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Some of the stakeholders in a group photo after the dissemination workshop: Photo by Jane Anyango

COVID-19 worsened urban food insecurity in Uganda – women most affected

A study by researchers from the EfD Uganda at Makerere University has revealed stark gender differences in the impact of COVID-19 on food security among Uganda’s urban poor, with female-headed…

Mon, 2025-08-11 12:15 | Climate Change, Covid-19, Gender, Policy Design | Uganda
Research on the challenge and potential of voluntary carbon market in Nigeria

Environmental stakeholders pledge to advocate for Nigeria’s carbon market framework

Stakeholders in Nigeria's climate and environmental sector have resolved to develop an action plan and intensify advocacy to fast-track the operationalization and implementation of a regulatory…

Mon, 2025-07-28 13:03 | Carbon Pricing, Climate Change | Nigeria
Minister Monica Musenero and H.E. Maria Håkansson

Swedish ambassador urges Uganda to lead Africa’s E-mobility transition

Uganda has been called upon to take leadership in Africa’s electric mobility revolution, following the graduation of the 4th Cohort of Inclusive Green Economy (IGE) Fellows (2024–2025) at Kampala…

Tue, 2025-07-08 11:14 | Air Quality, Climate Change, Conservation, Energy, Waste | Uganda
EfD Kenya policy engagement specialist,  Kenneth Kigundu

“The IGE program benefits both civil servants and researchers in the Global South”

Kenneth Kigundu describes the Inclusive Green Economy in Practice (IGE) program as a cornerstone of long-term capacity building. By 2027, the program will have 35 well-trained civil servants in each…

Fri, 2025-06-27 09:39 | Climate Change, Policy Design | Kenya
Sandra explains gender research

Sandra Aguilar-Gomez on why gender matters in environmental economics

Sandra Aguilar-Gomez has joined the Environment for Development network as its first gender research expert. In this conversation, she shares why integrating a gender lens is critical to effective…

Tue, 2025-06-17 08:30 | Gender, Policy Design | Global Hub
EfD Nigeria's PEP research grant

EfD Nigeria selected to build Evidence-Informed Policymaking ecosystems in Africa

EfD Nigeria has been selected as one of six centers that will receive a research support grant to build sustainable and synergistic Evidence-Informed Policymaking (EIP) ecosystems in East and West…

Fri, 2025-05-30 14:25 | Policy Design | Nigeria
Kenyan IGE Alumna, Jane Atuta

The IGE program reshaped my policy thinking

One of the participants of the Inclusive Green Economy Program relates that the program gave her a completely new approach to policymaking, which permeates her daily work as well as her discussions…

Tue, 2025-05-27 11:39 | Energy, Policy Design | Kenya
Wasted garments

Kenya’s second-hand clothes pose major waste crisis

Kenya’s second-hand clothing (SHC) industry is vital for affordable fashion and livelihoods, but contributes significantly to textile pollution, clogged drainage systems, and contamination of air and…

Tue, 2025-05-27 10:34 | Waste | Kenya
EfD launches $30,000 research project on household and SME energy efficiency in Uganda

EfD launches research project on household and SME energy efficiency in Uganda

EfD Uganda (EfD-Mak) at Makerere University has launched a two-year research project aimed at improving energy efficiency among households and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Uganda. The…

Sun, 2025-05-18 14:31 | Air Quality, Biodiversity, Carbon Pricing, Climate Change, Conservation, Energy, Forestry | Uganda
Review of Nigeria's Fisheries Act

EfD Nigeria renews push to update Nigeria’s Fisheries Act

In a renewed effort to reform Nigeria’s outdated fisheries legislation, EfD Nigeria has mobilized stakeholders in the fisheries and aquaculture sector to review a revised Fisheries Bill and discuss a…

Mon, 2025-04-28 15:00 | Fisheries | Nigeria

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