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News·Dec 13, 2024

University of Chicago Center in Delhi Sets Ambitious Goals for Future, as Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth Launches in India

The Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth will balance the urgency of climate action with society’s need for sustainable growth.
News·Nov 20, 2024

UChicago, IIT Bombay form new science and technology partnership

Collaboration to spur innovation in fields ranging from climate to AI to data science
EPIC-India News·Sep 10, 2024

Expanding Electricity Access Doesn’t Always Increase Wealth

A new study finds that an increase in electrification brings significant benefits to larger villages, but has a limited impact in small, rural villages.

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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?
Podcast 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...
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...
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...