πͺ΄This spring J-PAL North America launched our inaugural #ClimateActionLearningLab to support state & local leaders in leveraging data and evaluation to advance climate solutions that work.
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@gmccord.bsky.social
UC San Diego's School of Global Policy and Strategy; work on economic development, public health, and environment
πͺ΄This spring J-PAL North America launched our inaugural #ClimateActionLearningLab to support state & local leaders in leveraging data and evaluation to advance climate solutions that work.
Read this π§΅ to learn more ππΌ
Excited to continue this work with @gpsucsd.bsky.social colleague @teevrat.bsky.social and others from the J-PAL network across the U.S. and Canada. Lots of opportunities to better understand which climate actions and policies actually have impact, and how cost-effective different ones are.
18.09.2025 19:57 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0New WP alert! π¨
23.02.2025 15:53 β π 9 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts β more than 90% of its foreign aid programs β in defiance of the courts.
Hereβs a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. Theyβve saved millions of lives. π§΅
Thanks Nature News & Views for inviting Kate Ricke & me to discuss research by Philip Wollburg, Stephane Hallegatte, & Daniel Gerszon Mahler on whether eliminating extreme poverty globally is compatible with climate change mitigation. The answer is yes, we can do both. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
01.12.2023 06:01 β π 2 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0The complexity of the land use and food system transformation challenge requires science-based pathways analysis and new government inter-agency coordination.
Guido Schmidt Traub and I discuss on Apolitical
apolitical.co/solution-art...
New #RCT evidence showing air quality improvements (~37%) from air purifiers in textile factories in Dhaka improve worker productivity by 27%. 24-hour average indoor air pollution levels in study factories are ~70mg/m3.
blogs.worldbank.org/developmentt...
#Econsky: weβre hiring! The UConn Econ department is looking for an environmental economist w/expertise in applying AI/ML tools to climate change and natural disaster Qs, part of a 5-position college-wide cluster hire in climate AI/ML. Please share widely!
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
Excellent (research-backed) piece on proactively addressing risks of predictable climate events co-authored by my brilliant colleague @gmccord.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2023/10/29/o...
Thanks Uma!
01.11.2023 20:07 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Powerful op-ed on global lack of preparation for El NiΓ±o from three graduates of the @ColumbiaSIPA @SIPASusDev PhD program: Amir Jina, @jessexjesse.bsky.social, Gordon McCord. Bravo! #EconSky www.nytimes.com/2023/10/29/o...
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