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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
Sept/Oct 2022
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Dear friends of EfD,
We are back with a newsletter that is dominated by reports from our recent EfD Annual Meeting that was held in beautiful Uganda on September 22-26. After two years of virtual annual meetings due to Covid, the global EfD network once again met and the magic happened as dedicated researchers from all around the world met to discuss how research can contribute to poverty alleviation and environmental sustainability. In the newsletter, you will also find reports on the many outreach activities that EfD centers are involved in, not least related to renewable energy, as well as the latest on our research.
Please enjoy and share the latest news and research from the EfD network!
Gunnar Köhlin, Director
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At last – meeting in person!
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Participants in EfD's 16th Annual Meeting. Photo: Petra Hansson.
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EfD’s 16th Annual Meeting in Kampala, Uganda meant a very welcome getting back to the normal routine after two years of only meeting virtually. There were spontaneous meetings and vivid discussions not only in the numerous sessions but every minute of the meeting.
Read a brief summary from the meeting!
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"Hosting the Annual Meeting has opened doors to the government"
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Edward Bbaale and his team at EfD-Mak Uganda hosted EfD's Annual Meeting. Photo: Petra Hansson.
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At first, Edward Bbaale, Director of EfD Uganda, was hesitant to accept the challenge of arranging EfD’s Annual Meeting, knowing what a big undertaking it is and the high quality of previous meetings. Now he is very happy that he did. The participation of the Swedish Embassy has, among many other benefits, opened doors to the Ugandan government.
“We will have much better chances to have an impact on policies now,” says Edward Bbaale.
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Place-based training improves pedagogical practice of EfD researchers
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PBE workshop participants. Photo: Karl Kaddu.
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The Environment for Development initiative (EfD) conducted a three-day place-based education (PBE) workshop to help improve the pedagogical practice of the EfD researchers who also double as lecturers. This was in partnership with the Teton Science Schools (TSS). Learn more about this pedagogical method!
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EfD Annual Meeting - blog
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Read this blog post by EfD researcher Thomas Sterner, where he talks about the climate war, the importance of research, the urgency to take action, and why we sometimes have to meet even though it's costly for the climate.
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Bangladesh ministry officers visited EfD Vietnam to learn about climate change adaptation
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Ten members from the Bangladesh Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Ministry of Agriculture, and Ministry of Finance visited the Environment for Development Center in Vietnam. The purpose was to learn about how farmers in the Mekong Delta have tried to adapt to climate change, the effectiveness, and the measures that could be implemented to boost the adaptation. Read more about this initive for learning across borders!
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EfD Ethiopia signed an agreement to work with the Global Green Growth Institute
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The signing ceremony. Photo: PSI.
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The Environment and Climate Research Center (ECRC), at the Policy Studies Institute (PSI), EfD Ethiopia, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) to work together in a number of areas to promote green growth in the country. Read more about this!
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EfD Ethiopia held policy day workshop on Energy and Economic Growth in Ethiopia
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Panel Discussion. Photo: PSI.
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EfD Ethiopia held a workshop to present policy-relevant insights in collaboration with Oxford Policy Management in Ethiopia under the auspices of the UK Aid-funded Applied Research Programme on Energy and Economic Growth (EEG). Read more about this interaction with policymakers!
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Experts from EfD Chile evaluate benefits of air purifiers in schools
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EfD-Chile researchers Marcela Jaime, César Salazar and Nuria Gózalez met with local and regional authorities of Biobío Region. Photo: Ministry of the Environment of Chile.
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A pilot program that seeks to measure the effect of HEPA filters in schools exposed to high levels of environmental contamination was recently inaugurated in a school in Coronel. Learn more about this hands-on program!
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Project improves education in energy economics and governance
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The Energy Economics, Governance and Research Competence implementing partners from NMBU , MUBS, and UDSoEC. Photo: Salvatory Macha.
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EfD Tanzania is part of a collaborative project on energy economics, governance, and research competence that aims at building capacity for Ph.D. and MA graduates. The implementing partners of the project had a meeting on August 8, to discuss, among other things, how to develop the Ph.D. and Master's program in energy economics and governance. Read more about this!
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How behavioral attributes help explain the gender wage gap
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Dr. Tran My Minh Chau, a researcher in the EfD Early Career Fellowship Program, presented her findings at the University of Economics Ho Chi Minh city. Photo by UEH University.
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In many countries, gender inequality remains a social problem that manifests in several aspects of society, including in the labor market. One visible example of such inequality is the difference in wages paid to men and women for the same job. Besides the explained variation, how can you investigate the unobservable differences in attitudes towards risk and negotiation that result in the wage gap between the two genders? Read more about this interesting study!
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Economist with a passion for snow leopards and ecosystems defended thesis
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A snow leopard captured by an infrared camera placed by the Shan Shui Conservation Center.
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Shi Xiangying, one of the many excellent doctoral students at EfD China who obtained their Ph.D.s this summer, is dedicated to the research of ecosystem equilibrium and the conservation of snow leopards. This animal is very important for the ecosystem but is also endangered.
Meet this young researcher and hear her story!
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Stakeholders discuss ways to reduce plastic pollution in the oceans
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Photo: Catherine Sheila, Pexels.
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Plastic pollution of marine ecosystems is a global problem with severe consequences for wildlife and economic activity. The Sustainable Seas Trust (SST) hosted the second International Conference of the African Marine Waste Network (AMWN). EfD researcher Reza Daniels contributed to a panel discussion about the economics of plastic pollution reduction. Read more about this!
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What can we learn from the impact of lockdowns on air quality in four Latin American megacities?
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Santiago. Photo: Frand Duque, Pixabay.
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EfD researcher Jorge A. Bonilla presents in the study Forest fires and impacts of COVID-19 lockdowns on air quality in four Latin American megacities estimations of the effects for each city. This offers useful lessons considering site-specific conditions and opens the debate on potential actions that could make current air-pollution abatement policies effective. Read this paper!
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Economics of Marine Protected Areas: Assessing the Literature for Marine Protected Area Network Expansions
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Coastal collaborative work in Costa Rica. Photo: EfD.
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Marine protected areas (MPAs) provide both conservation and economic benefits. EfD researchers Heidi Jo Albers and co-author Madison F. Ashworth argue for more economic analysis of MPA policy questions, including those around siting, design, restrictions, and management choices; impact evaluation; responses of people; low-income country settings and incomplete enforcement; spatial settings without metapopulations; and conservation rather than harvest objectives. Check out this interesting work!
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Is biofuel expansion in developing countries reasonable? A review of empirical evidence of food and land use impacts
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The study by EfD researcher Haripriya Gundimeda and co-author Prantika Das identifies that the future expansion of biofuels in developing countries will depend upon five crucial aspects: the interplay between biofuel-induced food prices and food security, potential land availability, guaranteed feedstock supply sources, trade, and policy environment. The policy environment will play a more critical role in balancing the food-fuel trade-offs, as the right food, land-use, and biofuel policy are not exclusive but coexist. Learn more about this!
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Young Urban Economist Workshop
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The World Bank, the International Growth Centre (IGC), and George Washington University (GWU) will convene a Young Urban Economist Workshop as part of their annual Urbanisation and Poverty Reduction Conference. The conference will take place at the World Bank, Washington DC, on 30-31 January 2023, with the Young Urban Economist Workshop occurring on 31 January.
Deadline for submissions: November 30, 2022.
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Special Issue: Economics of the impacts of natural ecosystem loss and degradation on human health Environmental and Resource Economics
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The call for contributions for this Special Issue solicits empirical or theoretical economic analyses of the relationship between ecosystem change and human health.
Deadline for submissions: November 30, 2022.
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Tenth CEPR/EAERE Webinar on Climate Policy: "Competition and Sustainability: On proposals to relax competition policy to promote Green Deal Objectives"
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Hear Tilman Requate (University of Kiel) review the relationships between imperfect markets and sustainability, Roman Inderst (the University of Frankfurt and CEPR) discuss the conditions under which antitrust exemptions can improve sustainability, and Maarten Pieter Schinkel (University of Amsterdam) present methods and rules protecting competition to promote sustainability. Their presentations will be followed by a discussion and a Q&A session with the audience.
Date: October 25, online.
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UEH-Vietnam Sustainable Development: Opportunity and Challenge (SUDOC)
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The SUDOC 2022 is a forum to discuss the necessity of sustainable university development, pillars and standards of sustainability in universities, models to execute, as well as solutions to promote the role of higher education in practicing sustainability through its core activities: education, research, operation, community connect, and governance. The conference is aimed at provide a platform for sharing, networking, and partnering.
Conference dates: 8-12 December 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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