EPIC India News • December 5, 2025
Rural Households Highly Value Clean Water
A new study in rural India shows that doorstep delivery of water is a highly cost-effective way of enabling near universal adoption of clean drinking water.
A new study in rural India shows that doorstep delivery of water is a highly cost-effective way of enabling near universal adoption of clean drinking water.
Christa Hasenkopf , Director of the Clean Air Program at the Energy Policy Institute, the University of Chicago, discusses high AQI with Srijana Mitra Das at Times Evoke:… Learn More >
A special coverage of Delhi’s pollution by India Today cites AQLI data, revealing how in Delhi NCR alone, the life expectancy has been reduced by 11.9 years.’
Nandita Venkatesan and Manjul Paul write that governance failure has a devastating human cost, citing EPIC’s Air Quality Life Index report: the PM2.5 level exceeds WHO standards across India.
The Guardian cites EPIC research in its latest piece unpacking the claim that “more people die of extreme cold than heat,” highlighting what the data really shows about… Learn More >
Forbes Anuradha Varanasi cites EPIC’s recent research on the mortality risk of high rainfall and rising sea levels.
Simrin Sirur for Mongabay cites a new white paper by Nobel Laureates Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo, and Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago, Michael Greenstone
The sixth edition of the EPIC India Dialogue revealed that delaying climate mitigation widens inequality, while rapid action helps save lives where it matters most.
Outlook Money’s Nochiketa Dixit writes on how Indian companies are rethinking employee benefits amid rising urban air pollution and cites EPIC research on its impact on life expectancy.
TOI cites latest research by Ashwin Rode from University of Chicago, Tom Bearpark from Princeton and Mumbai’s climate change consultant Archana Patankar