Publications

The Guarini Center conducts research and issues publications that further our mission of facilitating the transition to an equitable and sustainable economy. Our current research and work recognizes the inextricable link between energy and the environment, and the necessity of developing innovative policy tools to drive systemic change.

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Joint Comments to New York State DEC and NYSERDA on New York Cap-and-Invest Program
Joint Comments to New York State DEC and NYSERDA on New York Cap-and-Invest ProgramMarch 15, 2024Public Comment/Amicus BriefCities, Climate Change, Electricity, Energy, Renewable Energypublic-comment-amicus-briefcities climate-change electricity energy renewable-energynathaniel-mattison
Wild Animal Welfare in Local Policies on Land Use and the Built Environment: Highlights
Wild Animal Welfare in Local Policies on Land Use and the Built Environment: HighlightsMarch 12, 2024Policy Paper/ReportBuildings, Cities, Green Roofs, Land Use, Wild Animalspolicy-paper-reportbuildings cities green-roofs land-use wild-animalsadalene-minelli alisa-white jeff-sebo katrina-wyman
Wild Animal Welfare in Local Policies on Land Use and the Built Environment
Wild Animal Welfare in Local Policies on Land Use and the Built EnvironmentMarch 12, 2024Policy Paper/ReportBuildings, Cities, Green Roofs, Land Use, Wild Animalspolicy-paper-reportbuildings cities green-roofs land-use wild-animalsadalene-minelli alisa-white jeff-sebo katrina-wyman
Equity in Green Infrastructure
Equity in Green InfrastructureJanuary 29, 2024Journal ArticleAdaptation, Citiesjournal-articleadaptation citieskyle-mckenney nathaniel-mattison
Public Comments to the NYC Department of Buildings on the Proposed Rules on Penalties under Local Law 97
Public Comments to the NYC Department of Buildings on the Proposed Rules on Penalties under Local Law 97October 23, 2023Public Comment/Amicus BriefBuildings, Citiespublic-comment-amicus-briefbuildings citiesjanet-bering katrina-wyman
Public Comments to OIRA on Proposed Guidance for Assessing Changes in Environmental and Ecosystem Services in Benefit-Cost Analysis
Public Comments to OIRA on Proposed Guidance for Assessing Changes in Environmental and Ecosystem Services in Benefit-Cost AnalysisSeptember 18, 2023Public Comment/Amicus BriefCities, Land Usepublic-comment-amicus-briefcities land-useadalene-minelli alisa-white jeff-sebo katrina-wyman
The Legal Case for Stormwater Fees in New York City
The Legal Case for Stormwater Fees in New York CityAugust 9, 2023Journal ArticleAdaptation, Citiesjournal-articleadaptation citiesnathaniel-mattison
Brief as Amicus Curiae in Support of Defendant in Cal. Restaurant Ass'n v. Berkeley
Brief as Amicus Curiae in Support of Defendant in Cal. Restaurant Ass’n v. BerkeleyJune 12, 2023Public Comment/Amicus BriefBuildings, Citiespublic-comment-amicus-briefbuildings citiesnathaniel-mattison
Impact Fees in New York City? Legal Authority, Constraints, and Potential Options
Impact Fees in New York City? Legal Authority, Constraints, and Potential OptionsJune 9, 2023Journal ArticleCities, Land Usejournal-articlecities land-useadalene-minelli
Toward a Global Plastics Treaty: A Survey of State Submissions ahead of INC-2
Toward a Global Plastics Treaty: A Survey of State Submissions ahead of INC-2April 7, 2023Policy Paper/ReportOceans, Plastic Pollution, Small Island Developing Statespolicy-paper-reportoceans plastic-pollution small-island-developing-statessaeed-hamid
Global Sustainable Cities: City Governments and Our Environmental Future
Global Sustainable Cities: City Governments and Our Environmental FutureJanuary 3, 2023BookCitiesbookcitiesadalene-minelli danielle-spiegel-feld katrina-wyman sara-savarani
Plastic Production in SIDS: Case Studies of Five Small Island Developing States
Plastic Production in SIDS: Case Studies of Five Small Island Developing StatesNovember 15, 2022Policy Paper/ReportOceans, Plastic Pollution, Small Island Developing Statespolicy-paper-reportoceans plastic-pollution small-island-developing-statesadalene-minelli saeed-hamid
Plastic Production in SIDS: Preliminary Data on the Role of Small Island Developing States in Global Plastic Production
Plastic Production in SIDS: Preliminary Data on the Role of Small Island Developing States in Global Plastic ProductionNovember 15, 2022Policy Paper/ReportOceans, Plastic Pollution, Small Island Developing Statespolicy-paper-reportoceans plastic-pollution small-island-developing-statesadalene-minelli bryce-rudyk karmjit-sangha saeed-hamid
Breaking Down Urban Organics: Lessons from San Francisco’s Organics Program and Implications for New York City
Breaking Down Urban Organics: Lessons from San Francisco’s Organics Program and Implications for New York CityOctober 31, 2022Student PaperCities, Green Dietsstudent-papercities green-dietsstudent-author
Equitable Electrification: Could City and State Policies Aggravate Energy Insecurity?
Equitable Electrification: Could City and State Policies Aggravate Energy Insecurity?October 28, 2022Policy Paper/ReportBuildings, Citiespolicy-paper-reportbuildings citiesdanielle-spiegel-feld sara-savarani
Beyond Gas Bans: Alternative Pathways to Reduce Building Emissions in Light of State Preemption Laws
Beyond Gas Bans: Alternative Pathways to Reduce Building Emissions in Light of State Preemption LawsOctober 11, 2022Policy Paper/ReportBuildings, Citiespolicy-paper-reportbuildings citiesnathaniel-mattison
Equitable Electrification: Could City and State Policies Aggravate Energy Insecurity?
Equitable Electrification: Could City and State Policies Aggravate Energy Insecurity?October 6, 2022Journal ArticleBuildings, Citiesjournal-articlebuildings citiesdanielle-spiegel-feld sara-savarani
Propertizing Environmental Attributes
Propertizing Environmental AttributesAugust 31, 2022Journal ArticleEnergyjournal-articleenergyadalene-minelli katrina-wyman
Impact Fees in NYC? A Summary of Potential Sources of Legal Authority, Constraints, and Options
Impact Fees in NYC? A Summary of Potential Sources of Legal Authority, Constraints, and OptionsAugust 17, 2022Policy Paper/ReportBuildings, Cities, Land Usepolicy-paper-reportbuildings cities land-useadalene-minelli
Following the Money: The Role of Penalties in Encouraging Compliance with Building Performance Standards
Following the Money: The Role of Penalties in Encouraging Compliance with Building Performance StandardsJuly 8, 2022Student PaperBuildings, Citiesstudent-paperbuildings citiesstudent-author
From Why to How Subnational Jurisdictions are Mitigating Climate Change
From Why to How Subnational Jurisdictions are Mitigating Climate ChangeJune 27, 2022Journal ArticleAdaptation, Buildings, Citiesjournal-articleadaptation buildings citieskatrina-wyman
Ownership of Environmental Attributes in the Energy WorldJune 27, 2022Journal ArticleElectricity, Energyjournal-articleelectricity energyadalene-minelli katrina-wyman
SIDS & Marine Plastic Pollution: A Look at How Small Island Developing States are Impacted by Plastic Pollution
SIDS & Marine Plastic Pollution: A Look at How Small Island Developing States are Impacted by Plastic PollutionMay 30, 2022Policy Paper/ReportOceans, Plastic Pollution, Small Island Developing Statespolicy-paper-reportoceans plastic-pollution small-island-developing-statesadalene-minelli bryce-rudyk karmjit-sangha saeed-hamid
Building Better Building Performance Standards
Building Better Building Performance StandardsMay 3, 2022Journal ArticleBuildings, Citiesjournal-articlebuildings citiesdanielle-spiegel-feld katrina-wyman
Toward Tradeable Building Performance Standards
Toward Tradeable Building Performance StandardsMay 3, 2022Journal ArticleBuildings, Citiesjournal-articlebuildings citiesdanielle-spiegel-feld katrina-wyman
Valuing Density: An Evaluation of the Extent to which American, Australian, and Canadian Cities Account for the Climate Benefits of Density through Environmental Review
Valuing Density: An Evaluation of the Extent to which American, Australian, and Canadian Cities Account for the Climate Benefits of Density through Environmental ReviewJanuary 14, 2022Policy Paper/ReportBuildings, Cities, Land Usepolicy-paper-reportbuildings cities land-useadalene-minelli danielle-spiegel-feld katrina-wyman sara-savarani
Carbon Trading for NYC’s Building Sector: Implementation Plan
Carbon Trading for NYC’s Building Sector: Implementation PlanDecember 15, 2021Policy Paper/ReportBuildings, Citiespolicy-paper-reportbuildings citiesdanielle-spiegel-feld katrina-wyman sara-savarani
Carbon Trading for NYC’s Buildings Sector
Carbon Trading for NYC’s Buildings SectorNovember 15, 2021Policy Paper/ReportBuildings, Citiespolicy-paper-reportbuildings citiesadalene-minelli danielle-spiegel-feld katrina-wyman sara-savarani
Towards Plant-Forward Diets: A Toolkit for Local Policy Makers
Towards Plant-Forward Diets: A Toolkit for Local Policy MakersOctober 4, 2021Policy Paper/ReportCities, Green Dietspolicy-paper-reportcities green-dietsadalene-minelli danielle-spiegel-feld jeff-sebo katrina-wyman
Towards Plant-Forward Diets: A Toolkit for Local Policy Makers - Highlights
Towards Plant-Forward Diets: A Toolkit for Local Policy Makers – HighlightsOctober 4, 2021Policy Paper/ReportCities, Green Dietspolicy-paper-reportcities green-dietsadalene-minelli danielle-spiegel-feld jeff-sebo katrina-wyman
Rapid Research and Assessment on COVID-19 and Climate in New York City
Rapid Research and Assessment on COVID-19 and Climate in New York CityJuly 6, 2021Journal ArticleCitiesjournal-articlecitiesdanielle-spiegel-feld
Climate Ambition and Sustainable Development for a New Decade: A Catalytic Framework
Climate Ambition and Sustainable Development for a New Decade: A Catalytic FrameworkApril 10, 2021Journal ArticleClimate Change, International Lawjournal-articleclimate-change international-lawbryce-rudyk
The Urban Environmental Renaissance
The Urban Environmental RenaissanceApril 27, 2020Journal ArticleCitiesjournal-articlecitiesdanielle-spiegel-feld katrina-wyman
Impact of Mandatory Energy Audits on Building Energy Use
Impact of Mandatory Energy Audits on Building Energy UseMarch 30, 2020Journal ArticleBuildings, Citiesjournal-articlebuildings citiesdanielle-spiegel-feld
Closing the High Seas to Fishing: A Club Approach
Closing the High Seas to Fishing: A Club ApproachMarch 28, 2020Journal ArticleFisheries, International Law, Oceansjournal-articlefisheries international-law oceansbryce-rudyk
Reforming CEQR: Improving Mitigation Under the City Environmental Quality Review Process
Reforming CEQR: Improving Mitigation Under the City Environmental Quality Review ProcessFebruary 26, 2020Policy Paper/ReportCities, Land Usepolicy-paper-reportcities land-useadalene-minelli
New Frontiers in Ocean Environmental Governance: Private Actors, Public GoodsNovember 28, 2019Journal ArticleInternational Law, Oceansjournal-articleinternational-law oceanskatrina-wyman
Cities as Global Environmental Actors: The Case of Marine Plastics
Cities as Global Environmental Actors: The Case of Marine PlasticsSeptember 9, 2019Journal ArticleCities, Oceans, Plastic Pollutionjournal-articlecities oceans plastic-pollutiondanielle-spiegel-feld katrina-wyman
Emissions Trading for Buildings?
Emissions Trading for Buildings?September 9, 2019Journal ArticleBuildings, Citiesjournal-articlebuildings citiesdanielle-spiegel-feld
The Tokyo Emissions Trading Scheme: Lessons from a Pioneering JurisdictionJuly 2, 2019Student PaperBuildings, Citiesstudent-paperbuildings citiesstudent-author
Megaregulation Contested: Global Economic Ordering After TPP
Megaregulation Contested: Global Economic Ordering After TPPJune 21, 2019Bookbookrichard-stewart
Cutting Carbon and Costs Across NYUApril 25, 2019Student PaperEnergystudent-paperenergystudent-author
A Review of Green Roof Laws & Policies
A Review of Green Roof Laws & PoliciesFebruary 5, 2019Policy Paper/ReportCities, Green Roofspolicy-paper-reportcities green-roofssara-savarani
Electrifying New York City’s School Bus Fleet: Legal & Policy Considerations
Electrifying New York City’s School Bus Fleet: Legal & Policy ConsiderationsDecember 5, 2018Student PaperCitiesstudent-papercitiesstudent-author
Do Mandatory Energy Audits Reduce Building Energy Use?: A Bayesian Analysis of New York City’s Local Law 87November 26, 2018Journal ArticleBuildings, Citiesjournal-articlebuildings citiesdanielle-spiegel-feld
Ocean Plastic Pollution: A Survey of Existing Global Agreements and Proposals for Reform
Ocean Plastic Pollution: A Survey of Existing Global Agreements and Proposals for ReformNovember 3, 2018Policy Paper/ReportInternational Law, Oceans, Plastic Pollutionpolicy-paper-reportinternational-law oceans plastic-pollutionbryce-rudyk sara-savarani
Climate-Friendly Diets: How Cities Can Cut Emissions and Improve Public Health
Climate-Friendly Diets: How Cities Can Cut Emissions and Improve Public HealthJuly 13, 2018Policy Paper/ReportCities, Green Dietspolicy-paper-reportcities green-dietsamelia-linn
Expanding Green Roofs in New York City: Towards a Location-Specific Tax IncentiveJuly 11, 2018Journal ArticleBuildings, Cities, Green Roofsjournal-articlebuildings cities green-roofsdanielle-spiegel-feld student-author
Water for Nukes: Could Canadian Hydropower Keep New York’s Emissions in Check After Indian Point?
Water for Nukes: Could Canadian Hydropower Keep New York’s Emissions in Check After Indian Point?April 19, 2018Policy Paper/ReportEnergypolicy-paper-reportenergypeter-ross
Linking Across Borders: Opportunities and Obstacles for a Joint Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative-Western Climate Initiative Market
Linking Across Borders: Opportunities and Obstacles for a Joint Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative-Western Climate Initiative MarketMarch 2, 2018Journal ArticleClimate Changejournal-articleclimate-changeaugusta-wilson
Clean and Resilient Power for Caribbean States
Clean and Resilient Power for Caribbean StatesJanuary 26, 2018Policy Paper/ReportRenewable Energy, Small Island Developing Statespolicy-paper-reportrenewable-energy small-island-developing-statesbryce-rudyk danielle-spiegel-feld peter-ross student-author
Political Cross Currents in the Electricity SectorOctober 16, 2017Policy Paper/ReportEnergypolicy-paper-reportenergypeter-ross
Act Locally, Link Globally: Overcoming Obstacles to a Joint RGGI-WCI MarketSeptember 13, 2017Policy Paper/ReportClimate Changepolicy-paper-reportclimate-changeaugusta-wilson
Expanding Green Roofs in New York City: Insights from the City of CopenhagenMay 18, 2017Student PaperBuildings, Cities, Green Roofsstudent-paperbuildings cities green-roofsstudent-author
Taxi Regulation in the Age of UberMay 5, 2017Journal ArticleTransportationjournal-articletransportationkatrina-wyman
Building Blocks: A Strategy for Near-Term Climate Action
Building Blocks: A Strategy for Near-Term Climate ActionMarch 10, 2017Journal ArticleBuilding Blocks, Climate Change, International Lawjournal-articlebuilding-blocks climate-change international-lawbryce-rudyk michael-oppenheimer richard-stewart
The Promise of Renewable Energy Microgrids for Rural Latin America
The Promise of Renewable Energy Microgrids for Rural Latin AmericaJanuary 31, 2017Policy Paper/ReportRenewable Energypolicy-paper-reportrenewable-energybryce-rudyk danielle-spiegel-feld student-author
Greening New York City’s Homes: The Case For Requiring Energy Efficiency Upgrades
Greening New York City’s Homes: The Case For Requiring Energy Efficiency UpgradesJanuary 12, 2017Policy Paper/ReportBuildings, Cities, Energypolicy-paper-reportbuildings cities energyaugusta-wilson danielle-spiegel-feld
The FPA and the Private Right to PreemptOctober 4, 2016Journal ArticleElectricity, Energyjournal-articleelectricity energymatthew-christiansen
FERC v. EPSA: Functionalism and the Electricity Industry of the FutureApril 28, 2016Journal ArticleElectricity, Energyjournal-articleelectricity energymatthew-christiansen
Building Demand for Efficient Buildings: Insights from the EU’s Energy Disclosure RegimeApril 8, 2016Policy Paper/ReportBuildings, Cities, Energypolicy-paper-reportbuildings cities energydanielle-spiegel-feld
Next Steps for the Paris Climate AgreementMarch 31, 2016Policy Paper/ReportClimate Change, International Lawpolicy-paper-reportclimate-change international-lawamelia-linn
Allocating the Economic Benefits of Renewable Energy Between Stakeholders on Small Island Developing States (SIDS): Arguments for a Balanced ApproachMarch 16, 2016Journal ArticleRenewable Energy, Small Island Developing Statesjournal-articlerenewable-energy small-island-developing-statesbryce-rudyk danielle-spiegel-feld
FPA Preemption in the 21st Century
FPA Preemption in the 21st CenturyFebruary 17, 2016Journal ArticleElectricity, Energyjournal-articleelectricity energymatthew-christiansen
The Rise of DG: Options for Addressing the Environmental Consequences of Increased Distributed Generation
The Rise of DG: Options for Addressing the Environmental Consequences of Increased Distributed GenerationFebruary 8, 2016Policy Paper/ReportElectricity, Energypolicy-paper-reportelectricity energymatthew-christiansen
A Building Blocks Strategy for Global Climate Change
A Building Blocks Strategy for Global Climate ChangeDecember 16, 2015BookBuilding Blocks, Climate Change, International Lawbookbuilding-blocks climate-change international-lawbryce-rudyk michael-oppenheimer richard-stewart
Deploying Solar Powered Microgrids on Small Island Developing States
Deploying Solar Powered Microgrids on Small Island Developing StatesDecember 16, 2015Policy Paper/ReportRenewable Energy, Small Island Developing Statespolicy-paper-reportrenewable-energy small-island-developing-statesdanielle-spiegel-feld
Electricity Regulation at the Supreme Court: What Might the Grant of PPL Mean for EPSA?
Electricity Regulation at the Supreme Court: What Might the Grant of PPL Mean for EPSA?October 28, 2015Policy Paper/ReportElectricity, Energypolicy-paper-reportelectricity energymatthew-christiansen
Building New York’s Future Electricity Markets: Identifying Policy Prerequisites & Market Relationships
Building New York’s Future Electricity Markets: Identifying Policy Prerequisites & Market RelationshipsJuly 21, 2015Policy Paper/ReportEnergypolicy-paper-reportenergy
Brief as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioners in EnerNOC v. Electric Power Supply Ass'n
Brief as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioners in EnerNOC v. Electric Power Supply Ass’nJuly 16, 2015Public Comment/Amicus Briefpublic-comment-amicus-briefdanielle-spiegel-feld katrina-wyman richard-stewart
Minding the Gaps: Identifying Priority Areas for REV Demonstration Projects to Address
Minding the Gaps: Identifying Priority Areas for REV Demonstration Projects to AddressJune 18, 2015Policy Paper/ReportEnergypolicy-paper-reportenergy
The Merits of an ‘Integrated’ Approach to Performance-Based Regulation
The Merits of an ‘Integrated’ Approach to Performance-Based RegulationMay 22, 2015Journal ArticleEnergyjournal-articleenergybenjamin-mandel
The German Energy Transition: Debating Implications for New York State
The German Energy Transition: Debating Implications for New York StateApril 24, 2015Policy Paper/ReportEnergypolicy-paper-reportenergy
Designing Performance Incentives to Advance New York State’s Policy Agenda
Designing Performance Incentives to Advance New York State’s Policy AgendaApril 9, 2015Policy Paper/ReportEnergypolicy-paper-reportenergybenjamin-mandel
Toward Policy-Responsive Performance-Based Regulation in New York
Toward Policy-Responsive Performance-Based Regulation in New YorkMarch 6, 2015Policy Paper/ReportEnergypolicy-paper-reportenergybenjamin-mandel
Reforming Electricity Regulation in New York State: Lessons from the United Kingdom
Reforming Electricity Regulation in New York State: Lessons from the United KingdomJanuary 16, 2015Policy Paper/ReportEnergypolicy-paper-reportenergybenjamin-mandel danielle-spiegel-feld
Public Comments on Net Metering to the New York Public Service CommissionNovember 24, 2014Public Comment/Amicus BriefEnergypublic-comment-amicus-briefenergybenjamin-mandel jonathan-schrag
A Primer on Utility Regulation in the United Kingdom: Origins, Aims, and Mechanics of the RIIO Model
A Primer on Utility Regulation in the United Kingdom: Origins, Aims, and Mechanics of the RIIO ModelNovember 12, 2014Policy Paper/ReportEnergypolicy-paper-reportenergybenjamin-mandel
Building Blocks for Global Climate Protection
Building Blocks for Global Climate ProtectionJune 20, 2013Journal ArticleBuilding Blocks, Climate Change, International Lawjournal-articlebuilding-blocks climate-change international-law
A New Strategy for Global Climate Protection
A New Strategy for Global Climate ProtectionMay 13, 2013Journal ArticleBuilding Blocks, Climate Change, International Lawjournal-articlebuilding-blocks climate-change international-law
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