climate change mitigation
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Why waste segregation policies fail – and how training makes them work
Citizen training that builds households’ practical capability to segregate waste can deliver large, persistent and socially amplified improvements in waste management, making it a highly cost-effective climate policy in resource-constrained cities.
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How economic evidence – and its gaps – can inform policymaking at COP30
COP30 presents an ambitious agenda for advancing climate goals amid unprecedented global uncertainty. How can the economic evidence covered on VoxDev since COP29 – on biodiversity, agriculture, cities, health, and renewables – and the subsequent gaps, help shape more effective policymaking?
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The social cost of carbon
Why is estimating the social cost of carbon such an important task for researchers?