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The impact of rural electrification beyond lights
Electrified groundwater irrigation majorly drives India's agricultural growth. India refocussed rural electrification towards universal household electrification in early 2000s. This paper finds regions electrifying more recently to experience far lower gains in electrified groundwater irrigation.
Supporting alternative scientific approaches to assess global climate adaptation
In 2015, the Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) established the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA), but using a very vague definition and without specifying how to assess progress towards it.
