The Environmental Economics Unit at the School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg, has been granted 23 million SEK (2.3 million Euro) from Sida and 3.5 million SEK (0,35 million…
Press release from Environmental Economics Unit, School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg, 2009-12-18 The Environmental Economics Unit at the School of Business, Economics and…
Income induced diet changes, increased demand for biofuels, and climatic changes have already caused food price increases and consequent deforestation. At one of today´s COP15 side event researchers…
For ten years he has pointed to forests as a major asset for sustainable development in China. Finally and just in time for the ongoing UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, China’s national…
"Differences in income levels means that different countries have very different views on what is a fair allocation of emissions and abatement requirements" says Thomas Sterner, Professor of…
”Development cooperation can play an important role in ensuring that the poorest countries will benefit from climate change funding," says Olof Drakenberg, policy analyst at the Environmental…
A draft report of the review of the Environmental Economics Programme and Environment for Development initiative is completed by Tom Alberts and Agnes Mwaiselage. The review is primarily intended to…
A large majority of citizens in Sweden and the United States is willing to pay to for slowing climate change. Findings from a new multi-country survey shows that 91.5% of Swedes and 71% of Americans…
How can economics best contribute to the scientific and public debates? Professor Thomas Sterner, University of Gothenburg, together with Nicholas Stern, who wrote the The Stern Review, and Nobel…
Since 2 years, EPRU research fellow Edwin Muchapondwa has been coordinating a research programme seeking to identify appropriate economic incentives to encourage conservation outside protected areas…