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Extension services need a boost to realize Climate-Smart Agriculture

Uganda’s efforts to achieve Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) goals are being hindered by weak agricultural extension services and poor implementation of existing policies. This was the key message…

Fri, 2025-10-03 10:49 | Agriculture, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Conservation, Energy, Fisheries, Forestry, Land, Waste, Water | Uganda
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Fri, 2025-09-26 09:24 | Waste | Global Hub

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.

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Burning Questions: Gender, Health, and Open Waste Burning – from Households to Communities

Register now Join us for a critical discussion on open waste burning – a widespread yet overlooked crisis affecting millions across the Global South. Delila Khaled of ImpaXus will share research on…

Date: Thursday 11 September 2025 11:00 — 12:00
Location: Online
Academic Workshop | Energy, Health, Waste
Group of farmers benefiting from the EbA LAC Program. Photo: EbA LAC.

Rural communities increase climate resilience through ecosystem-based adaptation

What does climate resilience look like when it starts in the hands of farmers, community leaders, and local institutions? Across Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Ecuador, an innovative program is

Tue, 2025-08-05 15:54 | Agriculture, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Conservation, Forestry, Policy Design, Waste, Water | Central America and Mexico
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From dumping ground to circular innovation: EfD Kenya leads talks on textile and e-waste crises

Kenya is leading a conversation on two of the continent’s fastest-growing environmental threats: textile waste and electronic waste (e-waste). In a two-day policy workshop, experts, policymakers…

Tue, 2025-07-15 15:03 | Policy Design, Waste | Ghana, Kenya, 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

Households' preferences for door-to-door recycling service: A choice experiment in southern Chile

Submitted by Belén Pulgar on Mon, 2025-07-07 20:56
EfD Authors:
Chavez, Carlos
Jaime Torres, Mónica Marcela
Salazar, César

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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
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New partnership with Aarhus University will advance scope of environmental policy research

EfD is pleased to announce a new partnership with the Environmental Social Science and Geography section (ESGO) at Aarhus University, Denmark. This collaboration will broaden EfD’s scientific scope…

Mon, 2025-05-19 08:21 | Air Quality, Biodiversity, Policy Design, Waste

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