Mitigating climate change through sustainable technology adoption: Insights from cookstove interventions

Submitted by Petra Hansson on
EfD Authors:
Alem, Yonas

Deforestation and burning of forest products to meet cooking need massively contribute to global warming. In order to reduce the biomass fuel consumption of households in developing countries, various improved cookstove (ICS) interventions were implemented by governments, NGOs, and other stakeholders in the past decades. This paper synthesizes the impact evaluation literature on the adoption and impact of ICS, and their role in improving household welfare while reducing the pressure on forest resources and mitigating the emission of CO2.

EfD Discussion Paper
Climate Change, Energy, Policy Design

Guidelines for co-creating climate adaptation plans for fisheries and aquaculture

Submitted by Luat Do on
EfD Authors:
Thuy, Pham

AbstractClimate change is having a significant impact on the biology and ecology of fish stocks and aquaculture species and will affect the productivity within seafood supply chains in the future. The challenges are further amplified when actors within the fisheries and aquaculture sectors have very different ideas and assumptions about climate change and what risks and opportunities they entail. In order to address the challenges of climate change, several countries have developed national adaptation plans.

Peer Reviewed
Climate Change

The deterrence effect of linear versus convex fines: laboratory evidence

Submitted by Cristóbal Vásquez on
EfD Authors:
Chavez, Carlos

Using experiments in which participants play the role of polluting firms, we study compliance behavior with emissions limits under two types of fines and two different regulatory instruments. We find that the market price of pollution permits and the probability of violating permits holdings are higher with a fine that is convex in the level of violation than with one that is linear. This effect operates through an increase in the prices asked by sellers, not in the bids made by the buyers of permits.

Peer Reviewed
Air Quality, Policy Design

Crop farming adaptation to droughts in small-scale dryland agriculture in Chile

Submitted by Cristóbal Vásquez on
EfD Authors:
Jaime Torres, Mónica Marcela
Salazar, César

Small-scale agriculture is one of the fundamental economic sectors in Chile. An increased frequency and intensity of extreme weather events due to climate change suggest a higher weather risk for the future, with potential consequences for crop choices. These effects are expected to be greater in dryland areas, where producers are more vulnerable to shocks and, therefore, less able to protect themselves against these risks.

Peer Reviewed
Agriculture, Climate Change, Land, Water

Policy Brief on, "Changes in Lake Victoria's Hydrology,Water Quality and Livelihoods". EfD-Mak Center Uganda November 2020

Submitted by Jane Anyango on

Key Messages

Lake Victoria Basin is facing a number of challenges:

Policy Brief
Agriculture, Air Quality, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Conservation, Energy, Fisheries, Forestry, Land, Waste, Water
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