EPIC Director Michael Greenstone joins Sudipto Dey, Editor – Sustainability & Regulatory Affairs, Outlook Business, for a conversation on clean air, markets, and regulation.
Neelima Vallangi writes in Nature about University of Chicago research that found providing Indian farmers in Telangana with a one-month advance monsoon forecast helped avert losses and improve planting decisions, highlighting the role of long-range forecasts in climate adaptation.
Gujarat Pollution Control Board along with leadership of Emissions Market Accelerator brought together state regulators to examine the role of emissions markets in India’s industrial growth.
Nandita Venkatesan and Manjul Paul write that governance failure has a devastating human cost, citing EPIC’s Air Quality Life Index report: the PM2.5 level exceeds WHO standards across India.
Simrin Sirur for Mongabay cites a new white paper by Nobel Laureates Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo, and Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago, Michael Greenstone
Researchers affiliated with the Emissions Market Accelerator helped the Indian state of Gujarat design and launch the world's first particulate pollution market. That project is now a finalist for the world’s most prestigious and impactful environmental award, The Earthshot Prize.