The news that around 4 million citizens of Cape Town could be without water as “Day Zero” approached made the headlines across the world early this year. Alleged reasons included the worst drought in…
Almost 100 researchers from lower- and middle-income countries received Sida, IDRC and EAERE-funded travel grants to participate in WCERE 2018. This vastly enriches the international scope of the…
Some targets for Ethiopia´s Climate Resilient Green Economy are not delivered due to lack of data. This is one was one of the challenges brought up during the second conference on Ethiopia's Climate…
Claudine Uwera, who holds a PhD from the Department of Economics, University of Gothenburg, has been appointed Minister of State in charge of Economic planning in Rwanda. The announcement about Uwera…
The Country Environmental Analysis (CEA) of Ethiopia was launched on March 5, 2018 at Sheraton Hotel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in the presence of high-level government officials, experts, researchers…
As Cape Town faces the worst drought in a century, the city may need to shut off running water to homes and businesses in an effort to crisis-manage the last remaining water in the metropole's dams.…
EfD’s flagship educational program: Collaborative Program in Climate Change and Development Economics (3CDE) linking local and international students and teachers with hands on experience and case…
The 12th Annual Meeting of the Environment for Development Initiative (EfD), Hanoi, Vietnam, November 2-5, 2018 The annual meeting is being organized by EfD Vietnam together with the EfD Secretariat…
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…
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…