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Updates from Environment for Development, a global network of researchers solving the world’s most urgent environmental and development challenges.
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Newsletter from EfD
November 2023
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Dear friends of EfD,
Welcome to a newsletter filled with activities from all of EfD’s pillars. There has been training on RCT research in Vietnam, relevant EU-funded research on sustainable consumption and production with our academic partner Wageningen U, on water investments in the Anthropocene, and adaptive agricultural investments in Tanzania. EfD research is also bolstered by improved data collection techniques and a new EfD seminar series. Last but not least, as always EfD does outreach. Here we have examples from Chile, Tanzania, Kenya, and the COP that starts this week. And don’t miss the thoughtful blog by Bishal Bharadwaj on what it takes for policy interventions to have an impact, including local academic capacity.
Enjoy!
Gunnar Köhlin, Director
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EfD and MCC will host side event at COP28
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The global climate conference COP28 starts on November 30 and takes place in Dubai. Picture from last year's participants. Photo: Kiara Worth.
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EfD and its partner institution in Berlin, MCC, will jointly host a side event at COP28 in Dubai. The event, which features an impressive line-up with speakers, will focus on carbon pricing and how it affects different social groups. There will also be an official launch of a free online tool that will help policymakers foresee the consequences of carbon pricing policies to avoid socially unfair outcomes. Read more about this!
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“As reaserchers, we must do our utmost to help reach the goals”
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Gunnar Köhlin. Photo: University of Gothenburg.
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The United Nations climate summit COP28 kicks off on November 30 in Dubai. EfD’s Director, Gunnar Köhlin, will attend on-site and, among others, representing EfD, host a side event together with MCC. Here are his reflections, prior to the meeting - read the article!
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Survey Solutions revolutionizes data management for EfD
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Agustin Petroni strongly encourages researchers to take advantage of Survey Solutions. Photo: Petra Hansson.
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EfD is implementing Survey Solutions, a free digital platform from the World Bank, to streamline and enhance its data management processes. This transformative step promises to revolutionize the way EfD conducts surveys, making data collection more cost-effective, reliable, and user-friendly. Read more about this!
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Vietnamese researchers explore randomized controlled trials in EfD workshop
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Pham Khanh Nam, Director of EfD Vietnam and the lecturer, Yonas Alem, Director of Academic Programs. Photo: EfD Vietnam.
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Thirty-two Vietnamese researchers embarked on a journey into the world of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in a workshop organized by EfD on 3-4 November 2023 in Ho Chi Minh City. Under the guidance of Yonas Alem, the Director of Academic Programs at EfD, participants from different research backgrounds participated in insightful discussions, leaving the workshop with a refined understanding of RCT methodologies. Read more about this!
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EfD Chile's 9th Annual Meeting addressed environmental challenges
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EfD Chile. Photo: Gustavo from the SEREMI of the Environment in Ñuble
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EfD Chile hosted its Ninth Annual Meeting on October 19-20. Researchers, policymakers, and students converged to tackle various pressing environmental issues. The workshop encompassed policy sessions addressing topics such as strategies for reducing air pollution and organic waste management in Chile. Read more about this!
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Inclusive Green Economy in Practice program (IGE)
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Stakeholders discussed perspectives on reforms for reduced biomass dependence in Tanzania
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Stakeholders workshop for the Inclusive Green Economy program. Photo: EfD Tanzania.
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The IGE Tanzania team organized a one-day stakeholders’ workshop designed to provide a platform for facilitating learning, sharing ideas, and gaining a deeper understanding of stakeholders’ perspectives on how to make a transition to clean energy and reduced dependence on biomass socially acceptable and inclusive. Important discussions and good coverage in national media! Read more about this!
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Sustainable Energy Transitions Initiative (SETI)
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SETI co-leader Marc Jeuland opened the EfD seminar series
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Marc Jeuland. Photo: Duke University.
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Marc Jeuland, talked about his study titled Time-money tradeoffs and the value of the time that women spend obtaining firewood on November 15 kicking off the Environment for Development Seminar Series. Over 70 people attended online. If you missed this excellent presentation or want to see it again, it's available on our website. Read more about this!
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Sustainable Consumption and Production collaborative (SCOPE)
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Strategic partnership opens doors for the SCOPE program
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Pablo Ernesto Evia Salas and Francisco Alpízar. Photo Emmanuel Richardson.
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SCOPE is a collaborative program that aims to identify measures that encourage changes in the behavior of consumers, producers, and organizations. These changes should lead to sustainable consumption and production practices. The program is currently involved in a project called Transformative Pathways (TRANSPATH) financed by the European Union. One of the leaders of this project is Francisco Alpízar, the Chair of the Environmental Economics and Natural Resource Group at Wageningen University & Research. He has previously served as the Center Director at EfD Central America and plays a crucial role as the scientific leader of the SCOPE program. Learn more about this fruitful collaboration!
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Sustainable and just fashion in focus on Eco Fashion Week in Kenya
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The panelists: Photo: topicha_JUST Fashion and Eco Fashion Week Kenya.
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The fashion industry is the second largest polluter in Africa. Hence, it’s necessary to address the problems with unsustainable fast fashion. This was highlighted at a panel discussion that took place during the Eco Fashion Week in Kenya. Richard Mulwa, Center Director of EfD Kenya was one of the participants in the panel.
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If we miss the context policies may be toothless
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Firewood used to dry and preserve garlic in Nepal. Photo: Kamana Bhattarai.
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Around the world, governments are fighting poverty, environmental degradation, and many other deprivations. Numerous policies and interventions are published every year: subsidies, promotion, social mobilization, and so on. Each policy looks great in writing, but many of them do not move at all. Check out this excellent blog post by EfD researcher Bishal Bharadwaj, who puts research in a relevant perspective!
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Policy Nook — Policy Note: Benefit Cost Analysis of Water Investments in the Anthropocene
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Photo: Rony Michaud, Pixabay.
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Water management is becoming increasingly challenging. The core problem is an old one: water scarcity will increase as demand rises due to population and economic growth. Higher temperatures, continental drying, higher evaporation, and non-stationary hydrology will add complexity. This policy note describes six key issues that analysts will need to rethink as they estimate the benefits and costs of policies, investments, and regulations designed to address water problems in the Anthropocene. The authors are EfD researchers Dale Whittington, Richard T. Carson, and Thomas Sterner and it was published in Water Economics and Policy. This is a must-read!
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Adaptive investment with land tenure and weather risk: Behavioral evidence from Tanzania
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Farmers picking tea leaves on an East African farm. Photo: Jen Watson, Shutterstock.
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Many smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa face two risks: erratic weather patterns and insecure land tenure. These risks may interact increasingly as projections of more erratic weather make small-scale farming harder and the demand for rural land grows. This paper asks how farmers in Western Tanzania view these compound risks and how they affect their levels of investment in adaptive agricultural technologies and the demand for land certification. The study was published in the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. Check out this interesting paper!
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Swedish Community for Sustainable Finance Conference 2024
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In an era where the global financial landscape is undergoing rapid transformation, promoting inclusion and diversity is imperative to ensure the sustainability and resilience of the financial sector.
Dates: April 25-26, 2024.
Place: University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Deadline submission of papers: February 9, 2024
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25th Global Conference on Environmental Taxation
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Stellenbosch Business School invites you to the 25th assembly of the GCET, to be held for the first time on the African continent. The GCET provides an ideal global platform to foster participatory and inclusive climate change dialogue between the Global North and South.
Date: September 18.20, 2024.
Location: Stellenbosch, South Africa.
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State of Energy Research Conference - How can we accelerate the energy transition?
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This year, the State of Energy Research Conference will be held at Curtin University in Perth, Western Australia.
Date: February 14-16, 2024.
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Full-time position Department of Economics, Universidad de Concepción, Chile
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The host institution of EfD Chile is hiring a Doctor in Economics!
The Department of Economics of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences of Universidad de Concepción (UdeC) opens a call for a full-time position. Candidates should meet the following requirements:
Degree: Doctor of Economics
Professional experience: Demonstrable experience in the Economics of Aquatic Resources, Aquaculture, and/or Fisheries Economics, supported by high quality and proven productivity in research.
Deadline for applications: December 15, 2023.
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Join the Lancet Countdown Academic Leadership Team
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The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change is seeking to appoint, through open recruitment, five new Working Group Chairs and five new Working Group Co-Chairs, to steer its academic activities.
Deadline for applications: January 8. 2024.
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Research Fellow (P-4) Climate Change
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The United Nations University (UNU) is an international community of scholars engaged in policy-oriented research, capacity development, and dissemination of knowledge, furthering the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations.
Deadline for application: December 5, 2023.
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The 29th Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE) will take place from 1 to 4 July 2024. They invite submissions of empirical and theoretical papers on environmental and resource economics to be presented onsite.
Deadline submissions: January 31, 2024.
Date of conference: July 1-4, 2024.
Place: Leuven, Belgium.
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The 16th Nordic Environmental Social Science Conference, hosted by Åbo Akademi University in cooperation with the University of Turku, Finland, calls scholars to meet and discuss current challenges related to environmental social science. The theme of the conference in Turku is Co-producing knowledge for sustainability.
Deadline submissions: November 30, 2024
Date of conference: June 4-6, 2024.
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Special Issue on “Digital media data in environment and development economics”
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Environment and Development Economics seeks to publish a special issue on digital media data in environment and development economics.
Submission deadline: January 31, 2024.
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Special Issue on “Challenges for the development of Latin America in the Anthropocene: current research in environmental economics”
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Environment and Development Economics seeks to publish a special issue on challenges for the development of Latin America in the Anthropocene: current research in environmental economics.
Submission deadline: January 31, 2024.
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