Publications

A selected list of my publications in reverse chronological order. An asterisk indicates project mentee.

  1. R Fofrich, A Chiu*, and E Ordway. Climate and ecological constraints of cultivating bioenergy crops for climate mitigation in tropical regions. PNAS Nexus (2026). DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgag123

  2. R Fofrich, L Liebermann*, F Moore, C Shearer, and SJ Davis. Ownership of Power Plants Stranded by Climate Mitigation. Nature Sustainability (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41893-025-01707-5

  3. S Seibel, R Luarkie, D Cardenas, C Mayer, R Sanchez, M Danneberg, BM Panek, A Bond, Z Gordan, D Morishige, K Hadrick, G Stahnke, R Fofrich, SJ Davis, R Tallman, B Bowser, and M Bazilian. A Path Towards Tribal Energy Sovereignty. Science (2025). DOI: 10.1126/science.adt7820

  4. A Alotaiq, K Collet, R Fofrich, D Wallom, and M McCulloch. Electricity Climate-Compatibility Index: Measuring Global Progress Towards Decarbonizing the Electricity Sector. Journal of Economy and Technology (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.ject.2024.04.005

  5. R Fofrich, D Tong, K Calvin, H Sytze de Boer, J Emmerling, O Fricko, S Fujimori, G Luderer, J Rogelj, and SJ Davis. Early Retirement of Power Plants in Climate Mitigation Scenarios. Environmental Research Letters (2020). DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ab96d3

  6. C Shearer, D Tong, R Fofrich, and SJ Davis. Committed Emissions of the U.S. Power Sector, 2000-2018. AGU Advances (2020). DOI: 10.1029/2020av000162

  7. C Shearer, R Fofrich, and SJ Davis. Future CO2 Emissions and Electricity Generation from Proposed Coal-Fired Power Plants in India. Earth’s Future (2017). DOI: 10.1002/2017EF000542