Yonas Alem on Sustainable Development
In less than two minutes research fellow Yonas Alem spreads the word of University of Gothenburg, the Environment for Development initiative, and research related to sustainable development. Check out…
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Pros and cons of economic benefits for Ethiopian forest communities
Forest-dwelling communities in south-western Ethiopia, who have been organised into community cooperatives and allowed to harvest wild coffee, honey and other forest products, have benefited from the…
EfD Fellow Róger Madrigal presents at the 5th Latin American Meeting of Community Water Management
The keynote speech by EfD Senior Research fellow Ró ger Madrigal highlighted that climate predictions are substantially drier for most of Central America, and that adaptability of community based…
What makes small hydro in Kenya work?
When some remote communities in Kenya can’t access the national grid, they build their own small scale hydro power projects to meet basic household electricity needs. But if people don’t work together…
EPRU researcher heads to France on study exchange
PhD candidate and researcher Jackson Otieno, associated with the University of Cape Town’s (UCT’s) Environmental Research Policy Unit (EPRU) in South Africa, jets off to France early in October to…
Kenyan forest conservation in focus
Kenya doctoral student Boscow Okumu will return to Cape Town, South Africa, late in October, following a four month study trip to the Nairobi School of Monetary Studies where he has been training…
Neighbours and nature: how rural southern Africans cope with food shortages
When weather-related shocks harm a rural farming family’s agricultural yields, thus reducing the household’s food supply, people turn to nature or their community as a way of coping. That’s why…
EfD Director Jintao Xu invited as a panelist in the UN Climate Summit 2014
Professor Jintao Xu, Director of EfD China/ Environmental Economics Program in China (EEPC) and Senior Research Fellow, was invited as a panelist on the UN Climate Summit 2014 on September 23, 2014 on…
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Participación Proyecto AC3 en el V Encuentro Latinoamericano de Gestión Comunitaria del Agua
Click here for the English version. El proyecto:Agua para consumo humano, comunidades y cambio climático: Impactos esperados y adaptación en América Central (AC3) administrado por CATIE con apoyo…
New Climate Economy Report launch in Ethiopia
The Global Commission on the Economy and Climate is a major new international initiative to analyse and communicate the economic benefits and costs of acting on climate change. The Commission’s work…