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Newsletter from EfD
March 2024
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Dear friends of EfD,
Welcome to yet another sprawling newsletter from the global EfD network. It’s difficult to choose from the 16 news items presented below – see for yourselves. Even so, I have to highlight yet another important contribution by Professor Thomas Sterner and colleagues to the valuation of ecosystem services, this time in Science. We can also note that three of the EfD centers are “on fire” with multiple news items: Uganda has launched several initiatives to increase interaction between academia and policy, similarly the center in Vietnam has active policy dialogues on both carbon markets and glass recycling and in Chile an EfD researcher is now a member of the National Council for Sustainability and Climate Change. Please read all about it below!
Gunnar Köhlin, Director
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EfD Vietnam addresses challenges with glass recycling
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Panel discussion on the Glass Recycling Analysis and Roadmap for Vietnam. Photo: EfD Vietnam.
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Glass recycling rates in Vietnam remain alarmingly low, standing at a mere 15%, despite glass being a material that persists indefinitely in the environment if not recycled. This was the topic of a seminar titled Glass Recycling Activities in Vietnam. Read more about this important discussion!
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New nature valuation model can enhance biodiversity
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EfD Researcher Thomas Sterner with Moritz Drupp, Professor at the University of Hamburg. Photo: Jessica Oscarsson.
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Governments around the world are trying to find new ways to calculate the value of our ecosystems; what are the consequences of losing them and what are the benefits of preserving them. EfD Researcher Thomas Sterner is part of an international research team that has found a new way to calculate nature and environmental values, published in Science. Read this article and check out the publication!
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Learnings from forestry study tour to Nepal were presented to the Ugandan government
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Some of the participants at the Ministry of Water and Environment headquarters in Luzira. Photo: EfD Uganda.
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A team from EfD Uganda visited the Ministry of Water and Environment in February to share what they had learned on a study tour to Nepal in the fall of 2023. Nepal has been a world leader in participatory forest management (PFM) for decades and taking part of their experiences resonated well with the Ugandan government's ambitions to increase the country’s forest cover. Read more about this knowledge-sharing initiative!
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Academia and policymakers identify research and data gaps in the management of natural resources in Uganda
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Participants in the meeting. Photo: EfD Uganda.
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Environmental economists and graduate students from Makerere University held a meeting with government officials to identify research and data gaps to address the persistent environmental and natural resources (ENR) challenges in Uganda. Read more about their discussions and conclusions!
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The importance of a sustainable green economy was highlighted during the National Tax and Investment Forum 2024
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Center Director, Remidius Ruhinduka. Photo: EfD Tanzania.
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EfD Center Director, Remidius Ruhinduka, was a prominent voice among the panelists during the Tax and Investment Forum 2024. He took the opportunity to stress the importance of including climate change mitigation and adaptation in the country’s development policies and agenda. Read more about this!
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Inclusive Green Economy in Practice program (IGE)
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EfD Uganda established network and secretariat for inclusive green economy
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IGE fellows after the meeting at Inyamat village. Photo: EfD Uganda.
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EfD has run an extensive and ambitious program, the Inclusive Green Economy in Practice program, since 2020 in five East African countries. In Uganda over 20 senior public servants from government ministries, departments, and agencies have been trained since the start and a cohort of 2024 has also been recruited. The EfD-Mak center convened the alumni groups to discuss the formation of an IGE network in Uganda. Read more about this unique program!
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EfD Vietnam leads a carbon markets policy study for Ho Chi Minh City
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EfD Vietnam recently played a key role in a dialogue on carbon markets in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam's largest economic hub. The team, along with local stakeholders, prepared a policy report and held a policy dialogue to explore the implications of carbon markets for the city. Read more about this!
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EfD Ghana equips researchers with practical communication tips
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The session reinforced participants' understanding of the importance of effective communication. Photo: EfD Ghana.
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EfD Ghana arranged a communication training session for researchers, recognizing their role not only as contributors of valuable evidence-based insights but also as key actors in disseminating knowledge to relevant audiences. Led by the center's Communications Officer, the session aimed to equip researchers with information and practical tips, useful to enhance their communications efforts, thereby increasing visibility and impact. Read more about this!
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Researcher Carlos Chávez appointed as a member of Chilean Environmental Council
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Carlos Chávez. Photo: FENUdeTalca.
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Carlos Chávez, an EfD researcher and professor at the University of Talca in Chile, was appointed by the Chilean President, Gabriel Boric, as a member of the National Council for Sustainability and Climate Change (CNSCC), an organization that addresses various issues related to environmental policies in the country. Read more about this intresting citizens' council and what they do!
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EfD Chile researcher participates in international seminar on Productive Economic Transitions
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Felipe Vásquez. Photo: EfD Chile.
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Felipe Vásquez, a professor at Universidad del Desarrollo (UDD) in Chile and an EfD fellow, participated in an international seminar in Chile along with other researchers from Europe, Australia, and Latin America. Read more about this event!
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Preferences of small-scale gold miners related to formalization – first steps toward sustainable mining supply chains in Colombia
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Formalization in small-scale gold mining communities in Colombia offers valuable insights into the complexities surrounding this process. Analyzing elements such as the formation of local mining associations, financial contributions to authorities, unpaid work for site restoration, and the influence of gold prices, shows the diverse preferences and challenges faced by miners. Check out this EfD Discussion paper by EfD Researchers Maria Alejandra Vélez, Ximena Rueda, Jorge Higinio Maldonado, Alexander Pfaff and co-authors.
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The costs of ”Blue Sky” environmental regulation, technology upgrading, and labor demand in China
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To cope with the stricter environmental regulation, manufacturing firms need to carry out pollution reduction activities and change their optimal production decisions, which may affect their labor demand. EfD Researcher Bing Zhang and co-author Mengdi Liu have studied the impacts of a national air pollution control policy on employment in China. Read this EfD Discussion paper!
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Examining the success of the tilapia industry in Huila – an emerging aquaculture hub in the Colombian Southwest
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The tilapia industry has emerged as the most important finfish farming sector in Colombia. Two sectors have emerged, large-scale producers targeting the export market, and mid- and small-scale producers focusing on the domestic market. In this EfD Discussion paper by EfD researcher Jorge Marco Renau and Diego Valderrama with co-authors Nicolas Valbuena and Monica Vasquez, the researchers used Aquaculture Performance Indicators (API) to examine the economic, environmental, and social performance of both production sectors.
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Ceremonial and subsistence water
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Water for cultural and religious purposes, referred to as ceremonial and subsistence (C&S) use, is a distinctive feature of many Indigenous and other communities. Whether this constitutes a legitimate claim for water for an American Indian Tribe in the United States was litigated in the context of a trial to determine the federal government’s obligation to reserve water for Indian Tribes whom it had settled on reservations during the 19th century. Read this interesting paper in Environmental Science by EfD Researchers Dale Whittington and Michael Hanemann.
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The 18th Annual Meeting will take place in Nairobi, Kenya on October 3-6, 2024. A Policy Day will be held on October 2.
Stay tuned for more information!
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EfD Webinar series: Håkan Eggert, University of Gothenburg
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Early Career Workshop on the environment, climate change and disasters. Socio-economic impacts and adaptation
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The Social Sciences Area of the Gran Sasso Science Institute in L’Aquila (GSSI) will host an Early Career Workshop on the Environment, Climate Change, and Disasters - Socio-economic Impacts and Adaptation.
Date: June 5-6, 2024.
Place: L'Aquila, Italy.
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ISS2024 is the 20th Annual conference of The International Joseph A. Schumpeter society.
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“Transformation: Creative Accumulation and Creative Destruction in the Economy” is this year’s conference theme. Transformation as the theme focuses our attention on change, which is a classical aspect of Schumpeter’s analysis of the economy and society.
Date: June 9-11, 2024.
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SETI 2024 Annual Workshop
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The Ninth Annual Workshop of the Sustainable Energy Transitions Initiative (SETI) will take place June 18-19 (2024), via Zoom. The meeting brings together leading experts working on sustainable energy transition from many perspectives and organizations, with a strong emphasis on economics and policy.
Submission deadline: April 21, 2024.
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DEC Global Training Course on Trade and Climate Change
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Participation in this course offers a chance to connect with World Bank practitioners, access a wealth of World Bank research, data, and knowledge products, and fill some of the knowledge gaps on the nexus between trade and the environment.
Date: July 15-19, 2024.
Apply by: April 10, 2024.
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Project funding opportunity
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Climate Impacts Awards: Unlocking urgent climate action by making the health effects of climate change visible
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The aim of this scheme is to make the impacts of climate change on physical and mental health visible to drive urgent climate policy action at scale. We will fund transdisciplinary teams to deliver short-term, high-impact projects that maximize policy outcomes by combining evidence generation, policy analysis, engaged research approaches, and communication strategies.
Deadline for application: April 3, 2024
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Four Ph.D. and postdoc positions in energy and climate policy at Chalmers University
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All positions are based in the Physical Resource Theory Division at Chalmers University based in Gothenburg, Sweden. You join an exciting and cutting-edge research environment with colleagues from around the world and trained in several disciplines - all focusing on transitions to a sustainable future.
Deadline for applications: April 8, 2024.
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Research assistant position, Inter-American Development Bank, Climate and Sustainable Development Sector
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Work with senior researcher Allen Blackman on microeconomic analysis of environmental, natural resource, and climate change issues in Latin America and the Caribbean. The position begins spring-early summer 2024. One-year term with the possibility of extension for a second year
Deadline for application: A.s.a.p.
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