Difference-in differences with multiple time periods
UNU-WIDER Online Seminar taking place Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021: Time: 16:00 – 17:00 EEST (GTM+3) Location: Zoom Please register here: https://www2.wider.unu.edu/crm/content/seminar-difference…
UNU-WIDER Online Seminar taking place Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021: Time: 16:00 – 17:00 EEST (GTM+3) Location: Zoom Please register here: https://www2.wider.unu.edu/crm/content/seminar-difference…
The Inclusive Green Economy (IGE) program is now up and running: The participating high-level civil servants from East Africa have had their first training sessions. Meet June Nyakahuma, one of the…
Rapid urbanization is a global trend. Ambitions to build cities out of a recession and overheated housing markets are factors that can accentuate that trend. But when densification is seen as the…
A new study has identified ocean finance as key to overcome challenges associated with ocean conservation and sustainability, and move towards a sustainable ocean economy that, as the High-Level Panel…
AbstractThe ocean, which regulates climate and supports vital ecosystem services, is crucial to our Earth system and livelihoods. Yet, it is threatened by anthropogenic pressures and climate change. A healthy ocean that supports a sustainable ocean economy requires adequate financing vehicles that generate, invest, align, and account for financial capital to achieve sustained ocean health and governance.
The Sixth Annual Meeting of the Sustainable Energy Transitions Initiative June 17 - 19, 2021. 09:00 am - 12:40 pm Eastern Time Hosted by NENRE-EfD Chile at the University of Concepción and Duke…
Thomas Sterner received the award Knight (Chevalier) of the Legion of Honour as a recognition for his work and commitment to the environment. The Legion of Honour is the highest French order of merit…
Developing country forests sustain livelihoods, help to control flooding, recharge aquifers, pollinate crops, cycle nutrients, harbor biodiversity, and sequester carbon. As a result, forest loss and degradation have serious environmental and socioeconomic consequences. Decentralization and devolution of governance have arguably been the most important policy trend affecting developing countries’ forests over the past three decades.
• Avoiding 1% of catchment's forest loss reduces chemicals use by 0.026% in Costa Rica.
• Improving the turbidity by 1% decreases 0.005% aluminum sulfate needed at the water plants.
• The value of water purification service by forests is USD 9.5 per hectare per year.
• The contribution of forest (per ha) becomes larger as the size of the catchment decreases.