Who is affected by carbon pricing and why? Evidence from 87 countries
We are honored to have Jan Steckel as our first speaker for the year. Jan is an accomplished researcher based at the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) where he…
Risk analysis as a tool for the prioritization of Secondary Environmental Quality Standards in the main tributary rivers to the fjord system of Northwestern Patagonia, under hydrological drought scenarios
This interdisciplinary study addresses the complex dynamics of anthropogenic climate change and hydrological processes in Northwest Patagonia, focusing on the tributary rivers integral to the region's
EfD Chilean team participated in the XIII Annual Meeting of the Chilean Society for Regional Studies (SOCHER)
The theme of the SOCHER 2023 meeting in the city of Valdivia in southern Chile was Territorial Challenges and Sustainability. Several EfD Chile fellow researchers, academics, and alumni from various…
The Curtin Institute for Energy Transition: Climate change and future energy demands
Dr. Bas van Ruijven (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis) will be discussing global future energy demands and household energy access, and how climate change will affect these demands…
Delayed monsoon, irrigation and crop yields
EfD Authors:
Most of the empirical literature assessing the impacts of climate change on agriculture has modeled crop yields as a function of the levels or deviations in the growing-period rainfall. However, an aspect that has received little attention in the empirical literature relates to the relationship between the timing of monsoon rains and crop yields. Using a pan-India district-level panel dataset for 50 years, this article investigates two interrelated issues critical to understanding the impacts of weather-induced agricultural risks and their management.
Assessing the costs of ozone pollution in India for wheat producers, consumers, and government food welfare policies
EfD Authors:
We evaluate the impact of ozone pollution on wheat yields in India and its economic consequences for producers, consumers, and the government. Using an ozone flux–based risk assessment, we find that ambient ozone levels led to a 14.18% average reduction in wheat yields from 2008 to 2012. Irrigated wheat was particularly susceptible to ozone-induced losses, highlighting a potential threat to climate-change adaptation through irrigation expansion. Employing an economic model, we analyze the effects of a "pollution-free" scenario on various factors.