Eyal Frank
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Eyal Frank
@eyalfrank.bsky.social
Environmental economist at Harris Public Policy, University of Chicago (www.eyalfrank.com)
A truly heartbreaking article linking the deaths of children from rabies to the collapse of vultures in India

www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Humans killed millions of vultures. Now people are paying the price.
The near-extinction of vultures in India has had severe consequences.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
New WB report offers a fantastic summary of current challenges and where economics can help fill in knowledge gaps: www.worldbank.org/en/publicati...
Reboot Development: The Economics of a Livable Planet
New World Bank report: Find out about how policymakers can connect the dots across land, air, and water sectors to drive strong, sustainable economic growth at the national-level and unlock major glob...
www.worldbank.org
September 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM
New paper published in Sci. Adv. on the limited scope for dairy farms to adapt to humid heat stress. The tl;dr is cooling equipment helps, but only mitigates up to half of the milk losses—which we interpret as an upper bound. Details below! 1/
July 7, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Biodiversity is declining, yet we have limited knowledge about how that affects human well-being. My work linking bats, insecticide use, and human infant health is out today in Science (science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adg0344), and tells a complex story about how those are connected.
September 5, 2024 at 10:51 PM
Reposted by Eyal Frank
Here is Vol. 1 of the Bluesky Energy & Environmental Economics starter pack.

If your account is still active at the Nazi Bar, feel free to share there to help get new feeds primed--there are a lot of people here!

Let me know if you'd like to be included in the next batch!

bsky.app/starter-pack...
August 22, 2024 at 2:38 PM