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News·Apr 16, 2025

Can emissions trading systems fix air pollution? A Surat study shows the way

via India Today
Surat ETS findings cited in India Today as a pioneering project that could potentially change how countries fight air pollution caused by industrialisation, especially in developing economies like India.
Indian Express Surat ETS Media Mention
News·Apr 16, 2025

World’s first particulate matter trading scheme in Gujarat cut pollution by up to 30%, finds study led by ex-Obama advisor

via Indian Express
The research findings of the Surat ETS was cited in the front page of Indian Express.
EPIC-India News·Apr 15, 2025

World’s First Particulate Pollution Market Reduced Pollution and Increased Industry Profits

Experiment finds that the cap-and-trade market in Gujarat, India reduced pollution by 20 to 30 percent while reducing industrial plants’ pollution abatement costs by more than 10 percent and increasing compliance with the law.

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Research Highlights·Sep 10, 2024

Out of the darkness and into the light? Development effects of rural electrification

Does electricity access bring small villages out of poverty?
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Podcast episode·Aug 23, 2024

How did the near-extinction of vultures in India contribute to thousands of additional human deaths?

via The Hindu
Eyal Frank explains how the vulture population in India fell from several million to just a few thousand, the sanitation shock this placed on the country when they were no longer available to dispose of dead cattle and how this...
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Chart·Feb 26, 2024

Better Weather Forecasts Can Help Farmers Adapt to Climate Change

Climate change is making weather more variable, with rainfall patterns becoming less predictable and extreme temperatures occurring more frequently.  Agriculture is particularly sensitive to these changing conditions, jeopardizing the livelihoods of the majority of the world’s poor who depend on...
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Video·Feb 26, 2024

Can access to better forecasts help farmers better adapt to climate change?

Video A groundbreaking study led by Professor Fiona Burlig, Deputy Director for the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC India) and an assistant professor at the Harris School of Public Policy, and her team, explores the impact...
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