Through research, education and outreach, the Environmental Policy Research Unit (EPRU) works to enhance policy-making in the field of environmental and natural resource economics and support sustainable development and poverty reduction in South Africa and Southern Africa.
Recent News
Policy reform is essential to achieving debt sustainability and advancing SDGs
Dr Abel Gwaindepi and Prof Amin Karimu released a report analysing the current calls for reforming the Global Financial Architecture for the restoration of debt sustainability and for achieving the SDGs with focus on the Global South
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Conservation vs. Community: Navigating Trade-Offs in Sub-Saharan Africa
Earlier this year, Edwin Muchapondwa and Herbert Ntuli did research into the trade-offs between community welfare and nature conservation. This research showed the importance of effective policy and local integration to reach sustainability
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Using Natural Capital Accounting is vital for South Africa's future
EPRU & EfD Researchers have developed material targeting stakeholders and policymakers to highlight the use of Natural Capital Accounting (NCA) as a tool to understand how the environment affects people and how people affect the environment
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EfD South Africa and SETI expand the understanding of energy transitions
From the 27th of May to the 1st of June, EPRU and UCT hosted a SETI workshop on the economics of energy transitions. Led by Marc Jeuland and Amin Karimu it saw over 30 participants, and there was engaging disucssion and learning
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