Environmental Policy Options Workshop

Durham University Business School

Environmental Policy Options: Uncertainty, Adaptation &amp; Flexible Decisions

Business School • Durham University, MHL 453

Features<ul><li>Practical presentations and case applications by experts from leading universities</li><li>Tutorial &amp; featured presentations by global thought leaders</li><li>Two panel discussions by leadings experts </li><li>Roundtable (break-out) discussions where participants choose their area of interest and interact to address key issues &amp; challenges (Climate/Environment Policy or Renewables/Energy Transition)</li><li>Networking reception &amp; dinner, coffee breaks, luncheons to interact in a relaxing atmosphere</li><li>Workshop is provided free to the public (if register by May 8); networking reception &amp; dinner at St Chad’s College in Durham on July 19 available at cost </li></ul>Benefits of Attending<ul><li>Learn how to make flexible decisions under uncertainty and adapt to climate change</li><li>Deal with climate uncertainty and adaptation to limit downside risks</li><li>Translate organizational plans into forward-looking strategies that enhance stakeholder wealth and public welfare</li><li>Understand and communicate the advantages of an options perspective and forward-looking dynamic thinking compared to standard (cash flow) analysis</li><li>Learn how to structure decisions, policies &amp; agreements to face uncertainty and maintain flexibility</li><li>Learn about successful case applications in Environment Policy &amp; Energy Transition</li><li>Benefit from experiences of leading universities and organizations across the globe </li><li>Consider the benefits and challenges of using real options thinking in your policies </li><li>Meet and interact with international thought leaders and peers </li></ul>

Agenda

Registration & Coffee

Welcome Remarks

Ecosystem Accounting and Biodiversity

EU Bioeconomics and Sustainable Development

Real Options, Climate Uncertainty and Adaptation

Incentives via Alternative Green Bond Design

Morning Coffee Break

Real Options in Environmental Policy

Real Environmental (Switching) Options 

Green Technology Transition in the Presence of Uncertainty 

Luncheon

Climate Change, Policy Financing and Sovereign Debt Sustainability,

Measuring the Social Cost of Carbon under Uncertainty

Afternoon coffee break

What We Know and Don’t Know About Climate Change and Implications for Policy 

Panellists include: Emma Black, Newcastle University & CEO of Cascade, GB Alejandro Caparros, Durham University, GB Christian Gollier, Toulouse School of Economics, FR Robert S. Pindyck, MIT, US Julian Williams, Durham University, GB Stavros Zenios, University of Cyprus, GR

Panel Discussion on Environmental Policy

Optional Walking tour of historic Durham

Networking drinks reception at the Quad of St Chad's College

Conference Dinner at St Chad's Dining Hall (Moulsdale Hall)

Welcome & Coffee

Carbon Reduction Through Industrial Symbiosis

Climate Policy Toward Carbon Reduction and Greener Cities Adaptation

Real Sustainability Options

Morning coffee break

Land Use and Habitat Preservation under Uncertainty

A. Climate/Environment Policy (lead by Yuri Lawrychyn & Alistair Hunt) B. Renewables/Energy Transition (lead by Laura Marsiliani & Dean Paxson)

Roundtable Discussions

Alternative Firm Environmental Policies for Energy Transition

Wind to Hydrogen: Toward a Sustainable Economy in England

Renewables and the Flexible Use of Green Hydrogen in Brazil

Investment Incentives in Renewable Energy

Subsidies for Renewable Energy Facilities

Green Investment under Subsidy Retraction Risk

Panelists include: Alistair Hunt, University of Bath, GB Yuri Lawryshyn, University of Toronto, CA Artur Rodrigues, University of Minho, PT Jacco Thijssen, University of York, GB Elizabeth Whalley, Warwick University, GB

Panel Discussion on Environmental Policy (Real Options Perspective)

Closing remarks

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