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Newsletter from EfD
September 2023
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Dear friends of EfD,
On October 5th, the EfD Annual Meetings starts in Accra, Ghana and we look forward to four full days of keynotes, parallel sessions, and collaborative program discussions. But even before then, there will be a full program with training of senior civil servants in the Inclusive Green Economy program, a gender analysis course for our Early Career Fellowship Program, and tailored training on Policy Engagement and Science Communication for researchers from all EfD centers. There will also be a policy day on Sustainable Fisheries Management in Ghana on the 4th. Please follow our keynotes online. In the meantime, please digest and share our latest news and research from the EfD network below.
Gunnar Köhlin, Director
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Join the plenary sessions online!
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The EfD Annual Meeting features no less than seven keynote presentations and they will all be broadcast on Zoom. If you’re not able to attend the meeting this year, you can still enjoy these high-class speeches. Check them out!
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Conservation comes with difficult trade-offs
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Priya Shyamsundar. Photo: Peter Jipp.
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Managing trade-offs and finding a win-win between communities’ welfare and conservation – that is the preliminary joint topic of two exciting keynote presentations you can look forward to at EfD’s Annual Meeting in Ghana in October. Meet one of the two presenters of these keynote speeches, the renowned economist Priya Shyamsundar!
Here is the link to all keynotes and other plenary sessions!
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Optimal tax for heterogenous cement industry entails abatement and health costs
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The cement industry is a great air polluter. Picture from Beijing in Sept 2008. Photo: Allen Watkin, Wikimedia Commons.
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The cement industry in China is a great air polluter and its production accounts for 60% of global production. Research funded by EfD will contribute to the policy discussion about the optimal tax for this industry. Read more about this interesting research!
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EfD Nigeria trains fish farmers on best practices
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Practical demonstration with fish farmers at the pond. Photo: EfD Nigeria.
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Over 500 aquaculture farmers from two cooperative societies in Delta State, Nigeria, benefited from a four-day practical training exercise on best management practices in catfish production organized by EfD Nigeria. Read more about this initiative!
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Boot camp training on data analysis with multiple inputs
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Boot camp participants from Tanzania. Photo: EfD Tanzania.
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EfD Tanzania Researchers attended a comprehensive training on modern methods for analyzing the productivity and efficiency of different types of decision-making units in the energy sector, using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), and Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA). Read more about this!
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Sustainable Energy Transitions Initiative (SETI)
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EfD Chile researcher talked about air pollution on the radio
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Marcela Jaime. Photo: CAPES Chile.
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The Director of EfD Chile, Marcela Jaime, was interviewed on the radio program Todos Juntos (All Together) by the host Marlene Guerrero regarding two studies: The evaluation of the stove replacement program and the application of air purifiers in schools. Read more about what was said!
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EfD Chile researcher elected President of the Chilean Society of Regional Studies
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Mauricio Oyarzo, President of SOCHER (Chile). Photo: EfD Chile.
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The Chilean Society of Regional Studies (SOCHER) active fellows has elected Mauricio Oyarzo, Associate Professor at the School of Business and Administration of the University of Concepción (UdeC) and researcher of EfD Chile, as the president to lead the association during 2023 and 2024.
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AI promotes learning in course on climate and circular economy
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Artificial Intelligence creates endless opportunities. But it also comes with risks and challenges traditional methods, forcing us to think innovatively. A course, hosted by EfD and Chalmers University of Technology, takes advantage of AI both as an educational tool, to create visualizations, to develop critical thinking, and to support real-time analysis. Learn more about this!
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Behavioural nudges for water conservation in unequal settings: Experimental evidence from Cape Town
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Photo: Steve Johnson, Pexels.
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This study by EfD researcher Martine Visser and co-authors Kerri Brick and Samantha De Martino addresses the use of behavioral nudges in reducing households' use of water. The results show that behavioral nudges played a role in reducing households' water consumption, particularly in wealthier households that typically consume significantly more water. The study was published in the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. Read more about this!
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A–Z of cost-effective adaptation strategies to the impact of climate change among crop farmers in West Africa
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Young farmer watering crops in Western Africa. Photo: Shutterstock.
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Farmers in West Africa practice many climate change adaptation strategies numbering about 91. However, only a few of the strategies are cost effective. When trying to cope with the impact of climate change, the farmers should focus more on planting of trees, use of fertilizers, use of resistant varieties, mixed farming, crop diversification and mulching. This study was conducted by EfD researchers NwaJesus Anthony Onyekuru, Chukwuma Ume, Chukwemeka Onyia, Eric C. Eboh, and co-authors and published in Environment, Development and Sustainability. Learn more about this interesting study!
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Gender, climate finance and inclusive low-carbon transitions
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Photo: UN Women/Narendra Shrestha via Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
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Evidence shows that climate finance is not reaching those who need it most. Despite the significant climate risks faced by women and girls, only 2.3% of climate finance intends to principally support gender equality. Low-carbon transitions must be designed with a proper understanding of gender inequalities. Check out this IIED publication by EfD researchers Victoria Plutshack, Maria Del Pilar Lopez Uribe, P P Krishnapriya, and co-authors,
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Gamification model for communicating and evaluating renewable energy planning
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Solar panels. Photo: Archives, National University of Colombia.
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Most energy models used for policy analysis are too complex for non-experts. EfD researcher Santiago Arango-Aramburo and co-authors propose an energy model and demonstrate how non-experts can use it to understand and evaluate renewable energy policies. The model has a game-like user interface, known as a microworld,This microworld has been used in workshops with specialists and graduate and undergraduate students. The tool and the complementary material are freely available online.
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Hybrid Conference of the African Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AFAERE)
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Conference theme: Just 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. Never in human history has there been a need for such a quick and comprehensive set of social alterations.
Place: Kenya School of Monetary Studies, Nairobi.
Date: November 22-25, 2023.
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FSR Climate Annual Conference 2023
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The Climate Area of the FSR will have its 9th Annual Conference on the Economic Assessment of European Climate Policies. It will cover some of the main climate policies at EU and will include a keynote speech as well as parallel sessions and plenary speeches focusing on the topics of emissions trading, environmental taxation, energy efficiency, and renewable energy.
Place: European University Institute in Florence
Date:November 27-28, 2023.
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DP-WEE virtual panel discussion on ‘Status and Rights of Platform and Gig Workers’
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Digital Platforms & Women's Economic Empowerment (DP-WEE), invites you to attend the Virtual Panel Discussion. This session aims to discuss a recently launched report by the DP-WEE team: 'Digital Platforms and Labour Laws in India' that accentuates the legal and judicial frameworks to safeguard the conditions of platform workers in India.
Date: October 10, 2023
5.00 pm - 6.00 pm (IST )
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Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Environmental Policy, University College Dublin, Ireland
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Applications are invited for the position of Lecturer/Assistant Professor (above the bar) in Environmental Policy. This is a 5-year position. The successful candidate will spend time in both UCD and in the newly developed Chang’an Dublin International College of Transportation (CDIC), in Xi’an, China.
Deadline for applications: October 13, 2023.
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Economics focusing on Agenda 2030 and sustainable development
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The position is a part of the Lund University-wide Interdisciplinary program focusing on Agenda 2030 Within LU4Water, six postdoctoral fellowships at six faculties (Law, Social Science, Humanities, Science, Economics and Engineering) will collaborate on developing a new framework for implementing Integrated Water Resources Management.
Deadline for application: September 30, 2023.
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Assistant Professor in Environmental and Resource Economics - University of Alberta
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The Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology, Faculty of Agricultural, Life & Environmental Sciences, invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor in Environmental and Resource Economics.
Deadline for application: November 1, 2023.
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PhD Researcher (f/m/d) on procedural justice in incentive based policy instruments
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The position at the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) is part of the working group “Governance of Ecosystem Services”. Their central question is what governance approaches allow for the targeted and equitable provision of societally desired ecosystem services and biodiversity conservation objectives.
Deadline for applications: October 12, 2023
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