Peer-reviewed publications

In Review

Bindl, Edwards, Cui, “Risks of relying on uncertain carbon dioxide removal technologies in climate policy,” in review.

Carlino, Wongel, Duan, Virgüez, Davis, Edwards, Caldeira, “Predictive skill of experience curves is limited by variation in learning rates,” in review.

Fuhrman, Lane, McJeon, Edwards, Thomas, Edmonds, “Rate and growth limits and the role of geologic carbon storage in meeting climate targets,” in review.

Kim, Holloway, Meier, Rafaj, Edwards, “Powering Residential Heat Electrification through Grid Interconnections in Northeast Asia,” in review.

Qiu, Cui, Zhao, Edwards, Pan, Chen, “Uncertain global terrestrial carbon cycles complicate the predictability of global energy transition pathways,” in review.

Shen, Luo, Edwards, “Racial gaps in heat pump use driven by disparities in building stock,” in review.

Wu, Holloway, Meier, Edwards, “Evaluating multi-pollutant impacts of sulfur reduction strategies in the United States: A Cost-Benefit approach,” in review.

2024

Edwards, Garibay-Rodriguez, Erickson, Shayan, Tan, Shen, Qiu, Liu, “Assessing inequities in electrification via heat pumps across the US,” Joule, 2024. (link)

Edwards*, Thomas*, Nemet, Rathod, Greene, Surana, Kennedy, Fuhman, McJeon, “Modeling direct air carbon capture and storage in a 1.5°C climate future using historical analogues,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 2024. (link)

Giang, Edwards, Fletcher, Gardner-Frolick, Gryba, Mathias, Vernier-Cambron, Anderies, Berglund, Carley, Erickson, Grubert, Hadjimichael, Hill, Mayfield, Nock, Pikok, Saari, Samudio Lezcano, Siddiqi, Skerker, Tessum, “Equity and modeling in sustainability science: examples and opportunities throughout the modeling process,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 2024. (link)

Kennedy, Borrero, Edwards, O’Rourke, Hultman, Surana, “Advancing equitable value chains for the global hydrogen economy,” Energy and Climate Change, 2024. (link)

Kennedy, Edwards, Doblinger, Thomas, Borrero, Williams, Hultman, Surana, “The effects of corporate investment and public grants on climate and energy startup outcomes,” Nature Energy, 2024. (link)

Shen, Edwards, Qiu, Liu, “The Economic Consequences of Local Gas Leaks: Evidence from Massachusetts Housing Market,” iScience, 2024. (link)

Skerker*, Verma*, Edwards, Rachunok, Fletcher, "Alternative household water affordability metrics using water bill delinquency behavior," Environmental Research Letters, 2024. (link)

Wu, Holloway, Meier, Edwards, “Characterizing multi-pollutant emission impacts of sulfur reduction strategies from coal power plants,” Environmental Research Letters, 2024. (link)

2023

Rathod, Edwards, Roy, Warnecke, Rafaj, Kiesewetter, Klimont, “Air quality and health effects of a transition to ammonia-fueled shipping in Singapore,” Environmental Research: Health, 2023. (link)

Surana*, Edwards*, Kennedy, Borrero, Clarke, Fedorchak, Hultman, McJeon, Thomas, Williams, “The role of corporate investment in start-ups for climate-tech innovation,” Joule, 2023. (link, note)

2022

Edwards, Cui, Bindl, Hultman, Mathur, McJeon, Iyer, Song, and Zhao. “Quantifying the regional stranded asset risks from new coal plants under 1.5°C,” Environmental Research Letters, 2022. (link)

Edwards, Holloway, Pierce, Blank, Broddle, Choi, Duncan, Esparza, Falchetta, Fritz, Gibbs, Hundt, Lark, Leibrand, Liu, Madsen, Maslak, Pandey, Seto, Stackhouse Jr., “Satellite Data Applications for Sustainable Energy Transitions,” Frontiers in Sustainability, 2022. (link)

Edwards and Trancik. “Consequences of equivalency metric design for energy transitions and climate change,” Climatic Change, 2022. (link, PDF)

2021

Cui, Hultman, Cui, McJeon, Yu, Edwards, Sen, Song, Bowman, Clarke, Kang, Lou, Yang, Zhang, Zhu, “A plant-by-plant strategy for high-ambition coal phaseout in China,” Nature Communications, 2021. (link)

Edwards, Giang, Macey, Magavi, Nicholas, Ackley, and Schulman, “Repair failures call for new policies to tackle leaky natural gas distribution systems,” Environmental Science & Technology, 2021. (link, note)

2020

Hultman, Clarke, Frisch, Kennedy, McJeon, Cyrs, Hansel, Bodnar,  Manion, Edwards, Cui, Bowman, Lund, Westphal, Clapper, Jaeger, Sen, Lou, Saha, Jaglom, Calhoun, Igusky, deWesse, Hammoud, Altimirano, Dennis, Henderson, Zwicker, O’Neill, “Fusing subnational with national climate action is central to decarbonization: the case of the United States,” Nature Communications, 2020. (link, note)

Klemun*, Edwards*, and Trancik, “Research priorities for supporting subnational climate policies, WIRES Climate Change, 2020. (link)

Pre-2020

Cui, Hultman, Edwards, He, Sen, Surana, McJeon, Iyer, Patel, Yu, Nace, Shearer, “Quantifying operational lifetimes for coal power plants under the Paris goals,” Nature Communications, 2019. (link)

Edwards*, Klemun*, Kim, Wallington, Tamor, and Trancik, “Vehicle emissions of short- and long-lived climate forcers: Trends and tradeoffs,” Faraday Discussions, 2017. (link)

Edwards, McNerney, and Trancik, “Testing emissions equivalency metrics against climate policy goals,” Environmental Science and Policy, 2016. (link)

Edwards and Trancik, “Climate impacts of energy technologies depend on emissions timing,” Nature Climate Change, 2014. (link)

Roy, Edwards, and Trancik, “Methane mitigation timelines to inform energy technology evaluation,” Environmental Research Letters, 2015. (link)

* Authors contributed equally.