EAERE 2018
Gothenburg Sweden
25 Jun - 29 Jun 2018
WCERE2018
6th World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists

Pre-conference - Supply and Demand of Environmental Economics Policy Advice

 

Welcome to a panel discussion focusing on the barriers and facilitators for both the supply and demand for environmental economic policy advice. Get inspired by insights from highly experienced international experts, academics and practition­ers from various fields in environmental economics, discussing: How to facilitate evidence-based policy and narrowing the gap between the academia and policymakers?

 

Environmental economic theory has useful insights on the design of environmental policy. Its applicability to prac­tical policymaking is crucial in managing the significant sustainability challenges outlined by the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. To do this we need to strengthen the role of environmental economics in policy making and the link between research on the design and implementation of environmental policy. WCERE 2018 gives a perfect opportunity to do this!

This panel discussion is part of the WCERE 2018 pre-conference and are preceded by workshops with selected international experts, academics and practitioners from various environmental economics fields, who will discuss practitioners’ questions. The aim of the workshops is to produce useful policy advice for internal and external com­munication within the agencies.

 

Panel Discussion 16:30 – 18:00
Open to all interested

Join us and be inspired by insights from highly experienced international experts, academics and practitioners from various fields in environmental economics. The panel discussion is free and open to all interested.

Registration is closed, but you are welcome to Malmstensalen where you can sign up. Please note, first come first served.
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Contact: Anna Nordén, Network Manager SDSN Northern Europe, anna.norden@chalmers.se

 

Take the opportunity

A special policy keynote with Gina McCarthy, former administrator for the United States Environmental Protection Agency during the Obama presidency, will take place directly after the pre-conference at 6.15 pm-7.15 pm. All pre-conference attendees are most welcome to attend the presentation. For more information about policy relevant sessions and activities during WCERE 2018 please visit the Policy event page.
Please click here for the Programme Overview.

 

Pre-conference workshops
By invitation only

Using practitioners’ questions as a starting point the workshops bring together leading international experts, academics and practitioners from various environmental economics fields with the overall aim to produce useful policy advice for internal and external communication within the agencies.

In preparation for the pre-conference workshops, practitioners at agencies and organizations formulated questions connected to environmental economic policies. These questions make up the base for the work­shops. A workshop consists of around ten people with at least one practitioner whom has put forward a demand for a specific environmental economics advice. Further, the practitioners are committed to bring advice forward to their respective agency. Each workshop has a designated chair with the responsibility for both preparatory work and leading the discussion during the workshop.

 

Climate policy: Social Cost of Carbon – What number to use?
Workshop leader: Åsa Löfgren, Associate professor, Department of Economics, University of Gothenburg. asa.lofgren@economics.gu.se
 

Fishery policy: How to Create a Successful Right-based System?
Workshop leader: Karin Kataria, PhD Agriculture Economics, Analyst, Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management.  karin.kataria@havochvatten.se
 

Biodiversity policy: What Works or Doesn’t?
Workshop leader: Anna Nordén, PhD Behavioral & Environmental Economics, Network manager, Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) Northern Europe.  anna.norden@chalmers.se

 

Waste policy: Understanding Circular Economy.
Workshop leader: Ficre Zehaie, PhD Environmental Economics, Analyst, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency.  Ficre.zehaie@sepa.se

 

Chemicals policy: The Knowns and Unknowns in Valuation of Hazardous Chemicals
Workshop leader: Daniel Slunge, PhD Environmental Management and Economics, FRAM Centre for Future Chemical Risk Assessment and Management Strategies, University of Gothenburg.  daniel.slunge@economics.gu.se


Read more about the workshops here

 

The pre-conference is organized by the SDSN Northern Europe, a regional network within the global UN Sustainable Development Solution Network, in collaboration with the Department of Economics at University of Gothenburg, the FRAM Centre for Future Chemical Risk Assessment and Management Strategies, the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management and the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency. The SDSN Northern Europe is hosted by Gothenburg Centre for Sustainable Development at Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. The event is organized with the support of EAERE.

www.unsdsn-ne.org

 

 

 

Last update on June 25, 2018