Sweltering India turns to superheating coal for cooling 6/2/2022

Sweltering India turns to superheating coal for cooling Payne Institute Director Morgan Bazilian contributes to this article about how India has experienced a series of unusually early and prolonged heat waves this year. To cool off, the country has leaned on the fuel...

Satellite Data Offers a Broad Array of Policy Insights 5/12/2022

Satellite Data Offers a Broad Array of Policy Insights Payne Institute Communications Associate Chris Dunn and Director Morgan Bazilian summarize how satellite data is rapidly growing in importance for informing crucial policy decisions. Insights offered fall into one...

Air-Conditioning Should Be a Human Right in the Climate Crisis 5/10/2022

Air-Conditioning Should Be a Human Right in the Climate Crisis Rose M. Mutiso, Morgan D. Bazilian, Jacob Kincer, and Brooke Bowser write about how we need to protect vulnerable people from killer heat without destroying the environment.  As the world heats up,...

A breakdown of how much capital is actually going to fight climate change 3/16/2022

A breakdown of how much capital is actually going to fight climate change Payne Institute Sustainable Finance Lab Program Manager Brad Handler and Director Morgan Bazilian write about how the recent UN COP26 climate negotiations once again revealed how the richest...

Designing the mid-transition: A review of medium-term challenges for coordinated decarbonization in the United States 02/08/2022

Designing the mid-transition: A review of medium-term challenges for coordinated decarbonization in the United States Payne Institute Fellow Sarah Hastings-Simon, writes about how decarbonizing the energy system is critical for addressing climate change. Given the...

5 ways to boost clean energy investment in developing economies 6/29/2021

5 ways to boost clean energy investment in developing economies Payne Institute Fellow Bradley Handler, Director Morgan Bazilian, and Michael Hayes write about how for emerging and developing economies to meet their energy development and net-zero climate goals, tens...