Squid fishing along the coast near Jeffreys Bay in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, is a precarious business for the hand-line fishermen employed to work on the small commercial boats that fish these…
The EfD Initiative welcomes Franklin Amuakwa-Mensah as Research Manager. Dr. Amuakwa is an economist with a strong background in environmental and natural resource economics, agricultural economics &…
Cape Town made international news during the three-year drought which threatened to shut down the city’s water supply at the height of the crisis in January 2018. During this time, a team of…
The Global Green Growth Institute ( GGGI ) and the Green Growth Knowledge Platform ( GGKP ) have issued a Call for Papers for the Seventh GGKP Annual Conference ( #GGKP7 ). The conference will focus…
As part of its institutionalization, EfD is now proud to announce its new strategic board. ‘This board is constituted of my dream-team’, says Director, Gunnar Köhlin. Each of the board members brings…
Putting a price on carbon in global markets allows for the trade in carbon to be taxed. Carbon taxing is an effective economic tool to drive down countries’ emissions. Developing world countries are
On May 6 th, 2019 the World Bank together with the Vice President’s office launched the Tanzania Country Environmental Analysis at the Hyatt hotel in Dar es Salaam Tanzania. The launch was attended by…
The VI Workshop on Economics of Natural Resources and Environment was held on March 21st and 22nd in Santiago, Chile. The activity was organized by the Environment for Development Initiative (EfD) and…
In January 2018, Cape Town came within three months of initiating ‘Day Zero’, the day when emergency rationing measures would kick in, and city utility managers would shut off water to homes in the…
About the The Global Chemicals Outlook II – From Legacies to Innovative Solutions: Implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: The report was developed with substantive input from a wide…