Research
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The Natural Capital Project advances research frontiers in the following key areas:
This includes nature’s benefits to people, nature and human health, water, and leveraging new technologies.
This includes policies to harmonize people and nature, theories of transformation, and climate resilience and security.
Recent Publications
- Prospects for global sustainable development through integrating the environmental impacts of economic activities. (2024). Nature Communications, 15(1), 8424. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-52854-w
- Robust Hydropower Planning Balances Energy Generation, Carbon Emissions and Sediment Connectivity in the Mekong River Basin. (2024). Earth’s Future, 12(8), e2023EF003647. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023EF003647
- Dams for hydropower and irrigation: Trends, challenges, and alternatives. (2024). Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 199, 114439. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2024.114439
- Public preferences for coastal adaptation: Economic evidence from a discrete choice experiment for hard structures and nature-based solutions in Miami, Florida.. (2024). Marine Policy, 165, 106217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2024.106217
- Offsetting the greenhouse gas footprint of hydropower with floating solar photovoltaics. (2024). Nature Sustainability, 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-024-01384-w