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- 2013-01-24 | central america | Climate change Forestry Policy design Payments for Ecosystem Services — no positive effect on incomes and jobs EfD researchers show that the Payments for Ecosystem Services program has no positive nor negative effects on people's income or jobs. And in the first three years of its implementation, the program had no effect on the deforestation rate. However, in the following five years, the program did slow down deforestation.
- 2013-01-11 Sustainable agriculture more likely with educated women The more years of education a woman has, the more likely it is that her household uses sustainable farming practices. By combining certain sustainable farming methods, many poor farmers would increase farm income without depleting their soils. This is the conclusion of new research from the School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg.
- 2013-01-08 Effective climate policy instruments highlighted by Sterner at IPCC Working Group meeting Carbon taxes are clearly progressive and can easily cut a country’s vehicle emissions by more than half. Support to solar and wind technologies are as important, though also tricky to design, said Professor Thomas Sterner, Coordinating Lead Author of IPCC Working Group III at the Allied Social Science Associations (ASSA) meeting in San Diego, January 4th.
- 2012-12-31 Ethiopia: In-Service Training on “Environmental Economics” Completed The in-service training on “Environmental Economics” was organized by the Environmental Economics Policy Forum for Ethiopia (EEPFE) based at the Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI) from 24-28 December 2012 in Addis Ababa.
- 2012-12-17 EfD-T Contribution to the Consultations to inform The Post-2015 Development Agenda The President’s office, Planning commission has engaged the University of Dar es salaam through the Department of Economics to organize consultative activities on Post 2015 Development Agenda. The EfDT staffs are among the key resource persons in conducting these consultation dialogues.
- 2012-12-14 Workshop on Community Forests, Climate Change and REDD+ in Ethiopia The workshop on Community Forests, Climate Change and REDD+ in Ethiopia was organized by the Environmental Economics Policy Forum for Ethiopia (EEPFE) in collaboration with Portland State University and the World Bank on the 10th of December 2012 at Desalegn Hotel, Addis Ababa.
- 2012-12-06 PhD course spring 2013: From research to policy for sustainable development In order for research to contribute to a more sustainable development, it is critical that research results reach out to a wide audience. The aim of this course is to enhance the PhD students understanding of the research-policy linkages and to increase the capabilities of the PhD-students to communicate their research findings to different stakeholders.
- 2012-12-06 | eeu sweden kenya | Policy design EfD Workshop on Water Research in Kenya On December 12 and 13 the EfD holds a workshop on collaborative water sector research in Kenya. EfD researchers from Kenya, USA, and Sweden will meet in Gothenburg, Sweden to discuss recent reforms in the Kenyan water sector and take stock of the research needs in order to plan for future EfD research in the Kenyan water sector - and beyond.
- 2012-11-30 Senior research fellow Tony Leiman on SANRAL toll road The SANRAL toll road issue has become a public debate in recent time following the furor over tolling in Johannesburg.
- 2012-11-30 Coal mining in the Chrissiesmeer Mpumalanga wetlands Senior research fellow Tony Leiman provided advice on a proposal to begin coal mining in the Chrissiesmeer Mpumalanga wetlands.
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