We need to know before we do when climate aid increases
Climate aid promises to simultaneously reduce climate effects and combat poverty. Yet, to secure such double dividends, improved evaluations of the current aid interventions are needed. A key…
EfD well represented during World Bank conference on land and poverty
The Annual World Bank Conference on land and poverty took place in Washington DC, USA on March 14-18. This year´s theme was: Scaling up responsible land governance. EfD was well represented during the…
EfD presented as part of the solution during the launch of SDSN Northern Europe
EfD was presented as a solution model for working towards the UN 17 Sustainable Development Goals when the SDSN Northern Europe was launched on February 25-26. Particularly the Ethiopian EfD center…
Research and policy interaction workshop in Tanzania
A workshop for researchers and decision makers organized by the Environment for Development Initiative in Tanzania (EfDT) on 29 th February, 2016 was of great interest and success. The aim of the…
ECRC presented five-year research plan in high-level workshop
Environment and Climate Research Center (ECRC) at the Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI) presented its five-year research plan and program to stakeholders at a consultative workshop in…
Economists hail Cape wetland conservation
Local economics researchers have hailed the announcement this month that the City of Cape Town will reverse a decision to sell a section of the Princess Vlei wetland near Diep River to developers, who…
Research flows into new water prices
Academic research made a real connection with the lives of poor residents of Nairobi, Kenya, when the Nairobi City Water and Sewer Company’s decreased the price for water bought at public kiosks. “It…
Meet Yuanyuan Yi: PhD student of the Global Change and Climate Economics program
Since 2012, Yuanyaun Yi has been enrolled in the Global Change and Climate Economics program at the department of Economics, University of Gothenburg. However, her involvement with the EfD initiative…
Affordable and cleaner cooking stoves can save Africa's forests
Charcoal use from cooking can be reduced by half if Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) stoves are subsidized. A consequence would be reduced premature deaths due to indoor air pollution, as well as saved…