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Investment Update highlights the areas of the world that could benefit the most from funding to unleash air quality data and unlock national impacts.

The study in Nature found rainfall and flooding accounts for 8 percent of deaths during monsoon season in one of the world’s largest cities, Mumbai, India, comparable to cancer deaths in the city. The data offers a lesson for coastal...

Rising global temperatures will dampen the world’s capacity to produce food from most staple crops—even after accounting for adaptation, according to new Human Climate Horizons data.

Meet the ten graduate students conducting energy and climate research this year through EPIC's Bartlett and DRW fellowships.

Our 2025 poll with The Associated Press–NORC Center for Public Affairs Research explored Americans' attitudes on climate change, their views on key climate and energy policies, how they feel about electric vehicles and the policies to encourage them, and their...

Americans continue to be open to purchasing an electric vehicle and are motivated by potential long-term savings, though many are deterred by high upfront costs. Most say that the federal government should have a role in addressing climate change and...

Meet the six new members of our Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Program.

Researchers affiliated with the Emissions Market Accelerator helped the Indian state of Gujarat design and launch the world's first particulate pollution market. That project is now a finalist for the world’s most prestigious and impactful environmental award, The Earthshot Prize.

The Emissions Market Accelerator provides a custom-built solution to make emissions markets work anywhere, for any pollutant, by supporting governments from design to full operation.

The Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC) Air Quality Fund Awardee, Urban Unit, launches a particulate pollution monitoring network—providing the largest open, real-time air quality data in Pakistan.