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How Much Does Clean Cooking Reduce Emissions?, with Susanna Berkouwer

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(Outlet: Resources Radio) In this episode, Daniel Raimi talks with Susanna Berkouwer about their research on reducing the economic and environmental costs of energy access through a simple piece of technology: charcoal-burning cookstoves. Access to electricity is limited in low-income countries, which means that access to clean cooking in those countries is limited, too. Some areas of the world have shifted to using liquefied petroleum gas for their cooking, but Sub-Saharan Africa is trending toward higher use of biomass-burning cookstoves, which produce emissions that can harm human health and lead to local or regional deforestation.…Read More

Introducing the Rebecca Adamson Indigenous Rights Index (RAIRI)

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Explore the Rebecca Adamson Indigenous Rights Index (RAIRI), designed to help identify firms that are associated with media-reported conflicts with Indigenous peoples. These conflicts can range from human rights violations, contested land claims, ecological impacts, and biodiversity loss, to censorship, deplatforming, and media representation. …Read More

2025-2026 Annual Report

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This year underscored how dramatically the context for sustainable business and investing has changed, but also affirmed the resilience and continued relevance of our approach. Expectations and policies have shifted, terminology remains contested, and companies and investors continue to face pressure to demonstrate not only their impacts on natural, social, and human capital, but also when and how those impacts, in turn, influence financial performance. In that environment, clear thinking and credible evidence have become even more essential.…Read More

Subsidies for Clean Cookstoves Abate Carbon at $7 per Ton

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(Outlet: Kleinman Center for Energy Policy) How effective are improved cookstoves subsidies? Using a randomized trial in Nairobi that accounts for additionality and impact, we estimate a cost of $7 per ton of CO₂e, making them more effective than nearly all other climate subsidies. Each dollar of cookstove subsidy abates approximately 200 times more CO₂e than a dollar of electric vehicle subsidy.…Read More