The news that around 4 million citizens of Cape Town could be without water as “Day Zero” approached made the headlines across the world early this year. Alleged reasons included the worst drought in recorded history coupled with inadequate infrastructural investments and management strategies to cope with the city’s rapidly growing population. Unfortunately, Cape Town is not alone.
Policy session: Market-based approaches for environmental management in Asia Room : Handels: SEB
This session is devoted to the ocean plastic pollution challenge. After a brief introduction of the biophysical aspects of the problem, the panel will focus on various approaches towards solutions both on the local as well as on the international level.
Senior Fellow and RFF EfD Program Director, Allen Blackman organized and moderated RFF “First Wednesday” Seminar/webinar on “Reducing Deforestaton in Commodity Supply Chains.” About the event
EfD Senior Researcher’s Thomas Sterner will participate in the event as keynote speaker and Jorge García (alumi of Gothenburg) will participate as commentator of the key note speech.
What does the climate agreement from COP21 in Paris mean? French diplomats managed to unite the world in a climate agreement. COP21 in Paris has been considered a success, but what does the agreement mean and was it a good deal? What else needs to be done?
More and more aid is used for climate related interventions in developing countries. In the last 15 years, bilateral aid has increased from 3 to 20 billion USD annually. Globally, the ambition is to further five-fold this kind of support to at least 100 billion USD by 2020.
A seminar on teaching and research opportunities in Ethiopia will be held on Monday February 8, at 3 pm, Malmstensvåningen, Matsalen, School of Business, Economics and Law The short presentations will be on:
By laying the foundations for a new climate regime, the Paris agreement marks a turning point in the negotiation process. How to analyze this shift in historical perspective? What economic instruments will realize its ambitions?
The 21th Conference of Parties (COP21) is to be held in Paris in December 2015. Its objective is to build consensus around an international agenda for the establishment of a low-carbon global economy. 2015 will be a key year for international climate negotiations.
Thomas Sterner is participating in a round table discussion on Climate Action organized by Les journées de l'économie, in Lyon, France.
This seminar will be an opportunity to learn from and discuss with land right experts from Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI), Sida, civil society organizations, academia and the private sector. EfD Director Gunnar Köhlin is an invited panelist and Olof Drakenberg moderates the seminar. Live webcast: A stream will appear here 10 Sept 2014 at CET 10:00
The topic of the twentieth Research Seminar Series will be “Adoption and Impact Assessment of Improved Maize Varieties in Ethiopia” and it will be presented by Dr. Moti Jaleta at Addis Ababa University on May 10, 2013.
The topic of the fifteenth Research Seminar Series will be “Informality and Macroeconomic Fluctuations: a Small Open Economy New Keynesian DSGE Model with Dual Labour Markets” and it will be presented by Sisay Regassa at Addis Ababa University on January 4, 2013.
Seminar with Professor Arild Angelsen: Reduced emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) is a hot topic in climate change negotiations and national climate strategies, and with hundreds of REDD+ projects on the ground. Tenure and land rights are among the critical issues in REDD+ implementation. Unclear and/or insecure forest tenure has been identified by many as an indirect driver of deforestation and forest degradation.
Increases in agricultural production benefit both the local farmer and helps food supply keep pace with population growth. Agricultural support services assist farmers in adapting to climate change with new cultivation techniques, follow market prices and understand prevailing weather conditions.
The topic of the eleventh Research Seminar Series will be “Urban wage behavior during food price hikes: The case of Ethiopia” and it will be presented by Dr. Derek Headey at Addis Ababa University on April 27, 2012.
The topic of the tenth Research Seminar Series will be “Formation of Aspirations – An Empirical Analysis” and it will be presented by Dr. Alemayehu Seyoum at Addis Ababa University on April 20, 2012.
The topic of the twelfth Research Seminar Series will be “Weather insurance: Results from a randomized experiment in Ethiopia” and it will be presented by Dr. Guush Berhane at Addis Ababa University on May 11, 2012.
The topic of the fourteenth Research Seminar Series will be “Aspirations and Household Choices – Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment in Rural Ethiopia” and it will be presented by Dr. Alemayehu Seyoum at Addis Ababa University on June 8, 2012.
The topic of the thirteenth Research Seminar Series will be “Impact of Sustainable Land and Watershed Management (SLWM) Practices in the Blue Nile” and it will be presented by Ms. Emily Schmidt at Addis Ababa University on May 18, 2012.
The topic of the ninth Research Seminar Series will be “Structural transformation in Ethiopia: Evidence from cereal markets” and it will be presented by Dr. Bart Minten at Addis Ababa University on April 6, 2012.
The topic of the seventh research seminar series will be “Food Security and Vulnerability Status of Households in Addis Ababa: A household food insecurity access scale measurement” and it will be presented by Dr. Bamlak Alamirew at Addis Ababa University on February 17, 2012.
The topic of the eighth Seminar Series will be “Productivity in the Information Age and the “jobless growth” period in the U.S.” and it will be presented by Dr. Ho Mun at Addis Ababa University on March 9, 2012.
Dr. Seid Nuru will present on “Climate Change and Economic Growth in a Rain-fed Economy: How much does rainfall variability cost Ethiopia”.
The topic of the sixth Research Seminar Series will be “Patterning of Good-Governance Government (G3) on the Global Good-Governance Government (G4)” and it will be presented by Prof. Teshome Mulat at Addis Ababa University on December 2, 2011.
The topic of the fifth Research Seminar Series will be “Interdependence in farmer technology adoption decisions in smallholder systems: Joint estimation of investments in sustainable agricultural practices(SAPs) in Rural Tanzania” and it will be presented by Dr. Menale Kassie at Addis Ababa University on November 14, 2011.
The topic of the fourth Research Seminar Series will be “Domestic resource mobilization in Ethiopia” and it will be presented by Mr. Tsegaberhan Woldegiorgis at Addis Ababa University on October 7, 2011.
The topic of the third Research Seminar Series will be “Climate change and economic growth in rain-fed economy: how much does rainfall variability cost Ethiopia?” and it will be presented by Dr.Seid Nuru at Addis Ababa University on September 14, 2011.
The topic of the second Research Seminar Series will be “Foreign direct investment and technology transfer through spillovers: evidence from manufacturing firms in India and Zambia” and it will be presented by Dr. Samuel Bwalya at Addis Ababa University on September 2, 2011.
The topic of the first Research Seminar Series will be “A small open economy new Keynesian DSGE model for a foreign exchange constrained economy” and it will be presented by Mr. Sisay Regassa at Addis Ababa University on August 16, 2011.
Kirk Hamilton, a lead economist at the World Bank, and a co-author of "The Changing Wealth of Nations" is visiting School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg. He will speak on "How we measure development will drive how we do development." This is the thesis of the new book by the World Bank measuring the change in comprehensive wealth for over 100 countries from 1995 to 2005.
Focali, SIS och IEA Bioenergy Task 43 invite you to a seminar: Sustainability criteria of bioenergy status, visions and challenges. March 28th 2011 at 13:15-15:00
Seminar Friday 4th March 2011 9.00 – 12.15 on the paper “The Millennium Development Goals and the African Food Crisis – Report from the Afrint II project” at Sida, Valhallavägen 199, Stockholm, room 24, “Copan”