Call for papers: WCERE 2026
Proposal, Guidelines, and rules We invite submissions of empirical and theoretical papers in all areas of environmental and resource economics to be presented onsite. Full papers are to be submitted…
Studies reviewed the effectiveness of rural energy access programs
How effective are Germany’s energy access programs in Sub-Saharan Africa? EfD and SETI fellows, Jörg Ankel-Peters, Gunther Bensch, and Maximiliane Sievert have published two studies to advise an…
District officials were trained to value and protect Uganda’s natural resources
Over 30 environmental officers from 11 districts in Western Uganda gathered in Fort Portal for training organized by the EfD Uganda at Makerere University. Funded by the Makerere Research and…
Ugandan local government officials trained on environmental policy tools
Over 20 local government officials from Kampala Capital City Authority, Entebbe Municipality, and the districts of Wakiso, Mukono, and Mpigi participated in a two-day workshop focused on environmental…
Researchers explore the "Mussel Miracle" - the rise of Chilean aquaculture
Chile has become a powerhouse in the global mussel industry, growing from a minor player in the early 1990s to the world's second-largest producer and exporter. This rapid expansion, known as the…
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Why recycling your phone costs more than you think – and isn’t likely getting cheaper soon
Recycling your old phone should be getting cheaper. After all, electronic waste is the fastest-growing waste stream in the world, having almost doubled in the last decade, and recycling technologies have advanced rapidly. With this kind of scale, many industries, from solar panels to batteries, have seen sharp cost declines.
Precious Zikhali to spotlight climate equity at EfD’s Annual Meeting
EfD welcomes Precious Zikhali, Senior Economist in the Poverty Global Department of the World Bank, as a keynote speaker at its Annual Meeting in October 2025. Zikhali brings a powerful voice to the…
It’s time to correct the map
For over 450 years, we have used a world map that shows a significant distortion of the sizes and relationships between continents. The so-called Mercator map from the 16th century makes Africa look…