“The others can learn from our mistakes”
Benson Mlambo Mwakina is the Director of Renewable Energy at the Ministry of Energy & Petroleum in Kenya. He also manages cross-cutting energy assignments in the country and the region and…
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The Inclusive Green Economy Program welcomes new fellows in Tanzania
EfD’s Inclusive Green Economy (IGE) program in Tanzania had an inaugural meeting in Morogoro for the newly recruited IGE fellows on May 15-16, 2024. Following this event, intensive training sessions…
EfD Uganda’s IGE Fellows of 2024 enrolled
The EfD Uganda participants in the Inclusive Green Economy Program, IGE Fellows, cohort of 2024-25, were officially enrolled in a yearlong capacity-building program at Makerere University on May 15…
Uzbekistan measures its green growth strategy
EfD researcher and WinEED member Etenesh Asfaw, based in Moldavia, has led a study applying a battery of OECD indicators of green growth of Uzbekistan’s economy. She explained the main findings and…
Ugandan parliament expresses support for policies towards clean household energy
Researchers from EfD Uganda presented findings to the Ugandan parliament on May 3rd, shedding light on the country's heavy reliance on biomass and proposing policy adjustments towards cleaner energy…
The struggle to reduce biomass dependency may be gaining momentum
Twenty civil servants from five East African countries met with 16 EfD researchers over four intense days to share knowledge and experience of policies to increase the use of clean cooking…
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Academia and policymakers identify research and data gaps in the management of natural resources in Uganda
Environmental economists and graduate students from Makerere University held a meeting with government officials to identify research and data gaps to address the persistent environmental and natural…
Researcher Carlos Chávez appointed as a member of Chilean Environmental Council
Carlos Chávez , an EfD research fellow and professor at the University of Talca in Chile, was appointed by the Chilean President, Gabriel Boric, as a member of the National Council for Sustainability…
Learnings from forestry study tour to Nepal were presented to the Ugandan government
A team from EfD Uganda visited the Ministry of Water and Environment on February 27th, 2024 to share what they had learned on a study tour to Nepal in the fall of 2023. Nepal has been a world leader…
EfD Uganda established network and secretariat for inclusive green economy
EfD has run an extensive and ambitious program, the Inclusive Green Economy in Practice program, since 2020 in five East African countries. In Uganda over 20 senior public servants from government…