Events for November 16, 2020 - August 13, 2020

The start of the last decade (2020-2030) of implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) faced the biggest global health challenge of the Covid-19 pandemic. The pandemic is a significant setback for the world’s ambition to achieve the SDGs, in particular for poor countries. While the reduction in carbon emissions due to the global lockdown and social distancing restrictions, are seen as a positive environmental impacts, the goal should be to restore economic activity without environmental degradation. Today, the global economy is still crippled by the ongoing impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, amidst progress made towards the vaccine rollout in various parts [...]

The webinar exposes you to a very simplified way to measure the impact of green sectoral production initiatives. We will briefly discuss the Input-Output methodology and show you an example of how to carry out such an exercise using a recent country example. This webinar will benefit students and researchers who do not have any knowledge or skills in this methodology. PRESENTERS: Margaret Chitiga-Mabugu, Vice President, AFAERE Riad Sultan, Senior Lecturer: Economics, University of Mauritius ZOOM MEETING LINK: https://up-ac-za.zoom.us/j/97330702302?pwd=cDVaa3lkZWtLYTk2SjNwL1p0TEpxZz09 Meeting ID: 973 3070 2302 Passcode: 280561 Date: 26 May 15h00-17h00 (Central African Time)   Presentation slides https://drive.google.com/file/d/12OzYunjQVtB9cb5JJ0425YZhPs-CwLUw/view?usp=sharing  https://drive.google.com/file/d/10jrx-vviAHEj-kOISRatLhuu3BNzUQUM/view?usp=sharing  Webinar [...]

Informal Settlements and Sustainable Urban Development: towards a more inclusive urban agenda Welcome to a webinar hosted by SLU Urban Futures and SLU Global. This webinar brings together international guests to explore the dynamics of rapid urbanization and environmental change in the context of informal settlements in the global south, asking how informal settlements form part of an inclusive and sustainable urban agenda. With the New Urban Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals, ambitions to achieve sustainable urbanization are high. However, uneven development process and weak governance coupled with rapid urbanization and the dynamics of environmental change is driving the growth of informal [...]

Bioeconomic characterization of oil palm production and adoption among non-industrial producers in Cameroon: Some environmental and socio-ecological implications Regardless of the environmental and socio-ecological implications of oil palm cultivation, palm oil is considered one of the most important oil crops in the world because of its high production efficiency, and has seen a marked increase in the area of land under cultivation. While previous studies have analyzed the implications of this increase in cultivation on various socio-economic and environmental indicators, less is known about the drivers and constraints of production, especially with respect to economic and profitability motives. In this study, [...]