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Akshat Rathi

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...

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QZ&A
Depressed by the news? Here’s how to alter your worldview
Dec. 20, 2019Quartz
DON'T HATE, MITIGATE
Climate resilience will come from prioritizing humans—not what we’ve built
Dec. 3, 2019Quartz
HOT SHOT
Harnessing the sun’s heat for industry could cut 10% of global carbon emissions
Nov. 20, 2019Quartz
CONFERENCE CALL
Watch: Our call on India and its addiction to coal
Nov. 1, 2019Member exclusive
SENSORY OVERLOAD
Inside India’s coal country
Oct. 24, 2019Member exclusive
BASICALLY EVERYTHING
The science of what makes coal so dirty
Oct. 23, 2019Quartz
FUTURE SECURE
India’s hard push on renewables isn’t about climate change—yet
Oct. 22, 2019Member exclusive
WATCH AND LEARN
The world can learn from India trying to deal with its coal addiction
Oct. 21, 2019Member exclusive
RUSH HOUR POWER
The logic of disrupting public transport to protest climate change
Oct. 17, 2019Quartz
BOTTLED LIGHTNING
Winners of the 2019 Nobel Prize in chemistry developed lithium-ion batteries
Oct. 9, 2019Quartz