(Economics of) development, environment, energy, innovation. Currently @EAPDuke @NichInstitute; trained at @DukeU, @Yale, @UMassAmherst.
Durham, NC
Joined November 2012
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To stop #COVID19 for good, vaccines must be available everywhere – but will go only as far as cold chains allow. Distributed #solar is a key part of the cold chain solution - as important as vaccines themselves. theconversation.com/solar-te…
Fascinating - Kenya's national power company is acknowledging that industrial customers are increasingly turning to stand-alone solar power, which threatens the centralized utility business model. A sign of more to come? afrik21.africa/en/kenya-busi…
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Honored to be endorsed by @JoeBiden & @KamalaHarris! I worked w/ VP Biden to help our economy recover from the Great Recession & will continue to fight with this team to expand Medicaid & protect people with pre-existing conditions. #ncpol @Fight4NC
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Cookstove people, here's a new review on behavioral change strategies in the literature, diagnosing a "lack of focus on gender and women’s empowerment". Some introspection needed, maybe we have been too busy measuring air pollution & wood consumption? bit.ly/34giALj
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🌿Indigenous Resistance of the Amazon hits #Time100 List!
Waorani Leader Nemonte Nenquimo from Ecuador, who led her pple’s historic victory against industrial interests, has been named to @TIME's 2020 list of the most influential pple in the world.
👉bit.ly/35UsQvo
Good reminder for those of us collecting data in rural communities & beyond - how to safeguard data & build mutual trust. (w/ awesome graphics by @RebekaRyvola!)
How do presidents, CEOs, and digital experts plan to build a safer, stronger, kinder digital world for future generations?
@PMaurerICRC addresses #UNGA75 on the importance of Digital Cooperation, especially in humanitarian settings. bit.ly/3hXQtFM
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Delighted to see @trfetter & @FarazUsmani’s fabulous “Fracking, Farmers & Rural Electrification” in our DP-series. Electrification as accelerator in otherwise growing regions, but no impacts in stagnant ones. Reconciles the divided literature. bit.ly/35ZSbUC
Kenya overtakes India as the world's largest market for off-grid solar systems, thanks to well-designed regulations and the World Bank's Kenya Off-grid Solar Access Project: standardmedia.co.ke/article/…
This is a huge loss to the energy, health and climate community. I met Kirk only once, but even in our brief interaction I found him both deeply kind and incredibly knowledgeable.
Kirk Smith ... to an amazing friend and mentor who opened the fields of energy, health, and climate to me.
kirkrsmith.org
1947 - 2020
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So brave of Bocar to speak out about this disgusting interaction. But let's all remember: it *should not* fall on those who publicly experience discrimination and harassment to be the ones to speak out about it
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brook.gs/3dDvoiz You can't fight a pandemic without power, but 25% of health clinics in sub-Saharan Africa lack electricity and 3/4 of those with power say it's unreliable. How does this affect testing, surveillance, treatment, & recovery? 1/
Lots of opportunity for off-grid here – e.g., Nigeria's REA built 4 solar minigrids in just 2 weeks at clinics treating covid patients. Huge oppty for govts & donors to build resilient health systems w/ sustainable & reliable energy. Read the blog for more! 3/3
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Coronavirus is the “great equalizer” the same way that climate change is the “great equalizer,” which is to say: not at all.
Communities of color, lower income households and vulnerable populations are bearing the brunt of covid 19
hopefully this will spark some lasting policy changes!
In Delhi 🇮🇳 residents are stunned by how blue the sky really is as the lockdown cuts back drastically on air pollution. Old-timers say Delhi’s air hasn’t been this clear for decades. Time to fight air pollution when #coronavirus is defeated!
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Our new platform maps publicly available geospatial data from countries with electricity ⚡ access < 90% to show what steps countries can take to meet the #SDG7 goal of access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy 4 all. wrld.bg/2REJ50z82SF #endenergypoverty
