EfD Webinar series: Maximiliane Sievert
Titel: Unlocking the economic impacts of rural electrification. Randomized entrepreneurial grants in Rwanda. Presenter: Maximiliane Sievert Date: September 22, 2025. Time 15.00 PM (CEST)
EfD participates in the Second Africa Climate Summit in Addis Ababa
Climate change is affecting lives, livelihoods, and investments across the African continent. The Second Africa Climate Summit (ACS2), on September 8-10, highlighted global solutions to address this…
Burning Questions: Gender, Health, and Open Waste Burning – from Households to Communities
Register now Join us for a critical discussion on open waste burning – a widespread yet overlooked crisis affecting millions across the Global South. Delila Khaled of ImpaXus will share research on…
Community-led water solutions get a boost – EfD CAM wins Tinker Foundation support
Community-based drinking water federations play a critical role in coping with climatic and non-climatic threats to secure safe water in rural areas of Latin America. EfD CAM is launching an ambitious…
Survey across the Global South sheds new light on support for climate policies
A new study, published in Nature Climate Change, offers a comprehensive picture of public attitudes toward climate policies, such as carbon taxes, in seven large countries in the Global South: Chile…
“Carbon prices too low to cut emissions”
Climate policy expert and EfD Associate Professor Mark Purdon warns that current carbon pricing mechanisms are insufficient to drive meaningful reductions in emissions in developing countries. He…
Social context, framing, and compliance with the law: experimental evidence
Which road should African producers choose in times of electrification?
Africa currently has only a little over 1 percent of the global automotive industry, both in terms of market and production. In addition, most of the demand is for imported used cars. With growing…