In a new Environment for Development discussion paper, authors Johane Dikgang and Martine Visser analyze the success of the legislation of plastic bag in Botswana, and conclude—at least in the short…

After decades of rapid economic growth, Chinese cities now face serious urban transport challenges, such as congestion, air pollution, energy shortage, and global climate change. EEPC and Beijing…

South Africa Kimberly, 19- 25 July 2010: the Grasslands Society hosted their 45th congress on Sustainable and Adaptive Practices in Range and Pasture Systems, with an Emphasis on Arid Regions. Efd…

On June 28 in Montreal, just prior to the World Congress of Environment and Resource Economists (WCERE), Sustainable Prosperity (SP) and Resources for the Future (RFF) brought together leading global…

Prof Thomas Sterner was recently invited speaker at the World Bank ABCDE conference held in Stockholm June 2010 on Green Growth and Climate Change. Each year the World Bank organizes the Annual Bank…

Public disclosure of companies’ pollution habits has been an effective method of reducing pollution in many countries. Similarly, research has shown that people’s and firms’ propensity to contribute…

Why are the international climate negotiations moving so slowly? Because countries have so far been unable to define what global fairness really is, says Thomas Sterner, Professor of Environmental…

20 May 2009: After the release of the EPRU research report on Environmentally Responsible Investment (ERI), Business Report (a business section included in five national daily papers including Cape…

Nobel laureate Elinor Ostrom is keynote speaker and Thomas Sterner, University of Gothenburg, is plenary speaker at ABCDE Sweden, which will take place from May 31–June 2, 2010. The overall theme this…

Dr Elizabeth Robinson, is appointed associate professor in environmental economics at the Department of Economics, School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg. Robinson is an…