The Conference on Environmental Taxation (GCET)
The Conference on Environmental Taxation (GCET) will take place in Latin America for the first time in Porto Alegre, Brazil 24-26 September 2025. GCET26’s central theme is Policies for Green and…
Brainstorming workshop on heat wave adaptation interventions for slum dwellers
With rising temperatures posing an increasing threat to urban slum dwellers, EfD India (CECFEE), along with the Institute of Economic Growth (IEG), organized a brainstorming workshop to explore…
Post-doctoral position on research-policy interaction for Forestry and Sustainable Agriculture in Africa under Natural Capital Collaborative Program (NatCap)
The Natural Capital Collaborative Program (NatCap), funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) and supported by the Environment for Development (EfD) is hosted by the Environmental Policy Research Unit (EPRU)-University of Cape Town, invites applications for a postdoctoral position. This position focuses on developing a research-policy interaction agenda in the areas of forestry and sustainable agriculture across Africa.
Researchers explore strategies to ‘de-risk’ green hydrogen investment in the Global South
EfD South Africa researchers collaborated with UNU-MERIT to study methods to de-risk green hydrogen investment. They examined Chile and South Africa’s green hydrogen projects and their potential risks…
Principal Research Officer - Environmental Economics Policy Research Unit (EPRU) Cape Town, South Africa
The Environmental Policy Research Unit (EPRU) works to enhance environmental and natural resource economics policy-making and support sustainable development and poverty reduction in South and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Based at the School of Economics at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, and a regional center for the Environment for Development (EfD), EPRU is a leading institution in resource economics in the Global South.
SISC2025 - Innovation in climate research for societal transformation
The 13th Annual Conference of the Italian Society for Climate Sciences (Società Italiana per le Scienze del Clima - SISC) " SISC 2025: Innovation in climate research for societal transformation"…
The use of plastic as a household fuel among the urban poor in the Global South
EfD Authors:
Increasing plastic waste pollution has led to a rising prevalence of the open burning of plastic waste, especially in locations lacking formal waste management systems. Urban slum communities face particularly acute challenges in accessing both organized waste-collection services and low-cost traditional energy sources, and clean cooking-fuel alternatives tend to be unaffordable for their low-income residents. Here we examine the potential risk these unseen communities face and describe the need for a new research agenda to better understand and quantify the scope of the problem.
First congress of the Latin American Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
The Congress of the Latin American and the Caribbean Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (LAERE2025) will take place on 19-21 March 2025. The conference will be held in person in the…
EfD Webinar series: Bui Bich Xuan
Welcome to attend this free online EfD Webinar! Time: February 26, 2025, 1.00 -2.00 p.m. (CET) Presenter: D r Bui Bich Xuan. Topic: Factors affecting compliance with rights-based fisheries management…