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Environment for Development

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EfD Annual Meeting

EfD Annual Meeting 2021: Call for papers!

The virtual research conference of Environment for Development (EfD) is organized by EfD Global Hub…

Leida Mercado

Training program will boost circular economy practices in Latin America

Leida Mercado, a senior researcher at EfD Central America, is leading a trainer of trainer program…

Agustin Petroni

EfD’s new Data Coordinator provides support to centers and researchers

Agustin Petroni is EfD’s new full-time Data Coordinator. He will support all the researchers and…

June Nyakahuma

“The IGE program will help us make an impact”

The Inclusive Green Economy (IGE) program is now up and running: The participating high-level civil…

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The value of forest water purification ecosystem services in Costa Rica

Highlights • Avoiding 1% of catchment's forest loss reduces chemicals use by 0.026% in Costa Rica. • Improving the…

1 Jun 2021 | Peer Reviewed | Central America

Households and tree-planting for wood energy production – Do perceptions matter?

While forests are a primary source of energy for the majority of Tanzanian households, the forest cover is rapidly…

28 Jun 2021 | Peer Reviewed | Tanzania

Valuing urban green amenities with an inequality lens

Abstract Considering rapid urbanization worldwide, the concern is growing that the resulting loss of green space affects…

1 Jun 2021 | Peer Reviewed | Sweden

On social norms and beliefs: A model of manager environmental behavior

Abstract A prevailing view in the literature states that social sanctions can support, in equilibrium, high levels of…

27 Apr 2021 | Peer Reviewed | Colombia

Financing a sustainable ocean economy

AbstractThe ocean, which regulates climate and supports vital ecosystem services, is crucial to our Earth system and…

9 Jun 2021 | Peer Reviewed | Ghana

Distributional Statistics of Municipal Water Use During Cape Town's Drought: Implications for Affordability, Conservation, and Tariffs

Abstract We calculate the first distributional statistics for municipal water use with 14.9 million monthly billing…

28 Jun 2021 | Peer Reviewed | South Africa

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Breathe easy, there’s an app for that: Using information and communication technology to tackle air pollution in Bogotá

Wednesday 7 July, 2021

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AFAERE Virtual Conference 2021

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The Virtual Conference of the African Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AFAERE)…

Save the date: 2021 Gothenburg International Conference on SDG 8

Wednesday 25 August — Friday 27 August, 2021

26-27 August 2021, the SDG 8 Initiative at the University of Gothenburg is inviting international…

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Fighting plastic pollution in Vietnam (English with English subtitles)

27 April 2021

Thomas Sterner being interviewed on TRT on Biden's climate goals

26 April 2021

Fighting plastic pollution in Vietnam (English with Vietnamese subtitles)

14 April 2021

Keynote 4 by Farzana Afridi: “Women's work, production technology and the environment”

7 December 2020

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