Calls       Environmental Protection and Sustainability Forum | Climate Economics Spring School

 

Dear all,

 

The Karl-Franzens University Graz, Austria, is pleased to announce, both,  the Environmental Protection and Sustainability Forum, taking place in Graz, Austria, from April 7-9, 2020 and the immediately pre-running Spring School on Climate Economics for PhD students and early PostDocs, from April 4 (arrival) to April 6, 2020 at the Castle Seggau, in Styria, Austria.

 

The Environmental Protection and Sustainability Forum is a 3-day international forum dealing with international and global environmental problems, including for instance climate change and biodiversity and the link between trade and the environment. It involves facilitated debates, interactive discussions and top level knowledge exchange in an intimate atmosphere. It will cover 10 keynote lectures, a public lecture and around 40-60 contributed papers. Keynote speakers will be:

 

  • Scott Barrett, Columbia University, USA;
  • Alejandro Caparros, Institute for Public Goods and Policies (IPP), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), and University Carlos III, Madrid, Spain;
  • Carlo Carraro, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, CMCC, Italy;
  • Astrid Dannenberg, University of Kassel, Germany;
  • Ottmar Edenhofer, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change and TU Berlin, Germany;
  • Carolyn Fischer, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
  • Michael Hanemann, UC Berkeley, USA;
  • Larry S. Karp, UC Berkeley, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, USA;
  • Andreas Lange, University of Hamburg, Germany;
  • Santiago J. Rubio, Department of Economic Analysis and ERICES University of Valencia, Spain;
  • Daan van Soest, Tilburg University, The Netherlands;
  • Herman Vollebergh, Tilburg University, The Netherlands.

 

The Spring School covers important topics in climate change economics. It will take place over two days (5-6 April, 2020, arrival 4 April) with morning and afternoon sessions taught by the following speakers:

 

  • Alejandro Caparros, Institute for Public Goods and Policies (IPP), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), and University Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

“The Dynamics of Climate Change Negotiations: Modeling the Paris Agreement”

  • Astrid Dannenberg, University of Kassel, Germany.

“Insights from Experimental Economics for Climate Change Negotiations”

  • Michael Hanemann, University of Arizona and UC Berkeley, USA.

Economic Evaluation of Climate Change Damages

  • Santiago J. Rubio, Department of Economic Analysis and ERICES, University of Valencia, Spain.

International Environmental Agreements: Heterogeneity, Optimal Transfers, Technical Innovation, Adaptation and Stock Pollutants


More information, Deadline & Submission:


For more information on the two events go to https://sustainability-forum-2020.uni-graz.at/en/​


For the Environmental Protection and Sustainability Forum the deadline for abstract submission is 15th November, 2019.  Abstracts should be one to two A4 pages, including authors, co-authors and affiliation. Please indicate who will present the paper.


For the Spring School the deadline for application is 15th November, 2019. Please send a short cover letter (motivation) and CV. Reference letters by supervisors are appreciated but not compulsory for consideration.

 

Abstracts for the forum and applications for the Spring School should to be sent to the organiser: epsf-2020@uni-graz.at

 

For more information on the two events go to https://sustainability-forum-2020.uni-graz.at/en/