Increased Brazilian beef exports indirectly lead to deforestation in the Amazon region. The environmental effect is much larger than previously indicated, according to new research from the University…
A climate tax corresponding to €60/ton CO2eq on meat and milk could reduce greenhouse gas emissions from European agriculture by around seven per cent. If the land made available is used for bioenergy…
Plans for the research program Human Cooperation to Manage Natural Resources were elaborated on January 17-19 at Indiana University in Bloomington. Project partners are Nobel laureate Elinor Ostrom's…
Thomas Sterner and Åsa Löfgren with research colleagues has on behalf of the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency written a report summarizing the state of knowledge and future research needs on…
Public disclosure of companies’ pollution habits has been an effective method of reducing pollution in many countries. Similarly, research has shown that people’s and firms’ propensity to contribute…
Press release from Environmental Economics Unit, School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg, 2009-12-18 The Environmental Economics Unit at the School of Business, Economics and…
Press release from Environmental Economics Unit, School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg, 2009-10-29 Does development assistance work? How does globalization and climate change…
Press release from Environmental Economics Unit, School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg, 2009-10-15 The World Bank’s World Development Report 2010: Development and Climate…
Press release from Environmental Economics Unit, School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg, 2009-04-15 For the poor of the world, improved agricultural productivity and reduced…
Press release from Environmental Economics Unit, School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg, 2009-02-12 What do poor forest farmers want from China's ongoing forest land reform…