Achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement on limiting climate change, and reaching net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by around 2050 requires scientific evidence to support policy-making. Strategies…
A report is now available, which reflects on experiences from East Africa in addressing key environmental and social challenges: fossil fuels, plastic pollution, and deforestation. The report has been…
EfD, along with partners, has been working intensely for a year and a half to develop a research agenda that will support a low-carbon transition in the Global South. Bhim Adhikari, Senior Program…
New funding has been granted by Sida, to the Inclusive Green Economy (IGE) program. The two-year inception period of the program was concluded by December 2022. The new agreement means that EfD can…
One of the leading mainstream media outlets, Fana Broadcasting Corporation(FBC), featured a documentary (in Amharic) about the activities of the Policy Studies Institute, host to ECRC, which in turn…
27 civil servants from five East African countries met in Rwanda on November 22-24 to discuss policies for achieving a green and inclusive economy in their countries. This cross-country workshop was a…
The Ministry of Finance in Ethiopia has exempted electric vehicles from value-added tax (VAT), excise tax, and surtaxes and reduced the import tax on those vehicles. A participant in the Inclusive…
A stakeholders' workshop held on 19th August 2022 by EfD Tanzania (EfDT) at the University of Dar es Salaam, School of Economics focused on increasing awareness of the current level of social…
The 2022 Gothenburg International Research Workshop on Sustainable Economic Growth and Decent Work for All takes place on August 25-26. Address: SEB lecture hall, The School of Business, Economics and…
The Environment for Development Kenya carried out a population survey to find out whether green measures for plastics, forest loss, and fossil fuels are socially acceptable. To spread the findings and…