Discourses of Climate Delay in the Campaign Against Offshore Wind: A Case Study from Rhode Island
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The Climate and Development Lab is a student-faculty think tank informing a more just, equitable and effective climate change policy.


A team of students in the Climate and Development Lab in the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society has undertaken a review of...


- Oct 20, 2022
The CDL Field Guide To Obstruction of Loss and Damage Finance in the UNFCCC Negotiations
The Climate and Development Lab at Brown University, USA, teamed up with the International Centre for Climate Change and Development in...


- Dec 8, 2021
Who’s Holding Back Progress on Climate Solutions in the Connecticut Legislature?
After a year defined by wildfires, flooding, hurricanes, and many dire climate projections, and an underwhelming global COP 26 summit...

- Oct 28, 2021
New CDL Report: Can State PUCs Lead in the Clean Energy Transition?
Can State PUCs Lead in the Clean Energy Transition? Lessons From Six States By Cole Triedman, Eve Lukens-Day, Amanda Hinh, and Noah...


- Jun 29, 2021
New CDL Report: Chamber of Obstruction
Image Credit: Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call Chamber of Obstruction: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Shifting Discourses on Climate Change,...


- Jan 30, 2021
New CDL Report: Who's Delaying Climate Action in Massachusetts
A new report from a CDL research team, in conjunction with the Climate Social Science Network (CSSN) and the Institute at Brown for...


- Dec 11, 2019
73-page CDL report shows decades of policy interference, unambitious climate plans, by 10 utilities
American Utilities and the Climate Change Countermovement: An Industry In Flux. A report by Cole Triedman, Andrew Javens, Jessie...


- Dec 3, 2019
Brown Climate and Development Lab brings new wave of climate change countermovement research to DC
The CDL Shifts: Climate and Energy Influence Networks in the United States By Timmons Roberts, Director, and the Climate and Development...
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