New research highlights a growing and underreported issue, the burning of waste as household fuel in urban slums, a practice that raises serious concerns about the health and environmental…
With rising temperatures posing an increasing threat to urban slum dwellers, EfD India (CECFEE), along with the Institute of Economic Growth (IEG), organized a brainstorming workshop to explore…
The 2024 CECFEE - EfD India workshop emerged as a pivotal platform for bridging academic research and practical policy solutions in environmental economics. The workshop illuminated the complex…
Every winter, New Delhi and much of Northern India are shrouded in a thick layer of smoke due to farmers burning crop residue. The resulting pollution impacts over 400 million people exposing them to…
Over 50 million people in India, especially children, are exposed to arsenic-contaminated water. Yet demand for safe drinking water remains low. An experiment in Assam by researchers Rashmi Barua…
Gender equality has long been a cornerstone of societal progress. In India, where traditional norms often limit women's participation in the labor market, the conversation around equal inheritance…
A roundtable debated the role of carbon pricing in India’s climate change mitigation strategy, particularly in attaining the national target of net zero emissions by 2070, declared at COP-26. The…
Fieldwork is the most interesting part of being a researcher if you ask Jyotsna Jalan, Professor of Economics in Calcutta. “You learn so much from meeting the people you study, that the data will not…
60 researchers from EfD and partner organizations have been working intensely for a year and a half to develop a research agenda to support a low-carbon transition and gender equity in the Global…
EfD researcher Haripriya Gundimeda Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay has been awarded the Qimpro Platinum Standard 2022 award under the category Environment. The Quimpro…