Hana Mekonnen Alemu is one of Ethiopia's 2023/24 IGE Fellows. She works as a Climate Change Expert at the Ministry of Water and Energy. The Ethiopian team worked with two Transition Initiatives (TIs)…
Researchers from EfD Uganda presented findings to the Ugandan parliament on May 3rd, shedding light on the country's heavy reliance on biomass and proposing policy adjustments towards cleaner energy…
Researchers have challenged the Nigerian traditional approach to managing sacred forests, stating that conserving the forests only for cultural purposes lacks sustainability in the face of cultural…
Twenty civil servants from five East African countries met with 16 EfD researchers over four intense days to share knowledge and experience of policies to increase the use of clean cooking…
EfD Vietnam recently played a key role in a dialogue on carbon markets in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam's largest economic hub. The team, along with local stakeholders, prepared a policy report and held a…
Felipe Vásquez , a professor at Universidad del Desarrollo (UDD) in Chile and an EfD fellow, participated in an international seminar in Chile along with other researchers from Europe, Australia, and…
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…
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…
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…
In the ongoing struggle against climate change, a recent study has underscored the need for policymakers to understand the determinants of CO2 emissions. The study, conducted across 103 countries…