Akshat Rathi

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Akshat Rathi is a senior reporter for Quartz in London. He has previously worked at The Economist and The Conversation. His writing has appeared in Nature, The Guardian and The Hindu. He has a PhD in chemistry from Oxford University and a BTech in chemical engineering from the Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai.

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12/20/19

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Depressed by the news? Here’s how to alter your worldview

Climate resilience will come from prioritizing humans—not what we’ve built

Harnessing the sun’s heat for industry could cut 10% of global carbon emissions

Watch: Our call on India and its addiction to coal

Inside India’s coal country

The science of what makes coal so dirty

India’s hard push on renewables isn’t about climate change—yet

The world can learn from India trying to deal with its coal addiction

The logic of disrupting public transport to protest climate change

Winners of the 2019 Nobel Prize in chemistry developed lithium-ion batteries

Winners of the 2019 Nobel Prize in physics expanded our understanding of the universe

The 2019 Nobel Prize winners in medicine, physics, chemistry, literature, peace, and economics

The death of a promising battery startup exposes harsh market realities

Are we finally at a tipping point on climate action?

How big was the global climate strike? Here’s the best city-by-city estimate

Carbon Engineering is doubling its CO2-capturing machine even before it’s built

Storing energy in compressed air could finally become cheap enough for the big time

The huge youth climate strike is about courage, not hope

One of India’s largest coal-mining states says it will not build new coal power plants

Bill Gates-led $1 billion fund expands its portfolio of startups fighting climate change