Uganda’s IGE fellows, cohort 2023 inaugurated
Uganda’s participants in the Inclusive Green Economy (IGE) in practice program 2023/24 have been introduced at a function held at Makerere University. This cohort will focus on the problems related to…
NENRE EfD Chile helps the government tackle air pollution
The Chilean EfD research team has been working alongside government authorities in the design, evaluation, and application of policy strategies to reduce air pollution in highly contaminated cities…
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Air Quality |
Chile
NENRE EfD-Chile helps the government tackle air pollution
The Chilean EfD research team has been working alongside government authorities in the design, evaluation, and application of policy strategies to reduce air pollution in highly contaminated cities
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Air Quality |
Chile
Does Traffic Congestion pose Health Hazards? Evidence from a Highly Congested and Polluted City
EfD Authors:
Highlights:
- Nearly 5000 deaths per year in Delhi can be attributed to traffic congestion.
- Increased traffic congestion worsens air quality. The worsening is greater when congestion is already at a high level.
- A congestion charge on large private vehicles can offer large benefits with minimal disruption to the existing status quo.
Does traffic congestion pose health hazards? Evidence from a highly congested and polluted city
The SETI network met to work for a sustainable energy transition
80 participants from around the world met online on June 15 and 16 at The Eighth Annual Meeting of the Sustainable Energy Transitions Initiative (SETI). The event included ongoing studies and the…
OEA World Environment Day Talk – Subhrendu K Pattanayak
The world faces a clear and present planetary health crisis, exemplified by the worsening air pollution (ambient & indoor) in S. Asia. Economists have entered this fray with better data, careful…
The social cost of methane
EfD Authors:
AbstractA rapid and sustained reduction of methane emissions has been proposed recently as a key strategy to meet the climate targets of the Paris Agreement. The social cost of methane (SCM), which expresses the climate damage cost associated with an additional metric ton of methane emitted, is a metric that can be used to design policies to reduce the emissions of this gas.