Solid cooperation key in forest reserve protection
VILLAGERS and forest managers are key players for protecting forest reserves in Tanzania, and they should therefore work closely. These remarks were among the highlights of a speech that the Deputy…
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Additional Funding from Sida to EfD
The support from Sida to EfD in 2018 is growing. The new agreement constitutes an increase of 30% of the original budget of MSEK 133, i.e. an additional MSEK 38.6. More than half of this will go to a…
Review papers for Global Chemicals Outlook
EfD researchers are writing review papers on economic policy instruments for chemical management and chemical risk assessment. The review papers will feed into the UN flagship report Global Chemicals…
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Sweden
Sterner gave keynote on climate economics at growth and development conference in Delhi
The Indian Statistical Institute held its Annual Conference on Economic Growth and Development, Dec 18-20 in Delhi. Environmental themes where well represented in the program and Thomas Sterner…
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India
ESAforD at the 11th Annual Meeting of the EfD Initiative in Addis Ababa
The ESAforD (Ecosystem Services Accounting for Development) research team, led by Dr Juha Siikamӓki, presented eight of their case studies at the 11 th Annual Meeting of the EfD (Environment for…
EfD launches marine research program
In 2018, EfD will launch a new collaborative research program. The two focus areas are effective managment and marine plastic waste.
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Sweden
Post-Harvest Management needs a joint effort as an important component of food security and Industrialization in Tanzania
The EfD Tanzania researchers participated in a two-day National Level Post-Harvest Management conference that was held at the Nkrumah Hall, University of Dar es Salaam from 8th to 9th November 2017…
Countries can move faster towards a carbon tax
On 13 November, Thomas Sterner and his American colleagues published the article "Policy sequencing toward decarburization", in the prestigious journal Nature Energy . "This is a carefully nuanced…
EfD invests more in policy interaction and communication
Back-to-back with the 11th EfD Annual meeting in Addis Abeba, the EfD secretariat organized a two day workshop for communication officers and researchers at all EfD centers, with the specific aim of…
EfD looks forward and backward as it closes annual meeting
The 11 th Annual Meeting of the Environment for Development Initiative ended with a general assembly that looked backward and forward from four busy days in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, October 26-30, 2017…