Seminário NOVAFRICA: Marijke Verpoorten, Instituto de Política de Desenvolvimento da Universidade de Antuérpia

Na quarta-feira, 9 de abril, às 15h30 (hora de Lisboa), na sala D-106 do campus de Carcavelos da Nova SBE, o Centro NOVAFRICA recebe Marijke Verpoorten do Instituto de Política de Desenvolvimento da Universidade de Antuérpia para apresentar o seu trabalho sobre

“Keeping Gorillas in the Mist: The Environmental Economics of Accelerating the Adoption of Clean Cooking”

Resumo

Promoting clean cooking is one of the most cost-effective ways to advance global environmental goals while benefiting 2 billion low-income peoples. Yet, adoption remains low. In Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, where charcoal demand threatens carbon- and biodiversity-rich forests home to the last mountain gorillas, we test if environmental policies can accelerate the uptake of energy-efficient Electric Pressure Cookers (EPCs). Our Pigovian subsidy and related interventions led to widespread and sustained EPCs use over 12 months, which reduced charcoal consumption by one-third, increased support for environmental policies, and yielded social benefits that exceeded costs by a factor of 9.

Saiba mais sobre este seminário aqui

Pode participar através do Zoom a partir de qualquer lugar!