EEU Seminar - Valentin Laprie
The next EEU seminar will be held on Monday the 14th of April at 12:10 – 13:15 in B44. The seminar will be held by Valentin Laprie and he will be presenting a paper on the topic of: Moral hazard in…
Thermal stress and financial distress: Extreme temperatures and firms’ loan defaults in Mexico
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Highlights
- Extreme weather events increase credit delinquency rates for SMEs in Mexico.
- The effects of extreme heat are more pronounced in the agricultural sector.
- General equilibrium impacts expand to other sectors in agricultural regions.
EEU Seminar - Svante Mandell
The next EEU seminar will be held on Monday the 10th of March at 12:10 – 13:15 in B44. The seminar will be held by Svante Mandell leads the Environmental Economics Unit at the National Institute of…
The Political Economy of Coal - Obstacles to Clean Energy Transitions
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This volume provides an overview of the political economy of coal in diverse country contexts.
Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change in Africa - Food Security in a Changing Environment
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Description
A changing climate is likely to have a drastic impact on crop yields in Africa. The purpose of this book is to document the effects of climate change on agriculture in Africa and to discuss strategies for adaptation to hotter weather and less predictable rainfall. These strategies include promoting opportunities for farmers to adopt technologies that produce optimal results in terms of crop yield and income under local agro-ecological and socioeconomic conditions.
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…
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…