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EfD—a global research network combining research, academic training, training of civil servants, and advisory to inform policy

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Environment for Development Initiative
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Environment for Development Initiative (2025) EfD—a global research network combining research, academic training, training of civil servants, and advisory to inform policy, Contribution to ‘Compendium of Practice from a Global Community of Ministries of Finance and Leading Organizations’, Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action

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The Environment for Development initiative (EfD) is a global research network rooted in low- and middle income countries that tackles urgent climate, environment and development challenges.

It has 12 environmental economics research centers, hosted at universities in Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Vietnam. These engage in South-South-North collaborations with partners in China, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the U.S.

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  • One of EfD’s research programs, Emission Pricing for Development, addresses the problems related to the implementation of carbon pricing in the Global South, with the aim of producing appropriate analyses and designing effective polices that are politically viable.
  • Recent work in the Emission Pricing for Development program includes developing the Carbon Pricing Plus Model to consider both regulated and unregulated emission sources in Colombia; analyzing optimal carbon tax pricing policy for Nigeria; providing technical support to the government of Ethiopia by generating data-driven evidence on climate change issues via economy-wide models such as CGE models; and developing a dynamic CGE model to analyze the economy-wide impact and relative effectiveness of India’s tradable performance standard (TPS) for energy-intensive industries in relation to renewable portfolio standards and deployment policies contained in its NDC.
  • EfD works closely with Ministries of Finance in East Africa in the Inclusive Green Economy in Practice capacitybuilding program. This five-year program fosters knowledge exchange between academia and senior civil servants for a just green transition.

Sida (the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency) provides core funding for EfD.

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capacity buildingcarbon pricinggreen growthlocalizationmodels