Ethiopia has ambitious plans to transition towards a green economy. Meet Dawit Woubishet Mulatu, a researcher at the Environment and Climate Research Center (ECRC), EfD Ethiopia. He spoke with us
Key Messages
Lake Victoria Basin is facing a number of challenges:
EfD researcher Walter Gómez has been invited as an expert to a public-private committee appointed to revise the Atmospheric Decontamination Plan (PDA) in Southern Chile. The plan concerns the…
There is a divide in energy access studies, between technologically-focused modeling papers in engineering and economics, and energy justice frameworks and principles grounded in social sciences. Quantitative computational models are necessary when analyzing energy, and more specifically electricity, systems, as they are technologically-complex systems that can diverge from intuitive patterns.
The end of year EfD-Mak Centre policy dialogue was held on 16th December, 2020 at Makerere University Senate Conference Hall. The policy dialogue attracted over 60 participants drawn from the members…
Chile EfD researcher Carlos Chávez along with Patricio Meller, edited a book that analyses the current situation of the mining industry in Chile and Perú, and set many challenges from an environmental…
KEY MESSAGES
Sustainable and efficient governance and utilization of natural resources requires:
1. Transparency, accountability, rule of law, inclusive participation and cooperation of all stakeholders and actors in natural resources. 2. Balancing economic, social and environmental goals in all government programs and plans including private investments.
On November 23, the Women in Environmental Economics for Development (WinEED) collaborative held a seminar as an opportunity for researchers to present their work on the intersection of EfD’s themes…
Feed-in- Tariffs (FIT) policies are used by many developed and developing countries globally as a mechanism to promote renewable energy (RE) development. This study analyses the effectiveness of FIT policy in the deployment of RE, drivers and challenges of the FIT policy in Kenya. In this study, qualitative data analysis adopts a thematic analysis approach whereby common themes are identified.