PESD research fellow Mark Hayes
in the news: The Mercury News on February 2, 2006Mark H. Hayes says in a February 2, 2006 article in The Mercury News that things will get marginally better next year, but we are not going to get back to the natural gas environment we had in the 1990s any time in the foreseeable future. Read more »
January 4th, 2006
David G. Victor's "Recovering Sustainable Development" published in Foreign Affairs
Op-ed: Foreign Affairs on January 4, 2006Sustainable development -- the notion that boosting economic growth, protecting natural resources, and ensuring social justice can be complementary goals -- has lost much appeal over the past two decades, the victim of woolly thinking and interest-group politics. The concept can be relevant again, but only if its original purpose -- helping the poor live healthier lives on their own terms -- is restored. Read more »
October 3rd, 2005
Victor commends Japan's auto industry for its focus on promising hybrid technologies and commercializing them.
in the news: Wall Street Journal on September 22, 2005In an article in the Wall Street Journal, David Victor states that while it's clear the hybrid vehicle could well be a platform for innovation in automobiles, it is not yet clear that fuel cells or solar panels are winners in the alternative-energy race. Read more »
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