PEESE research published in Nature Communications continues to address critical challenges in sustainability and climate change, earning significant recognition in global media.
Strategic Renewables to Reduce Europe’s Gas Dependence (January 2026)
Our paper, “Aligning EU energy security and climate mitigation through targeted transition strategies,” published in Nature Communications in January 2026, analyzes how coordinated deployment of renewable energy, together with electrification and green hydrogen, can sharply reduce the European Union’s reliance on imported natural gas while advancing climate goals. The study uses forward-looking energy-system modeling to show that, by explicitly targeting renewables toward sectors with high gas use, such as heating, light industry, and road transportation, the EU could eliminate more than half of its natural gas consumption by 2050, reinforcing both energy security and decarbonization. Selected media coverage includes:
- Cornell Chronicle: Study maps path to cut Europe’s gas dependence exposed by war
- TechXplore: Strategic use of renewables could halve EU natural gas reliance by 2050
- ScienMag: EU Energy Security Meets Climate Goals: Targeted Transitions
Critical Metals and Automotive Electrification (April 2023)
The paper, “Trade-off between critical metal requirement and transportation decarbonization in automotive electrification,” explores the delicate balance between the demand for critical battery metals and efforts to decarbonize transportation. This research was featured in the following outlets:
- Cornell Chronicle: Critical metal needs rise while cars, trucks decarbonize
- Also featured in TechXplore, Homeland Security News Wire, Environmental News Network
- ScienceDaily: Electrification push will have enormous impacts on critical metals supply chain
- Also featured in ScienMag, NanoWerk, SpaceDaily, Swift Telecast
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC): Demand for battery minerals is increasing — how can we keep up?
- Mongabay: Study: Tricky balancing act between EV scale-up and mining battery metals
- Mongabay: Norway proposes opening Germany-sized area of its continental shelf to deep-sea mining
- Chemical Engineering Progress: Electrifying Transportation Will Strain Critical Metal Supply Chain
- AZoCleantech: Issues Surrounding the Increased Demand for Critical Metals
- Lab Manager: Electrification Push Will Have Enormous Impacts on Critical Metals Supply Chain
- Green Car Congress: Cornell study examines trade-off between critical metals requirement and transportation decarbonization
- Mining.com: Supply-chain problems in the forecast as battery metals demand surges
- Rinnovabili.it: Materie prime critiche: domanda al +3000% nel 2050
- greenreport.it: La corsa alle materie prime per l’auto elettrica è necessaria per decarbonizzare la mobilità
- wnp.pl: Rosnąca elektryfikacja samochodów grozi zachwianiem dostaw metali krytycznych
- Other languages: MIT Technology Review, Toutiao, Sina, Sohu, Zhihu, etc.
Reshoring Solar Panel Manufacturing (March 2023)
The study, “Reshoring silicon photovoltaics manufacturing contributes to decarbonization and climate change mitigation,” examines the environmental benefits of returning solar panel production to the U.S. Media highlights include:
- Cornell Chronicle: Returning solar panel production to US eases climate change
- Also featured in Environmental News Network
- NSF Research News: Research finds that returning solar panel production to U.S. can speed decarbonization
- Also featured in CleanTechnica
- TechXplore: Returning solar panel production to US can ease climate change, says new study
- Also covered by Today Headline, News Azi, TechNewsBoy, Technology.org
- PV Magazine: US-made solar panels could cut emissions by 30%, says study
- Anthropocene Magazine: Reshoring solar panel production could help the U.S. meet its climate goals
- electrek: Here’s why US-made solar panels would slash emissions by 33%
- Daily Tidings: Why US Solar Panel Manufacturers Are Needed Now More Than Ever
- Utility Dive: Renewables industry could address commodities squeeze with vertical integration
- AZoCleantech: Production of Solar Panels in the U.S. can Accelerate Decarbonization and Reduce Climate Change
- Solar Daily: Returning solar panel production to US speeds decarbonization
Virtual and Hybrid Conferences (December 2021)
The paper, “Trend towards virtual and hybrid conferences may be an effective climate change mitigation strategy,” explores the carbon reduction benefits of shifting conferences online or adopting hybrid formats. Selected media coverage includes:
- Reuters: Conferences comeback faces climate challenge
- Also covered by MSN, Yahoo!, Nasdaq, Daily Mail, Haaretz
- Cornell Chronicle: Shifting meetings, conventions online curbs climate change
- Yahoo! News: The return of business conferences could substantially heighten carbon emissions
- News18: Holding Meetings and Conventions Online Helps Fight Climate Change, Says Study
- Mongabay: More Zoom, less climate gloom as conferences move online, study finds
- Also featured by GreenBiz
- Euronews: Making conferences virtual or hybrid could significantly mitigate climate change, says new study
- Phys.org: Shifting conferences online cuts carbon footprint 94%
- Business Standard: Conferences comeback faces climate challenge as virtual mode gains currency
These Nature Communications publications reflect PEESE’s continued efforts to address global challenges through interdisciplinary research, driving meaningful impact across sectors.
