And the winners are…
Five research projects were awarded during the 16th EfD Annual meeting in Uganda. The awards are Peter Berck’s Best Discussion Paper Award, Gunnar Köhlin’s Best MSc Thesis Award, and, for the first…
26 September 2022
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Who will get the awards this year?
Don't miss the awards ceremony at EfD's 16th Annual Meeting in Uganda! There are two awards for research: Peter Berck's Best Discussion Paper Award and Gunnar Köhlin's Best MSc Thesis Award. A novelty…
25 September 2022
Are we approaching a tipping point for the better?
Don't miss tomorrow's keynote speaker, Gernot Wagner. He says that ”We are close to a point where things may really start to change”. On the one hand, there are the climate change tipping points that…
24 September 2022
“Economists need to be empirical in teaching and researching the economics of water”
Professor Michael Hanemann urged economists to be empirical rather than theoretical when teaching and researching the economics of water when he made his keynote presentation at EfD’s Annual Meeting…
24 September 2022
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Agriculture, Biodiversity, Carbon Pricing, Climate Change, Conservation, Energy, Fisheries, Forestry, Waste, Water |
Uganda
Uganda’s policymakers implored to address forest loss, plastic and water pollution
Policymakers in Uganda were urged to take measures to mitigate environmental degradation or else, risk facing serious consequences. The appeal was made during the opening of the 16th EfD Annual…
23 September 2022
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Agriculture, Air Quality, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Conservation, Energy, Fisheries, Forestry, Health, Waste, Water |
Uganda
Annual Meeting - Please note: NEW links to the keynote presentations
Here is the link to the plenary sessions and the keynote presentations. https://gu-se.zoom.us/j/66567163832 Keynote speakers: Michael Hanemann, Friday, September 23 at 14:30 local time. Pam Jagger…
22 September 2022
Coordinator of Women in Environmental Economics for Development visited EfD India
Maria del Pilar Lopez, Coordinator of the EfD collaborative Women in Environmental Economics for Development, WinEED, visited EfD India to meet with researchers to discuss their work and issues that…
20 September 2022
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India
Bangladesh ministry officers visited EfD Vietnam to learn about climate change adaptation
Ten members from the Bangladesh Ministries visited the Environment for Development Center in Vietnam to learn about how farmers in the Mekong Delta have tried to adapt to climate change.
EfD Ethiopia held policy day workshop on Energy and Economic Growth in Ethiopia
The Environment and Climate Research Center (ECRC) at the Policy Studies Institute (PSI) held a workshop to present the policy-relevant insights in collaboration with Oxford Policy Management in…
Economist with a passion for snow leopards and ecosystems defended thesis
Shi Xiangying, one of the many excellent doctoral students at EfD China who obtained their Ph.D.s this summer, is dedicated to the research of ecosystem equilibrium and the conservation of snow…