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Update on program for EfD's Annual Meeting

The program for EfD’s Annual Meeting November 16-20 is taking shape and here are some points of…

How to reduce plastics in the oceans

EfD researcher Fredrik Carlsson is interviewed on the topic "Mapping the path of plastics to reduce…

Tanzania policy makers and researchers descended into Morogoro town for two days of training and interaction on sustainable development

Environment for Development (EfD) Tanzania together with the Centre for Behavioral Studies (CBS)…

Passion drives last year’s winner of Gunnar Köhlin’s Award

EfD’s Annual Meeting is approaching and the award jury is busy evaluating all the qualified nominees…

Recent publications

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Air Quality Valuation Using Online Surveys in Three Asian Megacities

Abstract Due to worsening air quality across many cities in developing countries, there is an urgent need to consider…

21 Oct 2020 | EfD Discussion Paper | India, China

Understanding and managing new risks on the Nile with the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

Abstract When construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is completed, the Nile will have two of the…

16 Oct 2020 | Peer Reviewed | Ethiopia

CO2 emissions, agricultural productivity and welfare in Ethiopia

Purpose – Climate change has become one of the most important development challenges worldwide. It affects various…

8 Oct 2020 | Peer Reviewed | Ethiopia

Games as boundary objects: charting trade-offs in sustainable livestock transformation

Attempts to structurally transform segments of the agri-food system inevitably involve trade-offs between the priorities…

7 Oct 2020 | Peer Reviewed | Ethiopia, Tanzania

Is energy the golden thread? A systematic review of the impacts of modern and traditional energy use in low- and middle-income countries

Energy has been called the “golden thread” that connects economic growth, social equity and environmental sustainability…

6 Oct 2020 | Peer Reviewed | China, Chile, Sweden, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Kenya, Central America, Global Hub

Designing sustainable pathways for the livestock sector: the example of Atsbi, Ethiopia and Bama, Burkina Faso

Demand for animal sourced food is predicted to double in the upcoming 20 years in Sub-Saharan Africa. This is…

7 Oct 2020 | Peer Reviewed | Ethiopia

Upcoming events

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The 14th Annual Meeting of the Environment for Development Initiative

Monday 16 November — Friday 20 November, 2020

The EfD Annual Meeting is the largest annual conference in the Global South on the application of…

WinEED Seminar Series - Ngawang Dendup and Dipendra Bhattarai

Thursday 29 October, 2020

This month, WinEED teamed with the Sustainable Energy Transitions Initiative (SETI) to showcase…

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