The pioneering implementation of payments for ecosystem services in Costa Rica is an example for other Latin American countries that now venture into these topics, and this time Jamaica turns its…
EfD Colombia is working together with the Center for the Sustainable Development Objectives for Latin America and the Caribbean (CODS for its name in Spanish) at Universidad de Los Andes to organize…
Global environmental problems can be addressed by means of policy instruments such as carbon dioxide taxes, building and technology standards and support for new technology, but the issues are complex…
The Centre for research on the Economics of Climate, Food, Energy and Environment (CECFEE) and Centre for Policy Research (CPR), Delhi, India conducted a panel session as part of CECFEE’s Policy day…
During 2018 the topic of air quality in the two most important cities of Colombia, Bogotá and Medellín, was intensively discussed among EfD researchers, policy makers, representatives from the civil…
Gunnar Köhlin, EfD Director, has been awarded the position as Honorary Professor at School of Economics, University of Cape Town. Gunnar Köhlin is Associate Professor in Economics at School of…
In this second podcast and news article, Diego Valderrama discusses the challenges faced by researchers and policy-makers dealing with the impacts of the lionfish invasion in the Caribbean Sea…
Costa Rica has been a pioneer in implementing policies to protect and promote ecosystem services. One of the most successful innovative public financing schemes implemented more than twenty years ago…
Funding from The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) has been secured that will enable the Department of Economics at the School of Business, Economics and Law at Gothenburg…
From January 1, 2019, The EfD Secretariat becomes a special Unit at the School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg. We asked Gunnar Köhlin, EfD Director, some quick questions…