Cape Town has been facing the worst three-year drought in over a century. The situation has become dire as dam levels have dropped to unprecedented lows and households have been restricted to 50

Climate change in addition to food insecurity is among the key problems facing Nigeria. In fact scientific evidence shows that climate change is affecting grain yield in Nigeria. Also, Nigeria is

Over the last decade, increasing domestic and international visibility of noxious urban air quality in Indian cities has led to several local and national policies to combat the problem. The goal of

The number of hot days is steadily on the rise and projected to increase at all land locations in almost all climate models. Poverty pockets in developing countries are expected to be harshly hit due

Forest products play a significant role in rural livelihoods by providing households forest products as well as important ecological functions. Because the forest sector is being challenges, the

The key social protection instrument in Ethiopia is the Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP) public works scheme. The The PSNP is a large national social safety net program that provides direct income

As programs of payment for ecosystem or environmental services (PES) are rising in number, there is a need to understand effects of PES on providers’ motivations and, in turn, behaviors. ‘Crowding in’

The compliance issues that arise from centralized policy-making and decentralized implementation are core impediments to good governance worldwide, especially in authoritarian settings where local

Urban air pollution affects especially children and the elderly and caused 9 million of deaths at the global scale in 2015, exceeding obesity and road accidents. The Lancet Commission on Pollution and

High school students are at risk: high temperatures decrease academic performance and daily school attendance. Can we mitigate these negative effects through better policies? This project proposes to