Giant Pandas at Risk from New Chinese Forestry Policies

Webinar — Mar 26, 2025

Evaluating the Role of Wood Products as Carbon Offsets

A webinar featuring industry experts discussing the role of wood products in decreasing net emissions.

Working Paper — Mar 12, 2025

Conservation and Distributional Consequences of Pricing Scarce Water During Droughts

This paper uses machine learning to predict how droughts and surcharges affect water consumption, highlighting concerns with "budget-based" rate structures.

Media Highlight — Mar 6, 2025

Washington Post: “Fires Are Burning Throughout US—Here’s Where There’s Greater Risk”

RFF Senior Fellow David Wear comments on the landscape of wildfire risk in the US Southeast—a region that is facing abnormally high wildfire risk this year.

Media Highlight — Mar 5, 2025

Heatmap: “Why the South Is America’s Newest Tinderbox”

Dave Wear is the subject of this Q&A about the recent wildfire outbreak in the Carolinas and his research on Southeastern climate risk.