EPRU researcher heads to France on study exchange
PhD candidate and researcher Jackson Otieno, associated with the University of Cape Town’s (UCT’s) Environmental Research Policy Unit (EPRU) in South Africa, jets off to France early in October to…
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Kenyan forest conservation in focus
Kenya doctoral student Boscow Okumu will return to Cape Town, South Africa, late in October, following a four month study trip to the Nairobi School of Monetary Studies where he has been training…
Neighbours and nature: how rural southern Africans cope with food shortages
When weather-related shocks harm a rural farming family’s agricultural yields, thus reducing the household’s food supply, people turn to nature or their community as a way of coping. That’s why…
EfD Director Jintao Xu invited as a panelist in the UN Climate Summit 2014
Professor Jintao Xu, Director of EfD China/ Environmental Economics Program in China (EEPC) and Senior Research Fellow, was invited as a panelist on the UN Climate Summit 2014 on September 23, 2014 on…
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China
Participación Proyecto AC3 en el V Encuentro Latinoamericano de Gestión Comunitaria del Agua
Click here for the English version. El proyecto:Agua para consumo humano, comunidades y cambio climático: Impactos esperados y adaptación en América Central (AC3) administrado por CATIE con apoyo…
New Climate Economy Report launch in Ethiopia
The Global Commission on the Economy and Climate is a major new international initiative to analyse and communicate the economic benefits and costs of acting on climate change. The Commission’s work…
EEPFE's Center Director and Senior Research Fellow Participates in a Climate Change Consultation Workshop
EEPFE's Center Director and Senior Research Fellow, Alemu Mekonnen (Ph. D) participated in a consultation workshop organized by the World Bank (WB). The objective of the workshop was to discuss the…
Are carbon taxes the solution?
Thomas Sterner will discuss carbon taxes and other policies to deal with climate change as invited key-note speaker at the 15th Global Conference on Environmental Taxation (GCET15) which will take…
Thomas Sterner elected to the Collège de France
Thomas Sterner, Professor of Environmental Economics at the University of Gothenburg, has been elected as a visiting professor to the Collège de France, one of the world's most distinguished academic…
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Sweden
New Communication Officer Central-America
EfD Central America is pleased to introduce our new Communication Officer, Eugenia León. Eugenia is Research Fellow for the Environment Development Initiative for Central America (EfD-CA) at the…