Postdoctoral Scholar, Mining and Local Development in Zambia

The Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA), headquartered at the University of California, Berkeley, seeks an outstanding Postdoctoral Scholar (postdoc) to support a multi-year research initiative evaluating the social and economic impacts of the exploitation of KoBold’s Mingomba copper mine in Chililabombwe, Zambia—the largest high-quality copper mine in the world.

Application deadline: November 3, 2025

Negative health effects of carbon prices can outweigh the climate benefits in developing countries

Submitted by Meseret Birhan… on

Key Messages

  • With carbon pricing, households in most countries and regions have a tendency to change from fossil-based fuels to more traditional and polluting alternatives like firewood and charcoal.
  • Fossil fuel price hikes lead to substantial increases in indoor pollution concentrations in most countries and regions.
  • Despite compensation, local health costs of carbon pricing outweigh the global climate benefits in four out of six countries (Ghana, Honduras, India and Myanmar).
Carbon Pricing, Health