Abi Vanover
Abi Vanover
Graduate Research Assistant
Abi is a first year Master of Environmental Management candidate with a concentration in Energy and Environment. Abi graduated with dual degrees in Energy and Environmental Policy and Economics from the University of Delaware in 2018. Prior to joining the Energy Access Project, Abi served in AmeriCorps and held roles at the City of Tacoma’s Office of Environmental Policy and Sustainability and a Tacoma-based urban forestry non-profit. Research interests include municipal decarbonization, utility infrastructure resiliency, and access to electricity in rural areas after natural disasters. At the EAP, Abi is working on improving model data for quantifying the benefits of reducing household air pollution at national scales.
Contact Abi at abigail.vanover@duke.edu
My Work
Catalyzing Climate Finance for Low-Carbon Ag-Tech
Despite minimal contributions to causing climate change, rural households working in the agriculture sector are disproportionately impacted by climate-related shocks and see it as one of the biggest risks to their livelihoods.Climate finance presents a critical...
Benefits of Action to Reduce Household Air Pollution (BAR-HAP) Tool
Two of our team members, Marc Jeuland and Ipsita Das, assisted in developing the WHO Benefits of Action to Reduce Household Air Pollution (BAR-HAP) Tool, which is a planning tool for assessing the costs and benefits of different interventions to address the global burden of disease associated with cooking-related household air pollution.