EfD Webinar series: Håkan Eggert, University of Gothenburg
Welcome to attend this free online EfD Webinar! Time: 14.00-15.00 CEST Topic: Environmental, Economic, and Social Sustainability in Aquaculture: The Aquaculture Performance Indicators.
What is the economic value of coastal and marine ecosystem services? A systematic literature review.
Academia and policymakers identify research and data gaps in the management of natural resources in Uganda
Environmental economists and graduate students from Makerere University held a meeting with government officials to identify research and data gaps to address the persistent environmental and natural…
The Costs of Blue Sky: The Distributional Effects of Environmental Regulation on Labor Demand in China
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Based on EfD Discussion Paper by Bing Zhang and Mengdi Liu.
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In response to tougher environmental rules, factories need to cut down on pollution and modify their optimal production decisions, which may have an impact on their labor demand. We look into how China's policy for controlling air pollution in major cities affects jobs. Key Messages |
Researcher Carlos Chávez appointed as a member of Chilean Environmental Council
Carlos Chávez , an EfD research fellow and professor at the University of Talca in Chile, was appointed by the Chilean President, Gabriel Boric, as a member of the National Council for Sustainability…
Accounting for the increasing benefits from scarce ecosystems
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Governments are catching up with economic theory and practice by increasingly integrating ecosystem service values into national planning processes, including benefit-cost analyses of public policies. Such analyses require information not only about today’s benefits from ecosystem services but also on how benefits change over time. We address a key limitation of existing policy guidance, which assumes that benefits from ecosystem services remain unchanged.
New nature valuation model can enhance biodiversity
Governments around the world are trying to find new ways to calculate the value of our ecosystems; what are the consequences of losing them and what are the benefits of preserving them. Professor…
Learnings from forestry study tour to Nepal were presented to the Ugandan government
A team from EfD Uganda visited the Ministry of Water and Environment on February 27th, 2024 to share what they had learned on a study tour to Nepal in the fall of 2023. Nepal has been a world leader…