Energy & Environment

Information and training helps individuals forecast and adapt to air pollution

Air pollution causes seven million deaths each year. New evidence from Pakistan shows that improving individuals’ ability to forecast air pollution allows them to adapt better.

Husnain Fateh Ahmad Matthew Gibson Fatiq Nadeem Sanval Nasim Arman Rezaee

Published

28.10.24

How the Philippines sequestered carbon while reducing poverty and creating jobs

The National Greening Program, a large-scale tree planting programme in the Philippines, not only contributes to carbon sequestration but also promotes poverty reduction and job creation.

Energy & Environment

Jeffrey Pagel Lorenzo Sileci

Published

10.10.24

Rapid urbanisation is forcing human settlements into flood zones

Amidst rapid urbanisation and climate change, evidence on urban expansion and flood exposure can help policymakers increase climate resilience in the world’s cities.

Energy & Environment

Jun Rentschler Paolo Avner Stéphane Hallegatte

Published

08.10.24

Dual misbeliefs and technology adoption: Evidence from air purifiers in Bangladesh

Households in Bangladesh hold inaccurate beliefs about indoor air pollution and the effectiveness of air purifiers. Correcting both beliefs is necessary to increase the adoption and use of air purifiers.

Energy & Environment

Ashfaqul Chowdhury Teevrat Garg Maulik Jagnani Martin Mattsson

Published

02.10.24

How do floods impact economic development?

Machine learning and satellite data can help capture how households respond and adapt to floods. Providing better quality information can make climate change adaptation more efficient.

Energy & Environment

Dev Patel

Published

18.09.24

Power, politics, and welfare: The cost of corruption in Indian electricity

Political manipulation in India's electricity sector, involving illicit subsidies to constituents of the ruling party, results in staggering efficiency losses.

Energy & Environment

Meera Mahadevan

Published

18.09.24

Managing flood risk: Lessons from China’s Flood Detention Basin policy

Should we intentionally expose certain areas to higher risks to protect broader regions from disasters? Evidence from China suggests that although areas specifically designated to bear higher flood risk experience economic losses, the overall economi...

Energy & Environment

Yuxiao Hu Yifan Wang

Published

29.08.24

Emergency loans promote climate change adaptation and can be profitable for microfinance institutions

Evidence from a large-scale trial in Bangladesh shows that improving credit access in rural areas helped farmers adapt to flood risks without negative spillovers, and was profitable for microfinance institutions.

Energy & Environment

Gregory Lane

Published

30.07.24

designing environmental markets to encourage conservation

Designing environmental markets to incentivise conservation: Lessons from the US

How should policymakers design environmental markets when they might attract participants who were planning to conserve the environment regardless of the market?

Energy & Environment

Karl M. Aspelund Anna Russo

Published

18.07.24