Policy sessions
Policy sessions aim to advance the application of environmental and resource economics in policy-making and to provide a forum of exchange between policy-makers and academics. Sessions are expected to be of interest to a broad audience of research economists. They will typically be formatted as roundtable discussions. All participants of roundtable discussions have to contribute a short statement to the policy session proposal. No papers are required. The Scientific Committee has selected a limited number of proposed Policy Sessions based on significance and originality.
June 23
8.30-10.30: A Circular Economy in Europe: Relevance, Issues, and Policy Options
Raimund Bleischwitz / Robbert Droop, Paul Welfens, Roberto Zoboli
13.45-15.45: The role of Institutional Investors in green energy financing
Isabelle Alloisio & Carlo Carraro / Jane Wilkinson, Etienne Espagne, David Bresch
16.15-18.15: The Social Discount Rate for Assessing Environmental Policy: From Theory to Policy Implications
Phoebe Koundouri / Christian Gollier, Ben Groom, Aart de Zeeuw
June 24
8.30-10.30: Linking Research and Policy-making for Inclusive Green Growth
Pranab Baruah / Francisco Alpizar, Edward Barbier, Steve Bass, Shailly Kedia, Inhee Chung
8.30-10.30: Trade and Climate Policies in a post-2020 World
ZhongXiang Zhang / Scott Barrett, Thomas Cottier, Carolyn Fischer, Aik Hoe Lim
13.45-15.45: Climate and Energy Policy after the Paris Agreement
Herman Vollebergh/ Scott Barrett, Lucas Bretschger, Thomas Sterner, Laurence Tubiana
13.45-15.45: The Electricity Market in 2025: European Perspectives
Regina Betz / Christian Schaffner, Walter Steinmann, Urs Meister, Frank Krysiak, Marion Labatut, Iain MacGill, Nick Frydas
16.15-18.15: Water scarcity and drought management: The role of economic instruments in the EU and Australia
Carlos Dionisio Perez-Blanco / Adam Loch, David Adamson, Jaroslav Mysiak, Carlos Mario Gomez, Dolores Rey
16.15-18.15: Emissions Trading in China, Europe and the US - where we are, and where we will be going after COP 21, Paris
Frank Covery, ZhongXiang Zhang / Susanne Brooks, Carolyn Fischer, Ger Klaassen, Christian de Perthuis
June 25
8.30-10.30: Nuclear Power in the 21th Century - Old Questions, New Insights?
Hannes Weigt / Tatsujiro Suzuki, Christian von Hirschhausen, Aya Kachi, Michael Schorer, Sebastian Schwenen
8.30-10.30: Evidence-based and inclusive policymaking for China’s green transformation
Li Wanxinm / Jintao Xu, Fang Yu, Tomasz Kozluk, Xinling Feng, Aiyu Qu, Qiong Wu, Peder Jensen
8.30-10.30: Public Policy Options to Drive Clean Innovation
Geoff McCarney / Antoine Dechezleprêtre, Carolyn Fisher, Michael Grubb, Nick Johnstone
14.45 - 16.45: Lessons from Field Experiments on Natural Resource Management (NRM) in Developing Countries
Arild Angelsen / Jetske Bouma, Stefanie Engel, tbc