SiriusXM Business Radio Powered by The Wharton School recently had a segment on the Cape Town water crisis. Host Don Loney of the Knowledge@Wharton show discussed the current situation in Cape Town…

Nowadays, several Apps record real-time data from social networks that enrich users’ decision making. We argue that these data may also be used to better inform policy makers in the absence of…

El presente capítulo describe y analiza un proceso participativo llevado a cabo con el propósito de apoyar la construcción de acuerdos colectivos y un sistema de monitoreo ciudadano para el manejo…

Crude oil exports and imports play a crucial role in the trade balance of Peru, Colombia and Ecuador. These countries are looking into fossil fuel saving measures as a way to deal with increasing…

Este documento analiza la incidencia de la política climática internacional en la planeación y el desarrollo del sistema eléctrico de Colombia. Particularmente, estudia las implicaciones que tendría…

Vietnam urged to enforce mangrove conservation policy by Le Thanh Nhan Mangrove management policy in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta needs stronger state enforcement, if the country is to meet its conservation…

Environmental loss: the cost to Tanzania’s economy by Salvatory Macha Much of Tanzania’s economic growth is dependent on the natural ecosystems that allow the harvesting of resources such as water…

South African researchers integral to UN ‘natural capital accounting’ pilot by Leonie Joubert Natural environments in and around the South African coastal city of Durban provide goods and services to…

Kenya should raise entry fee to iconic Maasai Mara park by Rosemary Kamuyu Kenya’s conservation authorities should consider raising the entrance fees for foreign tourists to the iconic Maasai Mara…

Evaluating a ‘happy’ solution to India’s crop residue burning by Ishita Datta At the end of every rice-growing season in north-west India, usually in mid-November, farmers harvest their crop using…