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Celebrity Endorsement in Promoting Pro Environmental Behavior

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (2022). Thong, H., Z. Nie, F. Alpizar, F. Carlsson and P.K. Nam. Celebrity Endorsement in Promoting Pro Environmental Behavior. . Vol. 198, pp. 68-86. Abstract This study uses a large field experiment linked to actual behavior to evaluate the effects of an information campaign with and without celebrity endorsementContinueContinue reading “Celebrity Endorsement in Promoting Pro Environmental Behavior”

Ecosystem-Based Practices for Smallholders’ Adaptation to Climate Extremes: Evidence of Benefits and Knowledge Gaps in Latin America

Agronomy (2022) Vignola, R.; Esquivel, M.J.; Harvey, C.; Rapidel, B.; Bautista-Solis, P.; Alpizar, F.; Donatti, C.; Avelino, J. Abstract Agricultural practices of smallholder farming systems of Latin America can play an important role in reducing their exposure to the risks associated with climate extremes. In this paper, we searched scientific databases to review scientific evidenceContinueContinue reading “Ecosystem-Based Practices for Smallholders’ Adaptation to Climate Extremes: Evidence of Benefits and Knowledge Gaps in Latin America”

Local Effects of Payments for Ecosystem Services on Rural Poverty

Environmetal and Resource Economics (2022) Villalobos, L., Robalino, J., Sandoval, C. and F. Alpizar Abstract This paper estimates the local effects of a Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) program on income-based poverty rates in rural areas of Costa Rica between 2007–2009. Using household surveys and spatial geographic data, we are able to control for socioeconomic and geographicContinueContinue reading “Local Effects of Payments for Ecosystem Services on Rural Poverty”

What do we need from economics for transformative change

WWF (2022) Living Planet Report- Building a nature-positive society. Contribution by Francisco Alpizar and Jeanne Neal Abstract Economics, at its core, is the study of how people make choices under conditions of scarcity, and of the consequences of those choices for society. Simply put, we need to move to an economy that values well-being inContinueContinue reading “What do we need from economics for transformative change”

Lead author, IPBES Assessment of the Underlying Causes of Biodiversity Loss and the Determinants of Transformative Change

2022-onwards Lead author, IPBES Assessment of the Underlying Causes of Biodiversity Loss and the Determinants of Transformative Change The report will assess the determinants of transformative change, how it occurs, and which obstacles it may face. Finally, and importantly, the report will assess which practical options for concrete action exist to foster, accelerate and maintainContinueContinue reading “Lead author, IPBES Assessment of the Underlying Causes of Biodiversity Loss and the Determinants of Transformative Change”

Project coordinator, Transformative Pathways for Synergising Just Biodiversity and Climate Actions

2022-onwards: Horizon Europe-RIA-Biodiversity, Transformative Pathways for Synergising Just Biodiversity and Climate Actions Conventional approaches to improve the sustainability of consumption and production are frequently too piecemeal, heavily sectorial, and tend to rely too heavily on voluntary incentives and market mechanisms.Transformative changes can be triggered by carefully designed interventions at different scales of action that changeContinueContinue reading “Project coordinator, Transformative Pathways for Synergising Just Biodiversity and Climate Actions”

Principal Investigator, Sustainable Consumption and Production Economics (SCOPE)

2022-onwards Collaborative Research Program, Environment for Development Initiative (Chile, China, Costa Rica, India, South Africa, Nigeria, Tanzania and Vietnam) The overall objective of EfD-SCOPE is to identify leverage points and associated interventions for triggering and enabling transformative changes at the level of consumers, producers and organizations, thus accelerating diverse transformative pathways towards consumption that isContinueContinue reading “Principal Investigator, Sustainable Consumption and Production Economics (SCOPE)”

Celebrity Endorsement in Promoting Pro Environmental Behavior

Determinants of food insecurity among smallholder farmer households in Central America: recurrent versus extreme weather-driven events

Regional Environmental Change (2020) Francisco Alpízar, Milagro Saborío-Rodríguez, M. Ruth Martínez-Rodríguez, Bárbara Viguera, Raffaele Vignola, Tabaré Capitán & Celia A. Harvey. Abstract To ensure food security among rural communities under a changing climate, policymakers need information on the prevalence and determinants of food insecurity, the role of extreme weather events in exacerbating food insecurity, and the strategies that farmers use to copeContinueContinue reading “Determinants of food insecurity among smallholder farmer households in Central America: recurrent versus extreme weather-driven events”