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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
June 2023
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Dear friends of EfD,
Welcome to the EfD Newsletter and a particular greeting to all of you who are now participating in the EAERE conference in Limassol. Please look out for all the EfD presentations and sessions there!
In this newsletter, you will find examples of new exciting research on the social cost of methane, a proof-of-concept study of novel hand-cleansing technology in Tanzania, and the passive participation of women in Ghana in illegal fishing. Then there are examples of active outreach to policy and communities in Ethiopia, Ghana, India, and Vietnam, academic training in Nigeria, and much more.
Please enjoy and share the latest news and research from the EfD network!
Gunnar Köhlin, Director
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Key stakeholders met to discuss degradation problems of Lake Victoria
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Participants in the workshop. Photo EfD Kenya.
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EfD Kenya convened a policy dialogue with key stakeholders from the Kisumu, Siaya, and Homabay counties to identify challenges and devise effective solutions for the degradation issues of Lake Victoria. They outlined a series of actions as the way forward. Learn more about these actions!
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EfD research advocacy gets results as Ghana installs video cameras on industrial vessels
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Images from surveillance camera. Photo: EfD Ghana.
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The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, Ghana has formally announced the use of electronic monitoring systems or videos on industrial vessels as part of measures to control illegal fishing activities and conserve Ghana’s fisheries resources. EfD Ghana welcomes the new policy which it counts as one of the most fulfilling rewards yet of its enduring efforts to promote innovative approaches and transparency in addressing harmful fishing practices in Ghana. Read more about this!
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Empowering women via digital labor platforms
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A launch event for the initiative Digital Platforms and Women’s Economic Empowerment (DP-WEE) was held on May 18 in New Delhi. The aim of the initiative is to enable women to engage productively with the platform economy in India. Learn more about this interesting initiative!
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Researchers learned about research ethics and best practices
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Young researchers in Nigeria in the field of economics participated in a three-day boot camp where they got an opportunity to learn how to publish empirical papers that meet ethical requirements and the best practices in research. Read about this important training!
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EfD Researchers contribute to Vietnam’s circular economy plan
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Pham Khanh Nam at the NAPCE workshop. Photo: EfD Vietnam.
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The Institute of Strategy and Policy on Natural Resources and Environment (ISPONRE) Vietnam organized a consultation workshop on the first draft of Vietnam's National Action Plan for Circular Economy (NAPCE). The workshop took place on June 22nd and aimed to collect comments from relevant organizations and individuals in order to complete the draft plan, which will be submitted to the Prime Minister for promulgation by November 2023. Read more about this!
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Team of EfD researchers will study effects of forest plantation in Uganda
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Peter Babyenda (middle) with research assistants at Kasagana Forest Plantation, Nakasongola District. Photo: EfD Uganda.
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A team of researchers from EfD Uganda at the Makerere University have commenced a survey to establish the socio-economic and forest-cover impacts of forest plantations in various districts of Uganda. Read more about this!
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Blue Resources for Development (BlueRforD)
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EfD researchers contribute to the measuring of sustainability of aquaculture
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Tilapia aquaculture in Huila, Colombia. Photo: Jorge Marco Renau.
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Fisheries have a long tradition of implementing sustainable practices. In aquaculture, the concept of sustainable practices is more recent and there is therefore a need for methodologies to evaluate the sustainability of the practices. Read about how EfD researchers will tackle this challenge!
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Natural Capital Collaborative (NatCap)
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EfD researchers will present findings on rural and urban water systems at EAERE 2023
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Drinking water. Photo: EfD Central America.
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Researchers from the EfD centers of Central America, Chile, Ghana, and Kenya, will participate in the thematic session titled Water Economics and Policy in low-and-middle-income Countries on June 30, at the 28th Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE) 2023, taking place in Limassol, Cyprus. Check out what they will talk about!
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Inclusive Green Economy in Practice (IGE)
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EfD Ethiopia hosted a dialogue on how to achieve a sustainable energy transition
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EfD Ethiopia conducted a second dialogue workshop on sustainable energy transition, focusing on biomass dependency on June 2, 2023. The objective was to narrow down the number of policy options and specify which topics within biomass dependency to focus on for the transformation initiative process for 2023. The workshop was part of the Inclusive Green Economy in Practice Program (IGE). Learn more about this!
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Inclusive Green Economy in Practice (IGE)
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Kick-off for the new participants in the Inclusive Green Economy program
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Some of the participants in the kick-off meeting
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A new group of participants in the Inclusive Green Economy in Practice program, so-called IGE Fellows, met for the first time with the country support teams on June 21. The fellows, who are civil servants in government bodies such as ministries of energy and environment, will now share experiences, learn from research, and evaluate the best practices to achieve an inclusive green economy.
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Sustainable Energy Transition Initiative (SETI)
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The SETI network met to work for a sustainable energy transition
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Sarah Muñoz-Cadena from Universidad del Rosario, Colombia was one of the presenters at the meeting.
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80 participants from around the world met online on June 15 and 16 at The Eighth Annual Meeting of the Sustainable Energy Transitions Initiative (SETI). The event included ongoing studies and the participants discussed issues related to energy. Read more about this well-attended meeting!
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The social cost of methane
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A rapid and sustained reduction of methane emissions has been proposed recently as a key strategy to meet the climate targets of the Paris Agreement. The social cost of methane (SCM), which expresses the climate damage cost associated with an additional metric ton of methane emitted, is a metric that can be used to design policies to reduce the emissions of this gas. EfD researchers Daniel Johansson and Thomas Sterner with co-authors Christian Azar and Jorge García Martín aim to explain the real social cost of methane in this paper, published in Climatic Change.
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Development of a novel hand cleansing product for low-income contexts: The case of tab soap
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A research participant ranks the products from the most modern (left) to the least (right). Photo: The research team.
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Handwashing with soap is a widely advocated public health measure, but seldom practiced, partly because it is often difficult (especially outside of rich Western country contexts) to make both soap and water readily available in relevant situations. This study, by EfD Researcher Winnie Costancia Muangi and co-authors Edward Brial, Robert Aunger and Weston Baxter, used both Behaviour Centred Design and Human Centred Design to guide the development of a novel hand-cleansing technology appropriate for the context of post-toilet hand cleansing in resource-poor societies. The study was published in PLOS ONE.
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Passive participation in illegal fishing and the welfare of fishmongers in a developing country
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Photo: Pixabay. (These women are not involved in illegal fisheries and are not related to the study).
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Socio-economic studies of fisheries crime in developing countries have focused on the fishers (primarily men) and neglected the fishmongers (typically women), who are passive participants in illegal fishing. What motivates fishmongers to be involved in this business? And what are the policy implications? EfD Researchers Wisdom Akpalu, Godwin K. Vondolia, Phillip K. Adom, and their co-author Dorcas Asaah Peprah look into those questions in an EfD Discussion Paper. Read this interesting paper!
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The deadline for submission of papers was June 5, 2023. Authors will be notified by July 31st and the deadline for submitting the final draft of accepted papers to be included in the program is August 15th.
We will soon announce who the exciting keynote speakers will be. Keep an eye on our website, so you don't miss any important information!
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Fourth European Conference of the Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis
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The Department of Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods (DEMM) of the University of Milan invites you to the Fourth European Conference of the Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis. The meetings will be held in Milan, Italy.
The conference is a forum for scientific exchange on the theory and application of the tools of benefit-cost analysis focused on research and policy.
The conference will be divided into sections collecting contributions by professionals on different topics.
Conference dates: Sept. 11-12, 2023.
Register before: July 14, 2023.
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Call for papers and proposals
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Special Issue: Focus on Understanding the Gender and Climate Change Nexus
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Vulnerabilities and risks from climate change vary by gender. The same is true for individuals' opportunities to take advantage of and contribute to the green transition agenda. While the research on the nexus between gender and climate change is growing, the scale and urgency of the challenge that humanity faces calls for additional rigorous evidence that can better inform policy design.
Submit your article to the special issue of Environmental Research: Climate (ERCL)
Deadline for submissions: Aug 15, 2023.
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Decarbonization and Diversification in the Middle East and North Africa
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The World Bank’s Office of the Chief Economist for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has launched a research program on “Decarbonization and Diversification in the Middle East and North Africa”. It aims to produce a series of publishable academic research papers. The main objective of the program is to build a new body of empirical work describing how decarbonization, diversification, and adaptation to climate change will impact MENA countries and their economic structures and populations.
Deadline for submissions: July 31, 2023.
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African Association of Environmental and Resource Economicsts (AFAERE)
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The theme for the Second AFAERE conference taking place at the Kenya School of Monetary Studies, Nairobi, Kenya is: Just Energy Transition in Africa. It is urgent to secure a continent-wide, inclusive green transformation, with a focus on a low-carbon transition and gender equity.
Conference date: Nov. 22-25, 2023.
Deadline for submissions: July 31, 2023.
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Macro-financial Policy at the Crossroad: Addressing Climate Change, Biodiversity Loss, and Environmental Degradation
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This call for papers from Eurasian Economic Review aims to solicit contributions exploring the links between macroeconomics, fiscal, financial, and monetary policies and how they can contribute to tackling climate, biodiversity, and environmental risks.
Deadline for submissions: Sept 1, 2023.
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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. The aim of this special issue is to help identify research opportunities and the knowledge gaps that need to be filled to contribute to the design and implementation of policies in Latin America that are both environmentally and economically sound. The issue will be guest edited by Marcelo Caffera and Alejandro López-Feldman.
Deadline for submissions: January 31, 2024.
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