1. Educación

PROVISIONAL AGENDA
GGKP Annual Conference 2014-2015
“Fiscal Policies and the Green Economy Transition: Generating Knowledge – Creating Impact”
San Giobbe, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Venice, Italy
29 January
2015
First day of conference
8:00-9:30
Registration
9:30-9:50
Welcome address
Chair: Carlo Carraro, President Emeritus, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Speakers:
- Michele Bugliesi, President, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
- Ibrahim Thiaw, Deputy Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme (tbc)
- Eshita Gupta, Department of Policy Studies, TERI
9:50-11:00
High-level panel: Fiscal instruments for green growth: going beyond environmental taxation
Chair: Carlo Carraro, President Emeritus, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Panelists:
-Robert Ford, Deputy Director, Country Studies Branch, Economics Department, OECD
-Francesco La Camera, Director-General for Sustainable Development, Climate and Energy, Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea, Italy
-Yvo de Boer, Director-General, GGGI (tbc)
-Vitor Gasper, Director, Fiscal Affairs Department, International Monetary Fund (tbc)
11:00-11:30
Coffee Break
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11:30-13:00
Parallel session A1:
Designing effective green tax reforms
Presenters:
-Kai Schlegelmilch (Germany):
Fiscal considerations in the design of green
tax reforms, GGKP commissioned paper
- Max Franks (Germany):
Why finance ministers might favor carbon
taxes, even if they do not believe in climate
change
- Jules Schers (Netherlands):
Green jobs potential in a skill-constrained
economy: Analysis of different carbon tax
recycling schemes for South Africa
13:00-14:15
Lunch (catered)
14:15-15:45
Parallel session B1:
Overcoming obstacles to green
fiscal reform
Presenters:
- Sirini Withana (UK):
Overcoming obstacles to green
fiscal reform; GGKP
commissioned paper
- Miguel Bunuel (Spain):
Implementing a carbon tax in
Spain: how to overcome the fear
of inflation?
- Stefan Speck (Germany):
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Parallel session A2:
Enabling sustainable water management fiscal
measures
Presenters:
- Ernesto Sanchez Triana (Colombia):
Rent seeking and institutional entrepreneurship
at Colombia's Cauca Valley Corporation
- Derek Eaton (Canada):
Paying for clean water and wastewater
treatment: an analysis of urban water charging
and its contribution to green growth
- Nabil Haque (Bangladesh): Environmental
surcharge for heavy polluters in Bangladesh What are the options for regulated entities
under this newly introduced fee?
Parallel session B2:
Promoting green
transportation systems
Presenters:
- Gunnar Eskeland (Norway):
Promoting green transportation
systems; GGKP commissioned
paper
- Theodoros Zachariadis (Greece):
Feebates as a fiscal measure for
green transportation
- Giovanni Marin (Italy):
The role of non-waste 'product
Parallel session A3:
Creating incentives for investment in clean
energy
Presenters:
- Rita Pandey (India):
Creating incentives for investment in clean
energy, GGKP commissioned paper
- Carolyn Fischer (USA):
Strategic subsidies for renewable energy
- Nadia Ameli (Italy): Determinants of
households’ investment in energy efficiency
and renewables – evidence from the OECD
survey on household environmental
behaviour and attitudes
Parallel session B3:
Fiscal policy reform for an
inclusive green economy
Presenters:
- Ambiyah Abdullah (Indonesia):
Assessing the impacts of fiscal
policies on green sectors in
Indonesia on poverty reduction and
job creation in Indonesia using
green sectors-extended Indonesia
inter-regional social accounting
matrix
- David Klenert (Germany): The
Distributional Incidence of a Carbon
Parallel session B4:
Innovating clean technology for
green growth
Presenters:
- Prudence Z. Dato (Benin):
Energy transition under
irreversibility: a two-sector
approach
- Elena Verdolini (Italy):
The impact of policy and
uncertainty on innovation in the
wind industry
- Enrica De Cian (Italy):
Environmental fiscal reform and
transition to a green economy:
A political economy analysis
15:45-16:15
innovation' for waste production
through reduced lifetime of goods
The role of private and public
actors in power sector
innovation
Break
16:15-17:45
Parallel session C1:
Fiscal measures for climate
change action
Presenters:
- Edwin Van der Werf
(Netherlands):
Quantifying the effects of
reforming the EU Emissions
Trading System
- Jan Siegmeier (Germany):
The macroeconomic portfolio
effect of climate policy:
collecting rents enhances
efficiency
- Herman Vollebergh
(Netherlands):
About dykes and windmills:
learning from Dutch green
fiscal reform
17:45-19:00
Shuttle to Hotel Monaco and Grand Canal
19:00-20:30
Cocktail reception at Hotel Monaco and Grand Canal
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Tax Swap - The Double Dividend of
Redistribution
- Harry Granqvist (Sweden):
Distributional issues in financing
clean energy infrastructure
Parallel session C2:
Water pricing for sustainable
water management
Presenters:
- Michael Young (Australia):
Fiscal instruments and water
security; GGKP commissioned
paper
- Robert Brears (New Zealand):
Transitioning towards urban
water security in the Asia-Pacific
region
- Dionisio Perez-Blanco (Spain):
Water pricing and water saving
in agriculture. Insights from a
revealed preference model in a
Mediterranean basin
Parallel session C3:
Effectiveness of fiscal policy in
eliciting behavioral change
Presenters:
- P.K. Viswanathan (India):
Determinants of adopting and
accessing benefits of microirrigation: A case study from North
Gujarat, India
- Estefania Santacreu Vasut
(France, Spain):
Beliefs in technology and support
for environmental taxes: an
empirical investigation
- Eva Kysela (Czech):
What makes climate change
mitigation policies acceptable by
public? A review of influential
factors
Parallel session C4:
Fiscal measures for biodiversity
protection and adaptation
Presenters:
- Nils Droste (Germany): Ecological
fiscal transfers in Brazil Incentivizing or refinancing
conservation?
- Elisa Delpiazzo (Italy):
Fiscal sustainability of adaptation in
EU Mediterranean countries: An
application to sea level rise
- Markus Lehmann (CBD Secretariat):
Convention on Biological Diversity’s
decisions on environmental fiscal
measures
30 January Second Day of GGKP Annual Conference
2015
9:00-10:20
High-level panel discussion:
Complementary structural policies for effective fiscal reform
Chair: Marianne Fay, Chief Economist, Climate Change Group, World Bank
Panelists:
- Simon Zadek, Co-Director, Inquiry into the Design Options for a Sustainable Financial System, UNEP
- Carolyn Fischer, Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future and FEEM (TBC)
10:20-10:50
Coffee Break
10:50-12:20
Parallel session D1:
Reforming environmentally harmful
subsidies
Presenters:
- Debashis Chakraborty (India):
Does fiscal policy influence per capita CO2
emission: a cross-country empirical
analysis
- Shelagh Whitley (United Kingdom):
At cross purposes: subsidies and climate
compatible investment
- Sebastian Renner (Germany):
Poverty and distributional impacts of
energy subsidy reform in Indonesia
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Parallel session D2:
Measuring the effectiveness of fiscal reform
Parallel session D3:
Climate change and fiscal policy
Presenters:
- Gilbert Metcalf (USA): Measuring the
effectiveness of fiscal reform; GGKP
commissioned paper
- Hari Bansha Dulal (Nepal):
Delivering green economy in Asia: The role of
fiscal instruments
- Thomas Sterner (Sweden):
The net emissions effects of fuel taxes
Presenters:
- Claire Gavard (France):
Limited sectoral trading between the EU
Emissions Trading System and China
- Emmanuel Combet (France):
Carbon tax, pensions and public deficits: The
hidden cost of the compartmentalization of
expertise
- Linus Mattauch (Germany):
A public finance perspective on climate policy:
Six interactions that may enhance welfare
12:15-13:15
Lunch (catered)
13:15-14:15
Ideas Market Poster Session
14:15-15:45
Parallel session E1:
Addressing the
implementation of
environmental taxes in
developing countries
Presenters:
- Camila Gramkov (Brazil):
Fiscal policy towards green
growth in emerging
economies: the case of Brazil
- Carlos Chavez (Chile):
Using Taxes to Deter Illegal
Fishing in ITQ systems
- Minh Nguyen Anh
(Vietnam):
Implication of Vietnam's
environmental tax law in the
green economy transition
process
Parallel session E2:
Complementary policy for
promoting clean technology
innovation and adoption
Presenters:
- Francesco Vona (Italy):
Drivers of investments in cleaner
energy
- Yang Liu (China):
Epidemic, rank, stock and order
effects in renewable energy
diffusion: model and empirical
evidence
- Suchita Srinivasan (India): The
light at the end of the tunnel: the
impact of policy on the global
diffusion of fluorescent lamps
Parallel session E3:
Climate change and the green
economy transition
Parallel session E4:
Effective fiscal policy design for
green growth
Presenters:
- Erika Jorgensen (USA):
Climate change public expenditure
and institutional reviews: linking
fiscal policies to the green economy
transition
- Jonas Sonnenschein (Sweden):
Scrutinizing green fiscal expansion
as a policy strategy for
decarbonizing the economy. The
case of South Korea’s ‘Green New
Deal’ 2009-2013
- Merritt Hughes (USA): Designing
for structural change: modification
to the California Cap and Trade
Program
Presenters:
- Zaid Asi (Jordan):
Environmental Fiscal Reform
- Ezra Berkhout (Netherlands):
How do Partnerships in
International Cooperation
Contribute to Inclusive Green
Growth
- Jaime De Melo (Switzerland):
The Critical Mass Approach to
Achieve a Deal on Green Goods &
Services: what is on the table?
15:45-16:45
High-level panel discussion:
Catalyzing a global research agenda on fiscal policy
16:45-17:00
Closing and awards
- Carlo Carraro, President Emeritus, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice;
- Ligia Noronha, Director, Division of Technology, Industry and Economics; UNEP
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