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Newsletter from EfD
November 2022
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Dear friends of EfD,
While the world has met for COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, EfD has been busy publishing and engaging for a more sustainable economic development throughout the Global South. In this newsletter you find a lot of food for thought. Don’t miss Metcalf’s “Five Myths About Carbon Pricing”, and how extreme weather events can actually lead to pro-environmental behavior (possibly the only silver lining that the current climate crisis provide us with?). We also have real impact throughout our global network, see e.g. the reports on clean cooking in Tanzania and tax exemption for electric vehicles in Ethiopia.
Please enjoy and share the latest news and research from the EfD network!
Gunnar Köhlin, Director
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Tanzania takes action for clean cooking to save lives and fight climate change
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The President of Tanzania, Samia Suluhu Hassan participated in the conference. Photo: Infocus StudioTz.
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Over 33,000 Tanzanians die annually from using firewood for cooking. Climate change, deforestation, and loss of biodiversity are other effects of the burning of firewood. The Tanzanian Ministry of Energy arranged a national conference to address this problem. EfD Tanzania has played an instrumental role in this process. Read more about this important event and the actions that were initiated!
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Inclusive Green Economy program (IGE)
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E-vehicles exempted from tax in Ethiopia – IGE fellow wrote proposal
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E-vehicles. Photo: Ministry of Transport and Logistics
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The Ministry of Finance in Ethiopia has exempted electric vehicles from value-added tax (VAT), excise tax, and surtaxes and reduced the import tax on those vehicles. A participant in the Inclusive Green Economy program wrote the proposal that became law in September 2022. Read more about how this policy impact came about and what the benefits are for the country!
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Stakeholders joined EfD Nigeria to review Sea Fisheries Act
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Participants at the workshop for the review of the Nigerian Sea Fisheries Act of 1992. Photo: Inya Agha Egwu
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Regulatory agencies, fishing companies, and other stakeholders in Nigeria’s fisheries and aquaculture sector have decided to make a revised version of the Nigerian Sea Fisheries Act of 1992 by the National Assembly into law. EfD Nigeria hosted this meeting that will have important impact on fisheries. Read more about this!
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Modeling tool can improve funding allocation for ecosystem services
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In Costa Rica, the Payment for Ecosystem Services has helped reduce the deforestation rate and land degradation. Photo: Bárbara Viguera.
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A team of EfD Central America researchers provided a training titled Monitoring the provision of ecosystem services using InVEST to make decisions. The aim was to strengthen the skills of the staff of the National Forestry Financing Fund (FONAFIFO) in the use of a modeling tool. The tool improves the allocation of funds to maximize water resources and update the knowledge on water dynamics related to farms, forests, and landscapes. Read more about this smart tool!
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EfD Chile researchers discussed local environmental policy with politicians and other stakeholders
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Participants of the workshop in Catillo Hot Springs (Parral). Photo: EfD.
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EfD Chile's Eighth Annual Meeting on Environmental Economics was marked by face-to-face attendance and included the participation of representatives from the academic, political, business, and civil society fields. Read more about their constructive policy talks!
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EfD Uganda launches two projects regarding the National Water and Forest Authorities
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The online and on-site participants of the lauch meeting. Photo: EfD.
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EfD Uganda has launched two new collaborative projects, one on improving the National Water Authority’s water bill payments and one analysis of the Forest Authority’s afforestation projects. Learn more about those two interesting projects!
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Women in Environmental Economics for Development (WinEED)
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Strengthened collaboration between EfD Colombia, EfD India, and the WinEED collaborative
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From left to right: Manuela Fonseca, Daniela Cucás, Nikita Sangwan, María del Pilar López, Juliet Molano, Jorge Bonilla. Photo: EfD.
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EfD Colombia and WinEED, hosted at the Department of Economics at Los Andes University in Bogotá, received a visit by EfD India's young researcher Nikita Sangwan in October. One purpose was to increase the collaboration between researchers. Another was to facilitate for Colombian researchers to get support in doing research in Asia and apply for research funds in India. Read more about this positive meeting!
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Incorporating Just Transitions in Kenya’s Low-Carbon Economy Development Path
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Despite its low contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions, Kenya bears a disproportionate burden of climate change impacts. These impacts are disrupting the country’s economic performance. In many cases, the catastrophic effects of climate change are hardest on the poor. An inclusive and just approach is needed to reduce inequality, as well as enhance the co-benefits of a transition to net zero in Kenya according to EfD researchers Richard Mulwa, Elly Musembi, and co-author Margaret Maina. Read this interesting report!
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Five Myths About Carbon Pricing
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While carbon pricing, in general, and carbon taxes, in particular, are popular with economists, they are subject to considerable misunderstanding among policymakers and the public. This study by EfD associate researcher Gilbert E. Metcalf debunks the most common misconceptions. This is a must-read!
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Extreme weather events and pro-environmental behavior: evidence from a climate change vulnerable country
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Drought. Photo: Sven Lachmann, Pixabay.
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Experiencing an extreme weather event and its consequences might make the risks associated with climate change more tangible. So would those experiences translate into the adoption of pro-environmental behaviors? Understanding this relationship is fundamental for the successful design of policies. EfD researcher Alejandro López-Feldman and his co-author Emilio González have found that there is in fact a positive relationship between experiencing an extreme weather event and willingness to take pro-environmental actions. Learn more about their interesting findings!
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Africa needs context-relevant evidence to shape its clean energy future
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Solar panels in Tanzania. Photo: Shutterstock.
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Aligning development and climate goals means Africa’s energy systems will be based on clean energy technologies in the long term, but pathways to get there are uncertain and varies across countries. A large group of interdisciplinary researchers provides geopolitical, policy, finance, and research recommendations to create country-specific evidence to identify adequate energy system pathways for development and to enable their implementation.
Check out this valuable roadmap for clean energy solutions in different African countries!
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3-year post-doctoral position (100%) at MCC
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You will work on the impacts of European climate policy on low- and middle-income countries and how to alleviate them. A focus will be on the distributional effects of trade policy, such as the planned Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM).
Deadline for application: November 30, 2022.
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International Climate Protection Fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
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Are you working academically or practically in climate protection or climate-relevant resource conservation in your home country – a non-European developing or transition country? Then you can apply for an International Climate Protection Fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
Deadline for applications: February 1, 2023
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Ph.D. position: Trans-formative pathways for synergizing just bio-diversity and climate actions
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Are you a Ph.D. interested in the coupled challenges of biodiversity loss, climate change, and food security? Are you interested in how to scale up biodiversity-friendly behaviors, specifically consumption and production in the food system? Apply for this position in Ghana!
Deadline for application: December 2, 2022
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Three PhD studentships on the social and environmental outcomes of reforestation processes
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The Sustainable Forest Transition (SFT) Project is recruiting three full-time PhD students at the Global Development Institute (University of Manchester) from September 2023. The project seeks to advance the social and environmental outcomes of reforestation globally. These positions are fully funded for four years.
Deadline for applications: January 5, 2023
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Post-Doctoral Fellowship, South Africa
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The Centre for Water and Sanitation Research (CWSR), Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) is seeking a self-motivated, organized, and dynamic postdoctoral fellow to join the SARChI Chair in governance and economics of water and sanitation sector institutions, starting in January 2023.
Deadline for application: December 5, 2022.
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EAERE Supported Event FSR Climate Annual Conference 2022
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The conference will cover the main climate-related existing policies at EU, national, international and sub-national levels. It will include three sessions on Energy Transition, Environmental taxation, and Emissions trading. In addition, the conference will comprise a keynote speech from Mar REGUANT (Northwestern University) and a policy session focused on the outcomes of COP27 chaired by Jos DELBEKE.
Date: December 1-2, 2022
Online.
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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: December 9-11, 2022.
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