- CRED Principal Investigator, Carla Roncoli, was featured in Communication, Consultation, CollaborationAmerican Anthropological Association Newsletter, 2012-06-20
- How Can Psychologists Help Make Earth Day Every Day?American Psychological Association, 2013-04-19
- Arctic sea ice reaches historic low as scientists warn of regional, global impactArctic sea ice reaches historic low as scientists warn of regional, global impact, 2012-09-19
- Understanding the Disconnect on Global WarmingAssociation for Psychological Science, 2009-02-20
- You Say Offset, I Say Tax? Study Suggests Labels and Political Affiliation May Influence PreferencesAssociation for Psychological Science, 2010-01-12 [+]
"Columbia University psychological scientists David J. Hardisty, Eric J. Johnson, and Elke U. Weber wanted to see how the way in which a concept is framed (that is, how it is labeled) affects our attitude towards it."
- The "Snowmageddon Effect": Irrational Beliefs About ClimateAssociation for Psychological Science, 2011-03-08 [+]
Featuring published research co-authored by CRED graduate student Lisa Zaval, with Eric Johnson and Ye Li
- Science in ActionBBC, 2010-09-03 [+]
Press featuring published research by CRED postdoc and Earth Institute Fellow Shahzeen Attari. [Segment from 02:18 to 07:30]
- Global Warming: It's All In Your HeadCBS News, 2007-02-22
- Crippled NY subways spark infrastructure, climate questionsCNN, 2012-11-03
- Climate Change Raises Stakes for CoastCNN Opinion, 2012-10-29
- Sandy Just the Latest Example of Climate Change’s Threat to East CoastCRED co-director Ben Orlove speaks to the Voice of Russian, American Edition, 2012-10-31
- A Climate of Collaboration: Environmental scientists urge artists to humanize the stories behind the researchChantal Bilodeau, Theatre Communications Group, 2013-05-01
- People's belief in climate change shifts with the weather, study findsClick Green, 2011-04-06 [+]
Featuring published research co-authored by CRED graduate student Lisa Zaval, with Eric Johnson and Ye Li
- Your Brain on Natural HazardsClimate Access, 2013-03-13
- How Much Energy Does that Device Use?Climate Central, 2010-09-23 [+]
Press featuring published research by CRED postdoc and Earth Institute Fellow Shahzeen Attari.
- David Hardisty on his research at CRED- NPR Colombia interviewColombian National Public Radio, 2009-07-31
- The Deep Sleep: Are Americans waking up to global warming?Columbia Magazine, 2008-11-01
- Center for Research on Environmental Decisions LaunchedColumbia News, 2005-05-03
- Cold, Hard GrassConservation Magazine, 2009-07-31
- Art, Science & Climate Change (Tipping Point event)Culturebot, 2009-12-08
- Environmental Labels May Discourage Conservatives from Buying Energy-Efficient ProductsDuke University Fuqua School of Business, 2013-04-30
- ‘Chasing Ice’: Watching History Unfold, and DisappearEarth Institute State of the Planet, 2013-04-26
- Forecasting Andean rainfall from the influence of El Niño on Pleiades visibilityEarthSky (in Spanish), 2011-08-22 [+]
Featuring CRED Co-Director, Ben Orlove
- Semenario TiempoEdición Nº792 (page 16), 2011-01-13 [+]
Representatives from IRI (Paul Block, Cathy Vaughn), CRED (Sabine Marx), and Barnard College (Allyza Lustig) conducted a site visit to the Elqui River Basin in Chile. Funded by Earth Institute's Cross-Cutting Initiative, the project seeks to understand how water resource decisions may benefit from incorporation of climate information, specifically at the seasonal and decadal time scales. The January trip was designed to interview local water managers, government agencies, irrigated farmers, research institutes, and academics regarding the degree to which climate information is actively consulted throughout the basin, and the capacity to adopt such practices.
- Semenario TiempoEdición Nº793 (page 2), 2011-01-20 [+]
Representatives from IRI (Paul Block, Cathy Vaughn), CRED (Sabine Marx), and Barnard College (Allyza Lustig) conducted a site visit to the Elqui River Basin in Chile. Funded by Earth Institute's Cross-Cutting Initiative, the project seeks to understand how water resource decisions may benefit from incorporation of climate information, specifically at the seasonal and decadal time scales. The January trip was designed to interview local water managers, government agencies, irrigated farmers, research institutes, and academics regarding the degree to which climate information is actively consulted throughout the basin, and the capacity to adopt such practices.
- Glacier Retreat: Reviewing the Limits of Human Adaptation to Climate ChangeEnvironment, 2009-05-26 [+]
Article by CRED Co-Director Ben Orlove
- Why You're in Denial About DisastersFox Business, 2013-14-03
- Framing Science- Featuring the CRED GuideFraming Science Blog, 2009-11-09
- Climate psychology in cartoons: clues for solving the messaging mysteryGrist, 2009-11-05
- Environmental anthropologist sees climate change impacts aheadHawaii 24/7, 2010-06-28 [+]
Featuring CRED Co-Director Kenny Broad.
- Fighting, Unruliness Hinder Hurricane Sandy Recovery In New York, New JerseyHuffington Post, 2012-11-02
- Research Heroes: Elke WeberInDecision Blog, 2013-02-19
- Making the Invisible Visible: The Psychology of Energy UseIndiana Living Green, 2013-01-04
- New NSF-Funded Center for Research on Environmental DecisionsInstitute for Social and Economic Research and Policy (ISERP), Columbia University, 2004-11-01
- CRED Co-Director Elke Weber and CRED PI Howard Kunreuther selected as authors of IPCC 5th Assessment ReportIntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 2010-06-23 [+]
CRED Co-Director Elke Weber, selected from a pool of over 3,000 nominations, is a Lead Author to the 5th Assessment Report (AR5), Working Group III, for the volume entitled,
Climate Change 2014: Mitigation of Climate Change. Weber is Lead Author of the second chapter in that volume entitled
Integrated Risk and Uncertainty Assessment of Climate Change Response Policies and will focus on framing issues. CRED PI Howard Kunreuther was selected as Coordinating Lead Author for the same chapter.The scheduled completion dates for AR5 are as follows: Working Group 1- September 2013, Working Group 2- March 2014, Working Group 3- April 2014, Synthesis Report- September 2014. Other Columbia scientists and professors selected to contribute to this report include
Geoffrey Heal (Professor of Public Policy and Business Responsibility, Professor of Finance and Economics, Columbia Business School);
Marc Levy (Deputy Director CIESEN, Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs, Columbia School of International and Public Affairs);
Patrick Kinney (Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health);
Drew Shindell (NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Lecturer in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences).
To learn more about the AR5,
click here. To learn more about the IPCC
click here.
- Climate Change, Insurability, and LiabilityKunreuther, H., & Michel-Kerjan, E. | University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 155(6), 1795-1842., 2007-01-01 [+]
Abstract: This paper focuses on the interaction between uncertainty and insurability in the context of some of the risks associated with climate change. It discusses the evolution of insured losses due to weather-related disasters over the past decade, and the key drivers of the sharp increases in both economic and insured catastrophe losses over the past 20 years. In particular we examine the impact of development in hazard-prone areas and of global warming on the potential for catastrophic losses in the future. In this context we discuss the implications for insurance risk capital and the capacity of the insurance industry to handle large-scale events. A key question that needs to be addressed is the factors that determine the insurability of a risk and the extent of coverage offered by the private sector to provide protection against extreme events where there is significant uncertainty surrounding the probability and consequences of a catastrophic loss. We discuss the concepts of insurability by focusing on coverage for natural hazards, such as earthquakes, hurricanes and floods. The paper also focuses on the liability issues associated with global climate change, and possible implications for insurers (including D&O), given the difficulty in identifying potential defendants, tracing harm to their actions and apportioning damages among them. The paper concludes by suggesting ways that insurers can help mitigate future damages from global climate change by providing premium reductions and rate credits to companies investing in risk-reducing measures.
Publisher's page
- Some People's Climate Beliefs Shift With WeatherMedical News Today, 2011-04-08
- Penn professor simulates next Sandy scenarioMetro, 2012-11-28
- NASA Warned New York About Hurricane Danger Six Years AgoMother Jones, 2012-10-30
- Matt Sisco Op-Ed: Time to get focused on climate changeNJ Star-Ledger, 2012-11-18
- American Conscious Waking Up to Climate ChangeNPR, 2007-07-07
- Don’t blame IreneNY Alt News, 2012-11-09
- Scientists, local leaders send letter, urge Romney, Obama to address climate changeNaplesnews, 2012-10-11
- Pro-Environment Light Bulb Labeling Turns Off Conservatives, Study FindsNational Geographic, 2013-04-30
- CRED Co-Director Kenny Broad Chosen as one of National Geographic's Emerging Explorers of the YearNational Geographic, 2006-02-23
- Missing the Chance for Big Energy Savings: Focusing on Small Changes, Consumers Set Their Sights LowNational Geographic, 2010-08-01 [+]
Press featuring research published by CRED postdoc and Earth Institute Fellow Shahzeen Attari.
- Positive Thinking for a Cooler WorldNew Scientist, 2009-08-19
- Green machine: Fighting the efficiency fallaciesNew Scientist, 2010-08-17 [+]
Press featuring research published by CRED postdoc and Earth Institute Fellow Shahzeen Attari.
- How psychology can help the planet stay coolNew Scientist, 2009-08-19
- Recycling Helps, but It’s Not All You Can Do for the EnvironmentNew York Times, 2012-10-19
- Op-Ed: Game Theory and Public Hearings: A Decision Theorist’s PerspectiveNewCastleNOW, 2012-12-03
- Green and CluelessNewsweek, 2010-08-17 [+]
Press featuring research published by CRED postdoc and Earth Institute Fellow Shahzeen Attari.
- Largest Weather Index Insurance Payout for Small Scale African Farmers Triggered by Satellite TechnologyOXFAM America, 2012-06-12
- Sandy's WarningPBS Nova, 2012-11-21
- Hurricane Sandy: A disaster foretold?PBS's Need to Know, 2012-10-30
- Save Your EnergyPocket Science, 2010-08-17 [+]
Press featuring research published by CRED postdoc and Earth Institute Fellow Shahzeen Attari.
- Paradise Parking Lot with Steve BarnettProgressive Radio Network, 2011-04-13 [+]
Paradise Parking Lot with Steve Barnett on PRN featured research co-authored by CRED graduate student Lisa Zaval, with Eric Johnson and Ye Li.
- Some People's Climate Beliefs Shift With WeatherScience Daily, 2011-04-07 [+]
Featuring published research co-authored by CRED graduate student Lisa Zaval, with Eric Johnson and Ye Li
- When It Comes To Going Green, People Want Smaller Gains Now, Not Bigger Gains LaterScience Daily, 2009-07-29
- Hurricane Sandy Hints at Perils of Global CatastropheScientific American, 2012-11-08
- Can Smiley Faces (and a 14-Step Program to Stop Overconsumption) Save the Global Climate?Scientific American, 2010-03-16 [+]
Featuring the Managing Director of CRED, Sabine Marx
- It's up to social science to make us act in an environmentally conscious way. But can we trick ourselves into saving ourselves?Seed Magazine, 2009-04-22
- Stemming the invisible energy flowSimple Climate, 2010-09-01
- In Hurricane Forecasts, “Cone of Uncertainty” Is Surrounded by Haze of ConfusionSlate, 2012-08-28
- Take Slate's Energy Quiz! Do you know how much energy common household appliances consume?Slate, 2011-04-21 [+]
Featuring CRED postdoc, Shahzeen Attari
- Planning for Future DisastersState of the Planet, 2011-09-19 [+]
Written by CRED graduate student Katherine Thompson, and featuring CRED Co-Directors Ben Orlove, Kenneth Broad and CRED researcher Robert Meyer.
- Methane, Modern Science and the Dalai LamaState of the Planet, 2011-10-25 [+]
Featuring CRED Co-Director, Elke Weber
- CRED Co-Director Ben Orlove Interviewed on Connection Between Extreme Weather and Global WarmingState of the Planet, 2012-05-15
- Understanding the Mind as the Temperature ClimbsState of the Planet, 2011-06-28 [+]
Profile piece featuring CRED Director David Krantz
- Getting Better Prepared for the Next Big StormState of the Planet: Earth Institute Blog, 2012-11-12
- This is a wake-up call – don’t hit the snooze buttonState of the Planet: Earth Institute Blog, 2012-11-06
- Study Shows People Are Clueless About Energy Savings – Here's What Actually Works.Tech Crunch, 2010-08-18 [+]
Press featuring research published by CRED postdoc and Earth Institute Fellow Shahzeen Attari.
- Tipping Points: CRED co-sponsored TippingPoint event at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)The CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities Blog, 2009-12-08
- Will talking change anyone's mind about climate change?The Christian Science Monitor, 2009-11-06
- Population Researchers Look for Room in AcademeThe Chronicle of Higher Education, 2011-10-30 [+]
Featuring CRED Managing Director Sabine Marx
- Americans' sense of energy savings? Small change.The Daily Climate, 2010-08-16 [+]
Press featuring research published by CRED postdoc and Earth Institute Fellow Shahzeen Attari.
- New simulation can help prepare people for hurricane damageThe Daily Pennsylvanian, 2012-11-26
- Survey Shows Many Are Clueless On How To Save Energy: People Turn Off Lights in Vain, Ignoring Real EfficienciesThe Earth Institute, 2010-08-16 [+]
Press featuring research published by CRED postdoc and Earth Institute Fellow Shahzeen Attari.
- Some People's Climate Beliefs Shift with the Weather: Study Shows Daily Malleability on a Long-Term QuestionThe Earth Institute, 2011-04-06 [+]
Featuring published research co-authored by CRED graduate student Lisa Zaval, with Eric Johnson and Ye Li
- Watts up? People habitually underestimate their energy consumptionThe Economist, 2010-08-19 [+]
Press featuring research published by CRED postdoc and Earth Institute Fellow Shahzeen Attari.
- Alaskans Don't Like Global WarmingThe Frontal Cortex Blog, 2006-10-17
- Legacy in Mind: Why We Bother to Save the PlanetThe Huffington Post, 2012-06-19 [+]
CRED Principal Investigator Rick Larrick and colleagues at the Duke Fuqua School of Business co-authored the study cited in this article.
- Major League Baseball Copes With Climate ChangeThe Huffington Post, 2012-08-16
- Delusions Abound on Energy Savings, Study SaysThe New York Times, 2010-08-18 [+]
Press featuring research published by CRED postdoc and Earth Institute Fellow Shahzeen Attari.
- A Community Tries to Shrink Its FootprintThe New York Times, 2008-01-20
- Adding Punch to Influence Public OpinionThe New York Times, 2010-07-25 [+]
CRED Co-Director Kenny Broad and PI Eric Johnson in collaboration with the Harmony Institute
- Africa Experiments With Climate Insurance-- for $5 a YearThe New York Times, 2009-09-30
- Cleaner for the Environment, Not for the DishesThe New York Times, 2010-09-18 [+]
CRED Co-Director Elke Weber quoted in NY Times Environment piece
- New Yorkers See a Threat in Global WarmingThe New York Times, 2008-03-06
- Stuck on Coal, and Stuck for Words in a High-Tech WorldThe New York Times, 2007-12-04
- On Climate, Ethics, Cow Burps and the Dalai LamaThe New York Times, 2011-10-21 [+]
Featuring CRED Co-Director, Elke Weber
- Misperceived Paths to Energy SavingsThe New York Times Dot Earth Blog, 2010-08-17 [+]
Press featuring research published by CRED postdoc and Earth Institute Fellow Shahzeen Attari.
- Why Isn’t the Brain Green?The New York Times Magazine, 2009-04-16
- Polar Exploration & Risky DecisionmakingThe Street, 2007-03-06
- A January Warm Spell Conjures Mixed EmotionsThe Wall Street Journal, 2013-01-14
- Why Thinking About Your Death May Prompt You to Save the PlanetTime Magazine, Ecocentric Blog, 2012-07-04 [+]
CRED Principal Investigator Rick Larrick and colleagues as the Duke Fuqua School of Business co-authored the study cited in this post.
- Contemplate Your Own Death, Save the WorldTreehugger, 2012-07-04 [+]
CRED Principal Investigator Rick Larrick and colleagues at the Duke Fuqua School of Business co-authored the study cited in this post.
- Bahamas' 'blue holes' hold wonders and weird scienceUSA Today, 2010-07-21 [+]
Featuring CRED Co-Director Kenny Broad
- Survey: Americans clueless on how best to save energyUSA Today, 2010-08-24 [+]
Press featuring research published by CRED postdoc and Earth Institute Fellow Shahzeen Attari.
- Dire Warnings Issued on Diminishing Arctic IceVoice of America, 2012-09-21
- Climate Change: People and CitiesWNYC: The Brian Lehrer Show, 2009-12-14 [+]
Featuring Earth Institute postdoctoral fellow at CRED, Shahzeen Attari
- Ben Orlove on the Brian Lehrer Show: Climate Science and SandyWNYC: The Brian Lehrer Show, 2012-11-15
- Party's Over After SandyWall Street Journal, 2012-11-06
- Hyperbolically discount our environmentWeber and Hardisty cited in "Mydigitalfc" Op-Ed, 2012-11-29
