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…
This article reviews the history of the Environment for Development (EfD) initiative, its activities in capacity building and policy-oriented research, and case studies at its centres in Chile, China, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa and Tanzania.
Highlights
• We develop the first comprehensive survey of residential energy consumption in China.
• A typical Chinese household in 2012 consumed 1426 kilograms coal equivalent.
• Space heating accounts for half of energy demand.
• A large rural–urban gap exists in terms of energy sources and end-use activities.
• Results reveal challenges and opportunities for China׳s energy policy.
Abstract
The joint EfD Report 2013/14 showcases the work undertaken by the Environment for Development Initiative.
Please access the report to find out more about our research projects, policy interaction, academic capacity building and publications.
For more detailed information on each centre, please open or download the individual reports of the six original EfD centres, Central America, China, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa and Tanzania, on the side bar.
EfD participated at the 5 th World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists (WCERE) in Istanbul, Turkey from June 28 to July 2, 2014. EfD research fellows and associates were strongly…
This paper provides the first county-level analysis of the impacts of weather variability on rice yield in China, by compiling a unique panel on irrigated single-season rice and daily weather data. We found that temperature and solar radiation had statistically significant impacts on rice yield during the vegetative and ripening stages, while the effects of rainfall on yield were not significant.
New deadline for EfD's 2015 proposal submission is June 1, 2014. All proposals must be presented in the respective EfD Center Workshops before submission. In the documents we submitted to Sida, we…
The EfD initiative is committed to produce high quality research and active international research interaction. This is achieved by creating an environment where discussions can take place openly…
This paper examines whether intergenerational transmission of happiness exists in China between preadolescents and their parents, and what factors are correlated with subjective well-being among them.
Beijing has notoriously severe air pollution and traffic congestion problems. Like many mega-cities in developing countries, it seeks to mitigate these problems by restricting vehicles from being