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- van Daalen, K.R., ..., Debnath, R. , ..., Lowe, R., (2024), Bridging the gender, climate, and health gap: the road to COP29 . The Lancet Planetary Health, (Accepted, in press)
- Nielsen, K.S., Bauer, J.M., Debnath, R. , Emogor, C.A., Geiger, S.M., Ghai, S., Gwozdz, W., and Hahnel, U.J.J., (2024), Underestimation of personal carbon footprint inequality in four diverse countries . Nature Climate Change, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-024-02130-y
- Debnath, R., (2024). Communicating my value . Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Vol 385, Issue 6710. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.ziylh46
- Li, H., Bardhan., R., and Debnath, R., (2024). Heatwave interventions must reduce invisible gendered challenges in the Global South . PLOS Global Public Health. (Accepted, in press)
- Nsude, C.C., Wimhurst, J.J., and Debnath, R., (2024). A global fairtrade partnership needed to address injustices in the supply chains of clean energy technology materials . MRS Energy & Sustainability. Springer https://doi.org/10.1557/s43581-024-00113-2
- Rouse, R., Debnath, R., Rouse, D., Tebbutt, W., Dousset, B., Hosking, J. S., ... & Shuckburgh, E. (2024). Reclassifying Lethal Heat .(Preprint) https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-4736541/v1
- He, Y., ..., Debnath, R., and Parry, I., (2024). Energy Mapping of Existing Building Stock in Cambridge using Energy Performance Certificates and Thermal Infrared Imagery. (In press, Environmental Data Science) https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.14520
- Debnath, R., and Lin, YT., (2024). A better count of heat-related deaths needed to help the vulnerable, Nature India, https://doi.org/10.1038/d44151-024-00084-w
- Nsude, C.C., Loraamm, R., Wimhurst, J.J., Chukwuonye, G.N., and Debnath, R., (2024). Renewables but unjust? Critical restoration geography as a framework for addressing global renewable energy injustice, Energy Research & Social Science, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2024.103609
- Debnath, R.,, Zhang, P., Qin, T., Alvarez, R.M., and Fitzgerald, S.D.(2024). Deciphering public attention to geoengineering and climate issues using machine learning and dynamic analysis. (Preprint) https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.07010
- Cao, C., Debnath, R., and Alvarez, R.M.(2024). Physics-based deep learning reveals rising heating demand heightens air pollution in Norwegian cities. (Preprint) https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.04716
- Lin, YT., Bardhan, R., Debnath, R., and Mukherjee, B. (2024). Are heatwaves more deadly for women?, Significance Magazine, Royal Statistical Society,https://significancemagazine.com/long-read-are-heatwaves-more-deadly-for-women/
- Magistro, B., Abramson, C., Ebanks, D., Debnath, R., and Alvarez, R.M. (2024). Identifying American climate change free riders and motivating sustainable behavior, Scientific Reports, Nature Portfolio https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-57042-w
- Cologna, V., ..., Debnath, R. , ..., Zwann, RA., (2024). Trust in scientists and their role in society across 67 countries. (Preprint) https://osf.io/preprints/osf/6ay7s
- Cologna, V., ..., Debnath, R. , ..., Zwann, RA., (2024). Perceptions of Science, Science Communication, and Climate Change Attitudes in 67 Countries The TISP Dataset. (Preprint) http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.12813.10721
- Debnath, R., Ebanks, D., Roulet, T., Mohaddes, K. and Alvarez, R.M. (2023). Do fossil fuel firms reframe online climate and sustainability communication? A data-driven analysis, npj Climate Action, Nature Portfolio https://doi.org/10.1038/s44168-023-00086-x
- Müller-Hansen, F., Repke, T., Baum, C.M., Brutschin, E., Callaghan, M.W., Debnath, R., Lamb, W.L., Low, S., Lück, S., Roberts, C., Sovacool, B.K., Minx, J.C. (2023). Attention, sentiments and emotions towards emerging climate technologies on Twitter, Global Environmental Change, Elsevier https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2023.102765
- Pan, J., Cho, T.Y., Sun, M., Debnath, R., Lonsdale, N., Wilcox, C. and Bardhan, R. (2023). Future workspace needs flexibility and diversity: A machine learning-driven behavioural analysis of co-working space, PLOS One https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0292370
- Alvarez, R.M.,Debnath, R., and Ebanks, D. (2023). Why don’t Americans trust university researchers and why it matters for climate change, PLOS Climate https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000147
- Bardhan, R., Debnath, R., and Mukherjee, B. (2023). Factor in gender to beat the heat in impoverished settlements, Nature, https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-02632-3
- Debnath, R., Creutzig, F., Sovacool, B.K., and Shuckburgh, E. (2023). Harnessing human and machine intelligence for planetary scale climate action, npj Climate Action, Nature portfolio, https://doi.org/10.1038/s44168-023-00056-3
- Debnath, R., Bardhan, R., and Bell, M. (2023). Lethal heatwaves are challenging India's sustainable development. PLOS Climate, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000156. (Altmetric = 918)
- Debnath, R., Reiner, D. M., Sovacool, B. K., Müller-Hansen, F., Repke, T., Alvarez, R. M., and Fitzgerald, S. D. (2023). Conspiracy spillovers and geoengineering. iScience, Cell Press, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.106166
- Debnath, R., van der Linden, S., Sovacool, BK, and Alvarez, RM (2023). Facilitating system-level behavioral climate action using computational social science. Nature Human Behaviour, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-023-01527-7
- Isah, A., Dioha, M.O., Debnath, R., Abraham-Dukuma, M.C., and Butu, H.M., (2023). Financing renewable energy: Policy insights from Brazil and Nigeria. Energy, Sustainability and Society, BioMed Central, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13705-022-00379-9
- Ali, M., Couto, L.C., Unsworth, S., and Debnath, R. (2023). Bridging the divide in energy policy research: Empirical evidence from global collaborative networks. Energy Policy,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2022.113380
- Debnath, R., Bardhan, R., Shah, D.U., Mohaddes, K., Ramage, M.H., Alvarez, RM., and Sovacool, B.K. (2022) Social media enables people-centric climate action in the hard-to-decarbonise building sector. Scientific Reports, Nature Portfolio, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-23624-9
- Peng, Z., Debnath, R., Bardhan, R., and Steemers, K., (2022) Machine learning-based evaluation of dynamic thermal-tempering performance and thermal diversity for 107 Cambridge courtyards. Sustainable Cities and Society,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2022.104275
- Debnath, R., Bardhan, R., Misra, A., Hong, T., Vida, R., and Ramage, M.H. (2022) Lockdown impacts on residential electricity demand in India: A data-driven and non-intrusive load monitoring study using Gaussian mixture models. Energy Policy,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2022.112886
- Debnath, R., Bardhan, R., Reiner, D. M., and Miller, JR (2021) Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Legal and Environmental dimensions of electric vehicle adoption in the United States: A social-media interaction analysis. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2021.111707
- Muza, O and Debnath, R., (2021) Disruptive innovation for inclusive renewable policy in sub-Saharan Africa: A social shaping of technology analysis of appliance uptake in Rwanda. Renewable Energy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2020.12.091
- Debnath, R., Darby, S., Bardhan, R., Mohaddes, K., Sunikka-Blank, M., Coelho, A. C. V., and Isa, A., (2021) Words against injustices: A deep narrative analysis of energy cultures in slum rehabilitation housing of Abuja, Mumbai and Rio de Janeiro for just policy design. Energy Research and Social Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2020.101892
- Debnath, R., Mittal, V. and Jindal, A. (2021) A review of challenges from increasing renewable generation in the Indian Power System: Lessons for Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2020. Energy and Environment. https://doi:.org/10.1177/0958305X20986246.
- Debnath, R., and Bardhan R., (2020) India nudges to contain COVID-19 pandemic: a reactive public policy analysis using machine-learning based topic modelling. PLOS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0238972. (Altmetric = 302)
- Debnath, R., Darby, S., Bardhan, R., Mohaddes, K., and Sunikka-Blank, M. (2020).Grounded reality meets machine learning: A deep-narrative analysis framework for energy policy research. Energy Research and Social Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2020.101704
- Bardhan, R., Debnath, R., Gama, J., and Vijay, U., (2020) REST framework: A modelling approach towards cooling energy stress mitigation plans for future cities in warming Global South, Sustainable Cities and Society. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2020.102315
- Debnath, R., Simoes, G.M.F.; Bardhan, R.; Leder, S.M.; Lamberts, R.; and Sunikka-Blank, M. (2020) Energy Justice in Slum Rehabilitation Housing: An Empirical Exploration of Built Environment Effects on Socio-Cultural Energy Demand. Sustainability, https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/7/3027
- Debnath, R., Bardhan, R., and Sunikka-Blank, M. (2019) How does slum rehabilitation influences appliance ownership? A structural model of non-income drivers, Energy Policy, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2019.06.005
- Debnath, R., Bardhan, R., and Sunikka-Blank, M (2019) Discomfort and distress in slum rehabilitation: Investigating the rebound phenomenon using a backcasting approach, Habitat International. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2019.03.010
- Bardhan, R., Debnath, R., and Jana A (2019) Evolution of sustainable energy policies in India since 1947: A review, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment; https://doi.org/10.1002/wene.340
- Bardhan, R., Debnath, R., Malik, J., and Sarkar, A (2018) Low-income housing layouts under socio-architectural complexities: A parametric study for sustainable slum rehabilitation, Sustainable Cities and Society. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2018.04.038
- Debnath, R. and Bardhan, R., (2018) Resource Symbiosis Model through bricolage: A livelihood generation assessment of Indian Village. Journal of Rural Studies.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2018.03.010
- Bardhan, R., Debnath, R., Jana, A., and Norford, L.K (2018): Investigating the local mean age of air with the health care-seeking behaviour of low-income tenement housing in Mumbai. Habitat International.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2017.12.007
- Debnath, R., Bardhan, R. and Banerjee, R (2017)Taming the killer in the kitchen: mitigating household air pollution from solid fuel cookstoves through building design. Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-016-1251-7
- Debnath, R., and Bardhan, R., (2016) Towards daylight inclusive byelaw: Daylight as an energy saving route for affordable housing in India. Energy for Sustainable Development.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esd.2016.06.005
- Debnath, R., Bardhan, R., and Banerjee, R (2016) Investigating the age of air in rural Indian kitchens for sustainable built-environment design. Journal of Building Engineering,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2016.07.011
- Bardhan, R., Debnath, R., and Bandopadhyay, S (2016) A conceptual model for identifying the risk susceptibility of urban green spaces using geo-spatial techniques. Modelling Earth System and Environment,https://doi.org/10.1007/s40808-016-0202-y
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Policy reports
- UNDP Accelerator Lab and Nesta (2024). Untapped Collective Intelligence for Climate Action
- Climate Compatible Growth Programme COP27 Policy Brief Series (2022). How can Lao PDR become the Low-Carbon "Battery of Asia"?
- The Alan Turing Institute (2022). Automating perfusion assessment of sublingual microcirculation in critical illness. Data Study Group September 2021
- House of Commons: Environmental Audit Committee, UK Government (2022). Building to net zero: costing carbon in construction.
- International Energy Agency (2021). Empowering Cities for a Net Zero Future
- International Energy Agency (2021). Renewables Integration in India
- COP26 FuturesWeWant (2021). COP 26 Futures We Want - India Country Profile
- International Energy Agency (2021). Energy Efficiency 2021
- RIBA Built for the Environment Report (2021) Submission. Climate repair through built environment: Decarbonising UK's building sector through energy efficiency and natural materials.
Blogs and Science Communications
- Energy@Cam . BLOG - Study investigates global renewable energy injustice
- Bennett Institute of Public Policy . Researchers to address the challenges of rapid advances in artificial intelligence
- Springer Nature Research Communities . Behind-the-paper in npj Climate Action
- Nature India (2023). Heatwave preparedness grows more pressing (features our research)
- World Economic Forum (2023). Rate of sea-level rise doubles in a decade
- PLOS Latitude Blogs (2023). Behind the paper: Lethal heatwaves are challenging India's sustainable development
- The Conversation (2023). Deadly heatwaves threaten to reverse India’s progress on poverty and inequality - new research
- Grist (2023). Deadly heat threatens the lives and livelihoods of 1 billion people in India
- Croakey Health Media(2023). The Health Wrap: a COVID diagnosis, hope for better dental care, killer heatwaves and lessons from HIV history
- One Green Plant (2023).Heat Waves in India’s Putting Country’s Development at Stake, Study Finds
- EcoDebate (2023). A Índia emergente e o Brasil submergente
- Gates Cambridge Annual Report (2022). Gates Cambridge Annual Report 2022 feature
- The Scholar Magazine (2022). Placing people at the heart of net-zero transition
- The Horizon Tracker (2022). How social attitudes affect adoption of electric vehicles
- Bennett Institute of Public Policy (2022). What it takes to decarbonise buildings?
- Building and Cities (2022). Embodied Carbon: Breaking Construction Dependencies
- Bennett Institute for Public Policy (2022). What lessons does the pandemic hold for the future of energy policy in India?
- London School of Economics Blogs (2021). The incompatibility of Nudge and Co-Design as tools for policymaking
- ORF (2021). India's enduring urban housing shortage: The case of upgrading informal settlements
- International Energy Agency (2021). Better energy efficiency policy with digital tools