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Newsletter from EfD
October 2022
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Dear friends of EfD,
At our recent EfD Annual Meeting in Uganda, we spent much of our time discussing future joint work within our “collaborative programs”. These programs enable researchers from all over our global network to learn from each other and develop joint activities. They act both as “communities of practice” and as platforms for the joint implementation of multi-country programs. Here you can learn more about five of our collaborative programs and what their plans are for the future. You can also see their latest news and papers on their dedicated sites on our EfD website.
And then there is of course all the other news from this month including the formalization of our new academic partner Wageningen University, a look at our new internal Early Career Fellows program, and news on policy outreach and research.
Please enjoy and share the latest news and research from the EfD network!
Gunnar Köhlin, Director
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“New” collaborative program focuses on sustainable production and consumption
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Members of the SCOPE collaborative program. Photo: Petra Hansson.
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The CMaR collaborative program (Sustainable Management of Coastal Marine Resources) widens its scope and becomes SCOPE. The new name stands for Sustainable Consumption and Production. While CMaR focused primarily on plastic pollution in the oceans, SCOPE will encompass three themes: Waste, sustainable lifestyles, and circular economy. The reshaped and renamed collaborative was presented in an open session at EfD’s Annual Meeting in Uganda. Learn more about their exciting work!
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“Emissions pricing – not the only way, but the best way”
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Many people attended EPfD's open session to learn more about the collaborative. Photo: Petra Hansson.
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Emissions Pricing for Development, EPfD’s open session at the Annual Meeting drew large crowds and extra chairs had to be added to the Majestic Hall. Emissions pricing is not entirely uncontroversial, but its advocates are convinced that it’s the most efficient way to fight climate change. However, there are challenges that need to be addressed. Find out more about this!
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Gender issues were scrutinized at the Annual Meeting
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Many people attended WinEED's open session. Photo: Petra Hansson.
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The collaborative program Women in Environmental Economics for Development, WinEED, held a well-attended open seminar at EfD’s Annual Meeting in Uganda. A large number of the participants were men, which shows that gender equality is not specifically a women’s issue, at least not in the EfD network. But a lot of work remains, even within EfD. Learn more about what is being done!
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Sustainable use of the ”blue resources” is the goal of an EfD collaborative program
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Photo: Jonas Thorén, Pixabay.
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Fisheries and aquaculture contribute to about 260 million jobs globally. But the oceans, lakes, and rivers are under severe pressure. Pollution, overfishing, and poor governance are serious threats to biodiversity and the livelihoods of millions. The collaborative program Blue Resources for Development, BlueRforD, aims at addressing those problems.
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Productive sessions for the SETI collaborative at the Annual Meeting
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SETI fellows at the Annual Meeting. Photo: Petra Hansson.
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EfD’s collaborative program Sustainable Energy Transition Initiative, SETI, had several activities at EfD’s Annual Meeting on September 22-26 in Kampala, Uganda. The question of how to achieve a sustainable energy transition is always high on the agenda in the EfD network and this year’s meeting was no exception.
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Wageningen University new official partner to EfD
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Wageningen University, here represented by Francisco Alpízar and Maria Naranjo Barrantes, is a new partner to EfD. Photo: Wageningen University.
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The cooperation between Wageningen University and Research (WUR) and EfD was formalized in July when the university’s application to become an official partner was approved. The partnership brings about many benefits, such as extended collaboration and more synergies.
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Busy program for Early Career Fellows at EfD’s Annual Meeting
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Early Career Fellows and teachers Petra Hansson and Daniel Slunge. Photo: Karl Kaddu.
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The participants in EfD’s Early Career Fellowship Program started with sessions on academic writing and research ethics three days prior to the Annual Meeting. They had also one extra day of training after the meeting, on policy engagement and science communication. In between that, they participated in parallel sessions and collaborative meetings.
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Climate finance was discussed on well-attended policy day at Makerere
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Participants at the Policy Day at Makerere. Photo: Jane Anyango.
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EfD-Mak Uganda arranged a policy day at Makerere University, Kampala, in connection with EfD’s Annual Meeting. High-class panel discussions and keynote presentations were followed by a lively plenary discussion where different perspectives were highlighted. Find out what was discussed!
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Peter Berck’s Best Discussion Paper Award: this year’s winners share tips
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Lead investigator, Dr. Nkechi Owoo, EfD Ghana. Photo: EfD Ghana.
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Three women researchers from Ghana and Nigeria are the proud winners of this year’s Peter Berck’s Best Discussion Paper Award. Nkechi S. Owoo, Monica Lambon-Quayefio, and Ebele Amaechina were recognized for their research on the role of social networks in the diffusion and adoption of soil conservation practices over space and time in Nigeria. Hear their best advice for writing an awardwinning paper!
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EfD Central America helps strengthen Honduras' capacities for climate change financing
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Participants of the course and instructors during the last session of the course
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Leida Mercado, EfD Central America Senior Researcher, and Marianela Argüello, EfD Central America Communication Officer, have worked with a team of climate financing experts to design and implement a Climate Financing Course for Honduran Institutions. More than 20 representatives from public and private institutions, civil society, and the academic sector of Honduras participated in the course.
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Status and perspectives of Maasai women in Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania
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Maasai women. Photo: Alexander Strachan, Pixabay
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Within the Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA) in Tanzania, most analyses and projects focus on Maasai men, who are cattle herders. In this paper, nine researchers describe livelihoods and well-being from the perspective of the Maasai women. Their life satisfaction is correlated with food security, clothing quality, and access to markets and social services, but not with family ownership of cattle, which is the most used metric of Maasai wealth. Their findings suggest potential improvement in NCA programs and provide a baseline to analyze the effects of any such changes in those programs from the perspective of Maasai women. Read this interesting paper!
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Private benefits from ambient air pollution reduction policies – Evidence from the household heating stove replacement program in Chile
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Pellet stove offered by the program (left) and salamander stove (right). Source: MMA.
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The researchers investigated the benefits of a program to improve ambient air quality during the winter in Chile by replacing inefficient wood-fired home heating stoves with more efficient pellet stoves. They found, among others, that the users of pellet stoves on average enjoy 14% lower indoor PM2.5 concentrations compared with those with traditional stoves. Lower-income and energy-poor households also receive much greater than average improvements in indoor air pollution than those with higher incomes. Read more about their interesting findings!
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Global food price surge, in-kind transfers and household welfare: Evidence from India
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Rice fields in India. Photo: Mohanraja, Pixabay.
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EfD researcher Digvijay S. Negi studied the impact of high global rice and wheat prices on household welfare in India. He found, among other things, that net-producer households were able to maintain their spending and consumption of rice and wheat by decreasing the consumption of purchased rice and wheat and increasing the consumption of government-subsidized rice and wheat. Net consumers, on the other hand, experienced a decline in the total per capita consumption of rice and wheat even though they substituted their market purchases with homegrown produce and subsidized grains. Check out this interesting paper!
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PhD position: Transformative pathways for synergising just biodiversity and climate actions, Wageningen
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Proactive Ph.D. candidate interested in the coupled challenges of biodiversity loss, climate change, and food security? Are you interested in exploring how to scale up biodiversity-friendly behaviors in general, and specifically consumption and production behaviours in the food system? Are you comfortable with both quantitative and qualitative research methods? Are you interested in interdisciplinary research (particularly linking economics and system thinking)? Then, you could be the ideal candidate to join our project on “Transformative pathways for synergising just biodiversity and climate actions (TRANSPATH)”
Deadline for application: November 1, 2022.
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PhD scholarship in Climate Economics
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The Division for Sustainability, Society & Economics at DTU Management offers a PhD scholarship in the Climate Economics and Risk Management section. They are looking for an excellent and highly motivated PhD candidate with an interest in doing cutting-edge economic research on climate hazards, damage modeling, uncertainties, and risk preferences in the context of identifying adaptation strategies.
Deadline for applications: December 1, 2022.
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Professor position at Duke University
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The Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University seeks to hire a tenure-line faculty member with a focus on climate policy at the rank of assistant, associate, or full professor. While the search is open as to rank, the ideal candidate will be qualified for an appointment at the full professor level.
Deadline for application: November 15, 2022.
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DTU Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Applied Economics
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The department of Technology, Management, and Economics at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) has 2-3 vacancies at the level of Assistant Professor (tenure-track) in Applied Economics.
Deadline for applications: December 1, 2022.
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Associate Professor in Applied Economics
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DTU Management, Department of Technology, Management and Economics at Technical University of Denmark (DTU) has 2-3 vacancies at the level of Associate Professor in Applied Economics. The expected start date is mid-2023, but this is flexible.
Deadline for application: December 1, 2022.
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6th Annual CECFEE Research & Policy Workshop
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The Center for research on the Economics of Climate, Food, Energy and Environment (CECFEE) of the Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi is organizing the 6th Annual CECFEE Research and Policy Workshop in collaboration with the Environment for Development (EfD), University of Gothenburg, in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, India.
Date: November 10-12, 2022.
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The 2022 African Economic Conference (AEC)
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The 2022 African Economic Conference (AEC), jointly organized by the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will be held in Port Louis, Mauritius,
The theme of this year’s conference is “Supporting climate-smart development in Africa”.
Date: 9 – 11 December 2022
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