EfD South Africa researchers collaborated with UNU-MERIT to study methods to de-risk green hydrogen investment. They examined Chile and South Africa’s green hydrogen projects and their potential risks…
The Environmental Policy Research Unit (EPRU) works to enhance environmental and natural resource economics policy-making and support sustainable development and poverty reduction in South and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Based at the School of Economics at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, and a regional center for the Environment for Development (EfD), EPRU is a leading institution in resource economics in the Global South.
The 13th Annual Conference of the Italian Society for Climate Sciences (Società Italiana per le Scienze del Clima - SISC) " SISC 2025: Innovation in climate research for societal transformation"…
Increasing plastic waste pollution has led to a rising prevalence of the open burning of plastic waste, especially in locations lacking formal waste management systems. Urban slum communities face particularly acute challenges in accessing both organized waste-collection services and low-cost traditional energy sources, and clean cooking-fuel alternatives tend to be unaffordable for their low-income residents. Here we examine the potential risk these unseen communities face and describe the need for a new research agenda to better understand and quantify the scope of the problem.
The Congress of the Latin American and the Caribbean Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (LAERE2025) will take place on 19-21 March 2025. The conference will be held in person in the…
Welcome to attend this free online EfD Webinar! Time: February 26, 2025, 1.00 -2.00 p.m. (CET) Presenter: D r Bui Bich Xuan. Topic: Factors affecting compliance with rights-based fisheries management…
Background: Kenya has prioritized Primary Health Care as an indispensable foundation to realize UHC by 2022. Integral to this approach’s operationalization is the adoption of the primary health care networks (PCNs) model to strengthen service delivery efficiency and coordination. The PCNs are coordinated by a Multidisciplinary Team (MDT). The MDT is dynamic and should comprise a care and support team that matches patient health needs and the catchment population.