Publications
While our publications are all listed here, they are easier to browse on our research page.
Climate research in effective altruism
In this report, Senior Environmental Economist Greer Gosnell provides a brief overview of climate approaches and potential research and strategic directions within effective altruism.
Research in brief: Clean energy price trajectories
This post summarizes research that Rethink conducted in 2022 on the trajectory of the prices of clean energy over the next 25-100 years. The researchers also looked into whether resource or scientific constraints may inhibit clean energy innovation and scaling.
Research in brief: Carbon capture landscape and challenges
This post summarizes research that Rethink conducted in 2022 on the neglectedness of carbon capture technologies over a five- to ten-year horizon, as well as bottlenecks associated with the field and tractable interventions to overcome them.
Research in brief: Climate philanthropy landscape
This post summarizes research that Rethink conducted in December 2021 into the state of climate philanthropy—including the amount that has been committed, how it is allocated, and the identity of major funders—as well as a comparison with public and private climate funding.
The REDD+ framework for reducing deforestation and mitigating climate change: overview, evaluation, and cost-effectiveness
The first of a two-part series on anti-deforestation initiatives, this report examines the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of the REDD+ framework for reducing forest loss and degradation and for abating CO2 emissions that contribute to climate change.