Impact
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EPA Endangerment Finding
Sol Hsiang and Marshall Burke published an op-ed in the NYT explaining and addressing the EPA’s efforts to roll back the Endangerment Finding that enables the EPA to regulate greenhouse gas emissions as a pollutant.
Sol Hsiang spoke to Prof. Jody Freeman and Prof. Richard Lazarus on the Harvard Law School CleanLaw Podcast about “What Science and the Law Say About EPA’s Authority to Regulate GHGs”.
2025 Job Placements
Joel Ferguson is starting as an Assistant Professor of Sustainable Land Systems in the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Rachel Young will join the University of Minnesota's Humphrey School of Public Affairs as an Assistant Professor in Spring 2026.
Andrew Wilson will start as an Assistant Professor of Public Policy & Economics at the University of Virginia in Spring 2026.
Press: Data Anomalies and the Economic Commitment of Climate Change
Washington Post: This climate study made a big error. One piece of data was to blame
The New York Times: Top Journal Retracts Study Predicting Catastrophic Climate Toll
AFP: Major climate-GDP study under review after facing challenge
Bank Policy Institute: Troubling Timeline of NGFS’s Most Recent Climate Estimate
Norwegian Central Bank
Sol warmed up the audience for Al Gore and Christine Lagarde at the Norges Bank Climate Conference (October, 2025).
(Sol speaks at 25:00)
Bill Gates’ climate change memo
Bill Gates discussed the Lab’s research on adaptation and the global health impacts of climate change in his new essay “Three tough truths about climate” (October, 2025)
PBS: Weathered
The PBS program “Weathered” featured and broke down Rachel Young and Sol Hsiang’s research on the Mortality caused by tropical cyclones in the United States. It was pretty good!
Press: Impacts of climate change on global agriculture accounting for adaptation
Research published in Nature by Andrew Hultgren, Sol Hsiang, and former lab members (Tamma Carleton, Amir Jina, James Rising) was featured in hundreds of news stories world wide.
USA Today: Climate change threatens world food supply. How bad will it be in the US?
NYT: Energy Dept Attacks Climate Science in Contentious Report
Wired: The World Is Producing More Food than Ever—but Not for Long
New Scientist: World's farmers won't be able to keep up with climate change
The Hill: Climate change cuts crop yields, even with adaptation efforts: Study
Fast Company: Climate crisis could wipe out half of U.S. crops by 2100, scientists warn
UNDP Human Climate Horizons publishes agriculture impacts of climate change
UNDP has published output from the Lab’s research on the agricultural impact of climate change as part of the UN Human Climate Horizons platform.
National Climate Assessment
Sol Hsiang and Simon Greenhill were lead authors on the first ever Economics chapter in the Fifth National Climate Assessment published by the US Federal Government (2023).
The Assessment is a report to the President, Congress, and the American Public describing the risks from climate change faced by the United States.
Current and former lab members Taylor Kee, Ian Bolliger, Hannah Druckenmiller, Jon Proctor, and Daniel Allen were all technical contributors to the chapter.
Press: Mortality caused by tropical cyclones in the United States
Research published in Nature by Rachel Young and Sol Hsiang was featured in over 1,100 news stories world wide.
Washington Post - Hurricanes’ hidden toll: Thousands of deaths years after they strike
ABC - Hurricanes like Helene are deadly when they strike and keep killing for years to come
CBS - Hurricanes indirectly cause thousands of deaths for nearly 15 years after a storm, study finds
New York Times - Hurricane Helene Deaths Will Continue for Years, Study Suggests
NPR - Hurricanes contribute to thousands of deaths each year in the U.S.—many times the reported number
Newsweek - US Hurricanes Cause Thousands of Deaths for Years After Storms Hit
USA Today - Helene will likely cause thousands of deaths over decades, study suggests
The Guardian - Major storms contribute to thousands of deaths up to 15 years later, study finds
AP - Hurricanes like Helene are deadly when they strike and keep killing for years to come
AFP - Study reveals long-term death toll of cyclones as world battered
Xinhua - Long-term health effects of hurricanes in U.S. vastly underestimated
Süddeutsche Zeitung - Zerstörung in den USA - Biden und Harris versprechen Hilfe für Sturm-Opfer
Scientific American - Hurricanes Kill People for Years after the Initial Disaster
National Geographic - Hurricane Helene’s death toll could miss thousands of related deaths
Hong Kong University Jockey Club Enterprise Sustainability Global Research Institute
Sol was the keynote at HKU’s second annual flagship event, the 2025 Sustainability Forum (November, 2025).
(Sol speaks at 46:40)
