EfD News
- 2010-08-30 Chinese version launched A version in Chinese of the China section of the EfD website has been launched. To access the Chinese version, please press EfD中国 on top of the website or use this address: www.efdinitiative.org/centers/zh.
- 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.
- 2010-08-23 Chinese cities face urban transport challenges After decades of rapid economic growth, Chinese cities now face serious urban transport challenges, such as congestion, air pollution, energy shortage, and global climate change. EEPC and Beijing Transportation Research Center are now working together to develop a research program to examine effective approaches to address these challenges. An international workshop on urban transportation management and environmental policy was organized by EEPC on August 15 and 16, 2010.
- 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.
- 2010-07-14 How Can Environmental Regulation Enhance Innovation and Competitiveness? On June 28 in Montreal, just prior to the World Congress of Environment and Resource Economists (WCERE), Sustainable Prosperity (SP) and Resources for the Future (RFF) brought together leading global scholars in this field for a high level dialogue to compare research, share insights, and identify future policy research priorities on understanding how environmental regulation might enhance innovation and increase competitiveness.
- 2010-07-08 Sterner's speech at ABCDE Sweden Prof Thomas Sterner was recently invited speaker at the World Bank ABCDE conference held in Stockholm June 2010 on Green Growth and Climate Change.
- 2010-06-08 | eeu sweden Do contributions to public goods increase if publicly disclosed? Public disclosure of companies’ pollution habits has been an effective method of reducing pollution in many countries. Similarly, research has shown that people’s and firms’ propensity to contribute to public good increases if their contributions are made public. Economist Clara Villegas Palacio has studied the effects of different extents of public disclosure. Her findings reveal that the expected positive effect of disclosure can sometimes be crowded out by other factors at play.
- 2010-06-08 | eeu sweden Do contributions to public goods increase if publicly disclosed? Public disclosure of companies’ pollution habits has been an effective method of reducing pollution in many countries. Similarly, research has shown that people’s and firms’ propensity to contribute to public good increases if their contributions are made public. Economist Clara Villegas Palacio has studied the effects of different extents of public disclosure. Her findings reveal that the expected positive effect of disclosure can sometimes be crowded out by other factors at play.
- 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.
