An essay by EfD Research Fellow Thomas Sterner, professor of environmental economics at the University of Gothenburg, was published in Nature Climate Change November 27th, 2014. A science writer at…
In decision making all over the globe there tends to be a disregard of the contribution that ecosystem services make to human wellbeing. Eight EfD Centers are the key implementing partners in the new…
"This very readable book on Forest Tenure Reform in Asia and Africa looks at different countries’ strategies to use tenure innovations to manage forest resources. An especially interesting…
The value of shark tourism and similar ‘non-consumptive’ uses of sharks has long been used to build a case for conservation-based management of this marine resource. And yet the figures used to…
Kerri Brick, researcher with the Environmental Research Policy Unit (EPRU) at the University of Cape Town, has wrapped up her doctoral thesis, which uses behavioural economics to understand how people…
South Africa’s marine fisheries’ contribution to the country’s GDP is relatively small, but the economic implications of how these marine resources are managed has far-reaching effects for small…
Electric cars, and plug-in hybrids, could account for as much as 20% of the new car market in South Africa by 2030. But the uniqueness of the domestic car manufacturing industry, the sprawling nature…
During the spring semester 2014, EfD Sweden/Environmental Economics Unit recorded lectures from three PhD specialization courses in Environmental and Climate Economics held at the Department of…
Thomas Sterner, Professor of Environmental Economics, University of Gothenburg, and Chair of EfD Research Committee, is awarded the Think Tank Green Budget Europe's prize of “Environmental Fiscal…
Samwel Lwiza is the winner of the newly created Gunnar Köhlin’s Best MSc Thesis Award. He received the prize at the closing day of the 8th Environment for Development Initiative Annual Meeting held in…