As the world is running out of time to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, one billion people remain without access to electricity and safe and clean cooking fuels. Pressing environmental problems — including air pollution and early consequences of a changing climate — are concentrated in emerging economies.

How can we promote economic development while minimizing its impact on climate and the global environment? 

ISEP — the Initiative for Sustainable Energy Policy — is a research collective that uses cutting-edge social and behavioral science to solve this global challenge. Centered at Johns Hopkins University, our research collective identifies and tests innovative policy solutions for the global energy transition that advance three central goals: impact, justice, and growth.

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PMUY: A three year review

PMUY: A three year review

Blog Blog PMUY: The LPG revolution in IndiaEvery year in India, indoor air pollution, caused mainly by burning traditional biomass, leads to an estimated 1.24 million premature deaths. Providing clean and affordable energy has now proliferated into...

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SPI and ISEP Release Dataset Covering 10,000 Households and 2,000 Rural Enterprises

Smart Power India (SPI) and the Initiative for Sustainable Energy Policy (ISEP) have released a new dataset on electricity demand in rural India. The dataset covers 10,000 households and 2,000 rural enterprises across 200 villages in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, and Rajasthan. The datasets can be downloaded from Harvard Dataverse.
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ISEP Announces Call for Papers for its Virtual Workshop

We encourage researchers working on energy, environment, and sustainable development to submit working papers or research designs. ISEP will select four papers for Fall 2019. Each paper will be separately provided feedbacks by two discussants recruited by ISEP. We are particularly keen to support promising junior researchers and allow them to get detailed input from experts. All workshops will be conducted online.
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