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In this study, author Prof. Jonas Nahm, explains how a U.S Industrial Finance Corporation can increase the share of clean tech manufacturing and jobs in America. Link: watson.brown.edu/climatesolutio… … … … Johns Hopkins SAIS, Watson Institute, @BrownEnvt, Brown Research, Climate Solutions Lab

Considering the historical caste-based energy access disparities unique to the Indian context, how equitable have recent improvements been? Using panel data, Setu Pelz, Namrata Chindarkar, @jurpelai apply a linear regression model in this study: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

In this study, authors (Wei Peng, Gokul Iyer, Matt Binsted, Jennifer Marlon, Leon Clarke, James Edmonds, and David Victor) answer the key question of how much more expensive are state driven policies than an optimal federal policy: nature.com/articles/s4155…

Strengthened federal role in interstate transmission siting and mandatory state-federal collaboration necessary to #decarbonizing the electric grid in the #UnitedStates. JHU Master of Arts in Sustainable Energy (MASE) student Abigail Hunter wrote:sais-isep.org/who-should-hol…

Distributional #climate policies may lose credibility if the need for #business support implies that the #regulation does not engender the desired transformation needed for effective and meaningful decarbonization." @fgenovese86 and @emtvinner write- sais-isep.org/firms-preferen…

ISEP's Wei Peng co-authored a book discussing #electricity pricing, #electricvehicle, #nuclearenergy & #renewableenergy policies to addresses the critical question: What policies #China should pursue in coming years to deep carbonization post 2030? belfercenter.org/publication/fo…

In this article, ISEP Fellow Gireesh Shrimali provides an overview of frameworks for measuring and managing Scope 3 emissions in a world, where product-level marginal emission factors are known with certainty. Discusses issues & recommendations:pm-research.com/content/pmrjes…

Does political alignment at different levels of government influence centralized bureaucratic processes? In this study, authors Jacob Kopas, @jurpelai, and Erin York use data on environmental clearances in India for thermal power plants to test this: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

How beneficial is basic #energyaccess - typically lighting and mobile charging - for rural households? Aseem Mahajan, Harish SP, @jurpelai report results from a RCT in rural #UttarPradesh in #India to identify the behavioral impacts of #solar lanterns: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

In this study, Shalu Agrawal and Abhishek Jain identify and discuss 14 factors, which would determine whether the use of #Solar Irrigation Pumps (SIPs) in a given context is economically viable, socially acceptable and environmentally #sustainable. Link: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Sectoral interests play an important role in distributive #politics, but their influence is difficult to measure. Brian Blankenship and @jurpelai compare the effect of international #oil prices on #subsidies for domestic #gasoline and #diesel consumption. Link: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

How can political feasibility concerns affect #CleanAir policies in #India? In this study, authors demonstrate how political considerations can be incorporated into quantitative models for environmental impact assessment: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… … … … Sung Eun Kim Penn State School of International Affairs

Air pollution is a pressing problem of public health for developing countries, but governments have few incentives to abate #AirPollution without public awareness of the issue." Sung Eun Kim, Harish S.P, Ryan Kennedy, Xiaomeng Jin & @jurpelai on #Vietnam: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Authors in this study use NICE model to show that an equal per capita refund of carbon tax revenues implies that achieving a 2 °C target can pay large and immediate dividends for improving well-being, reducing inequality & alleviating poverty: nature.com/articles/s4155…

Villages inhabited solely by Dalits were 20 percentage points less likely to be covered by the program than villages without any Dalits." Michaël Aklin, Chao-Yo Cheng, @jurpelai write on impact of caste inequality in implementation of policy in #India: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Indian internal migration is among the highest in the world, with 30% of the population migrating. In this study, authors show that internal migration has the potential to alleviate poverty. Also, migration does not reduce forest degradation in short term:papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

#AirPollution has galvanized opposition to coal-fired #power generation, but counting on concerns over air #pollution to promote the coal-to-renewables shift in the long run is a risky bet." Yana Jin, Wei Peng, and @jurpelai via IOP Publishing: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.108…

Actual CO2 emissions and the population exposure to air pollutant emissions, should also be considered, in addition to age of coal fired power plants for retirement decision. ISEP Fellow Nada Maamoun writes on Early Retirement of Coal Fired Plants: sais-isep.org/early-retireme…

Rural electrification has the potential to transform #rural lives and livelihoods by allowing households to use a variety of electric appliances." @JenLRichmond and @jurpelai on household appliance uptake following #electricity access: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Governments in developing countries are investing billions of dollars to increase #electricity access in rural areas, but the literature on the impact of these investments has produced mixed results." Daniel Thomas, Harish S.P., Ryan Kennedy, @jurpelai: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…