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• 2012-01-13 Sterner on CNBC Africa/ABN tv show: "Fuel Taxes on the Poor" Thomas Sterner was interviewed in a tv-show on CNBC Africa/ABN yesterday at 17.30. The show, "Beyond Market", was broadcasted via cable throughout Africa and also in England.
• 2011-12-22 | south africa | Climate change Policy design RFF/EfD Book Launch on January 11, 2012 at the University of Cape Town: Higher petrol taxes don’t hurt the poor The book, "Fuel Taxes and the Poor, The Distributional Effects of Gasoline Taxation and Their Implications for Climate Policy" will be launched at the University of Cape Town, School of Economics on January 11, 2012. EfD research fellow Professor Thomas Sterner, who is also the editor of the book, will be accompanied by EPRU research fellows for the book launch.
• 2011-12-21 | south africa | Climate change Policy design Sterner teaches UCT masters course on environmental issues in developing countries Poverty, natural resource management, and environmental degradation are inextricably linked, and this course explores ways that economic analysis can help identify underlying problems and formulate effective policy responses to them. This course, Sustainable Development and the Economics of Climate Change, is a 10-day field course on environmental issues in developing countries, with an emphasis on issues surrounding global climate change. Thomas Sterner, professor in environmental economics at the University of Gothenburg, are among the lecturers.
• 2011-12-02 Climate Change Negotiations and Fairness - EfD side event for COP17 ”What is Fair: An Experimental Guide to Climate Negotiations” is the title of the speech that will be held by Martine Visser, Associate Professor at University of Cape Town/EfD South Africa, at this EfD side event for COP 17 in Durban. Thomas Sterner, Professor of Environmental Economics at the University of Gothenburg and lead author in one IPCC working group will speak about "Building Climate Change Research Capacity in Developing Countries". He will also present the findings of the new book "Fuel Taxes and the Poor, authored by 35 renowned researchers. Mark Purdon, University of Toronto/EfD tanzania will speak about CDM Afforestation Projects in Tanzania, Uganda.
• 2011-11-09 EPRU advises South African government on dealing with Climate Change in rural areas South Africa has developed a set of national goals in which the development of its impoverished rural areas is a high priority.
• 2011-10-12 | south africa | Climate change University of Cape Town Students walk the talk in carbon trading UCT students pile into a VC Beetle, demonstrating the importance of car pooling - and doing their best to limit their carbon footprint.
• 2011-08-29 | south africa | Climate change EfD South African Center EPRU hosts the Cape Town Optimum Energy Future (OEF) The Optimum Energy Future debate hosted by EPRU the 16th of August at the UCT School Economics was the opportunity to discuss with policy decision makers, academics and other relevant stakeholders the future of the City of Cape Town Energy and Climate Action Plan (ECAP). Anthony Black, EfD research associate is particularly involved in the project.
• 2011-05-13 | south africa Sustainable and Responsible Investment taught in Development Finance EfD-EPRU Research Associate Stephanie Giamporcaro lectured in March 2011 on Sustainable and Responsible Investment for the innovative Mphil in Development Finance launched recently by UCT Graduate School of Business and the Africa Growth Institute.
• 2011-05-13 | south africa | Policy design Diamond revenues must improve infrastructure A contribution of EfD/EPRU Research Fellow Edwin Muchapondwa to the policy debate in Zimbabwe
• 2011-05-02 | south africa | Parks & Wildlife Policy design Park Pricing Workshop in Zimbabwe completed Optimal park pricing can help achieve sustainable park management in eastern and southern Africa. The EfD center in South Africa, EPRU, co-hosted the second park pricing workshop in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, from 28 to 29 April 2011, together with Department of Economics at the University of Zimbabwe. It focused on an increasingly important sector with major values at stake due to irreversibilities of some types of biodiversity loss.
• 2011-03-23 | south africa | Policy design Reporting average electricity consumption makes households consume less Reporting to people about their own and the average consumption of electricity caused all kinds of households in suburbs of Cape Town to significantly reduce their electricity consumption. This is the conclusion of initial research results from EfD South Africa. Households in the middle income suburbs were the most responsive, followed by lower income suburbs. The upper income suburbs responded the least.
• 2011-03-16 | south africa | Climate change Adressing climate change through local leadership: a talk by Research Fellow Anthony Leiman Anthony Leiman gave a talk on the economic value of the False Bay Ecology Park and the City of Cape Town nature reserves (including wetlands and green belt) at the conference Local Climate Solutions for Africa 2011 held in Cape Town end of February and coordinated by the organisation: Local Governments for Sustainability.
• 2010-12-29 Mare Sarr new coordinator for EfD in South Africa Mare Sarr takes over as the coordinator of the EfD Center in South Africa. Meet him in this interview!
• 2010-12-07 Hot off the press: A book on water estuaries by Johane Dikgang EPRU junior research fellow Given the overwhelming evidence available on the significance of freshwater inflow to estuary functionality in South Africa, it is clear that an important component of catchment management is the allocation of river water into estuaries. This book provides economic guidance on the matter through valuable comparisons of different estuaries.
• 2010-10-08 Water at stake: EfD-EPRU junior research fellow Johane Dikgang contributes to a Water Research Report EfD-EPRU junior Research Fellow Johane Dikgang contributed to 3 of the 8 chapters (4,6&7) of the report_ The valuation of estuary services in South Africa specifically regarding changes to estuary services as a result of reductions to fresh water inflows_ released by the South African Water Research commission.
• 2010-10-06 UCT Monday Paper: EPRU post-doctoral fellow under the light UCT weekly newspaper The Monday Paper published the 13 September 2010 a profile on EfD-EPRU post-doctoral fellow Dr Stephanie Giamporcaro and her research on environmentally responsible investment:
• 2010-08-30 A stimulating environmental economics teaching exchange Looking forward Sustainability: The Environmental Policy and Sustainable Development course held at UCT from Mid-July to End of July, piloted by Maria Damon (University of New-York) and including teaching by EfD research fellows Martine Visser and Edwin Muchapondwa, explored the ways that economic analysis can help identify underlying problems and formulate effective policy responses to them.
• 2010-08-30 Want to Curb Litter? Tax the Bag In a new Environment for Development discussion paper, authors Johane Dikgang and Martine Visser analyze the success of the legislation of plastic bag in Botswana, and conclude—at least in the short-term—that the bag policies are working.
• 2010-07-30 Transdisciplinary dialogue between scientists during the 45th Annual Congress of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa South Africa Kimberly, 19- 25 July 2010: the Grasslands Society hosted their 45th congress on Sustainable and Adaptive Practices in Range and Pasture Systems, with an Emphasis on Arid Regions. Efd-EPRU Research fellow Johane Dikgang presented his current work on arid regions.
• 2010-05-24 Investors needs to take stock of environment too 20 May 2009: After the release of the EPRU research report on Environmentally Responsible Investment (ERI), Business Report (a business section included in five national daily papers including Cape Times and The Star in Johannesburg) opened its columns to EfD/EPRU fellow Dr Stephanie Giamporcaro to share her views on the future of ERI.
• 2010-04-07 | south africa Putting a Price on Carbon in South Africa: exploring the potential of economic instruments to mitigate climate change Kerri Brick, EfD research fellow, and Martine Visser, EfD research fellow and coordinator, presented a paper at the Putting a Price on Carbon Conference, held in Cape Town on 23 and 24 March, 2010. The purpose of the conference was to build on the discussions undertaken at a side-event at the 2009 Climate Change Summit where Brick and Visser also presented a paper.
• 2010-04-07 | south africa What scope for environmentally responsible investment in South Africa? Wednesday 31 March 2010, EfD/EPRU Researcher Dr Stephanie Giamporcaro presented to investors, media and fellow academics the findings of the report: Environmentally Responsible Investment in South Africa: The state of play.
• 2010-03-25 | south africa | Policy design South Africa 2010 Biodiversity Planning Forum A platform for exchange between policy makers and academics
• 2010-03-09 Anchovy - from fishmeal to food for people South Africa´s anchovy catch is predominantly used for fishmeal, despite the fact that a redirection of the resource towards human consumption could provide nutrition for the rural poor, create employment in coastal regions, and develop new opportunities in the fisheries industry. EfD researchers are sought out by the Marine and Coastal Management, Department of Environmental Affairs, to participate in an inter-disciplinary investigation of the feasibility of utilizing a resource portion of anchovy landings for direct human consumption.
• 2009-12-04 | south africa How to enhance biodiversity conservation through economic incentives? Since 2 years, EPRU research fellow Edwin Muchapondwa has been coordinating a research programme seeking to identify appropriate economic incentives to encourage conservation outside protected areas in Southern Africa. A workshop at the Kruger National Park from the 22 to the 24th October was the occasion for the participants to share their results and to organize future academics collaborations.
• 2009-10-16 EfD/EPRU: Lecture on Biodiversity by Professor Charles Perring Efd-EPRU Fellow Mare Sare invited the distinguished Professor Charles Perring of Arizona State University to give a talk on biodiversity at the School of Economics Monday 16th October 2009.
• 2009-06-13 Pilot Trip to the Kgalagadi Transfontier Park EfD/EPRU researchers Edwin Muchapondwa and Johane Dikgang went on a pilot trip to the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park on the 7th - 13th of June 2009
• 2009-05-29 EfD/EPRU a case profile of Social Responsiveness EfD/EPRU has been distinguished one out of ten Social Responsiveness case profiles at the UCT campus level. The Environmental Policy Research Unit is a relatively new addition to the UCT social responsiveness stable, set up in 2007 with donor funding. Its mission is to enhance environmental policy-making through the use of environmental and resource economics.
• 2009-05-22 | south africa South Africa 2009 Environmental and Resource Economics Conference: A success for international academic dialogue EPRU/EFD South Africa invited Prof Peter Berk and Prof Stein Holden to the South Africa 2009 Environmental Economic Resource Economics Conference. The conference was vibrant with more than 200 participants from academia and government agencies.
• 2009-03-20 | south africa | Climate change EPRU/EfD South Africa participated actively to South African Climate Change Summit Kerri Brick, EfD research fellow, and Martine Visser, EfD research fellow and coordinator, presented papers on the economics of climate change mitigation at the 2009 South African Climate Change Summit, held in Johannesburg 3-6 March 2009.

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