Policy Sessions

Session Title: Good Governance for Sustainable Oceans
Convener: Lisa Svensson, Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Paulo A.L.D. Nunes, World Bank

Hallname: Room Anadolu Auditorium
Participants:

• Luis Santurio, Unesco
• João Fonseca Ribeiro, Ministry of the Environment of Portugal
• Sigi Gruber, European Commission
• Leah Karrer, Global Environment Facility
• David Osborn, IAEA Monaco
• Rashid Sumaila, UBC Fisheries Centre
• Edward Barbier, Universtiy of Wyoming
• Lisa Svensson, Ministry Environment Sweden

Session Title: Climate and Energy Policies in the Mediterranean Basin
Convener: Isabella Alloisio, FEEM, ICCG, CMCC

Hallname: Room Anadolu Auditorium
Participants:

• Carlo Carraro, ICCG and Ca' Foscari University of Venice
• Jeffrey Sachs, SDSN and Columbia University
• Teresa Ribeiro, Union for the Mediterranean
• Manfred Hafner, FEEM

Session Title: What's the policy use of Natural Capital Accounting? Exploring implications for Turkey
Convener: Paulo A.L.D. Nunes, WAVES - World Bank

Hallname: Room 1
Participants:

• Stephen Karam, World Bank
• Geoffrey Heal, Columbia University
• Arzu Önsal, Middle East Technical University
• Ebru Voyvoda, Middle East Technical University
• Anil Markandya, Basque Center for Climate Change Research
• Urvashi Narain, World Bank

Session Title: Current Challenges for Emission Trading Systems
Convener: Oliver Schenker, ZEW

Hallname: Room 1
Participants:

• Andreas Löschel, ZEW
• Frank Jotzo, Australian National University
• Dallas Burtraw, Center for Climate and Electricity policy at Resources for the Future
• Xavier Labandeira, Climate Policy Research Unit, European University Institute
• Zhang Xiliang, Tsinghua University, Beijing

Session Title: Environment and Development Economics: How best to link research results with policy recommendations
Convener: Anastasios Xepapadeas, Athens University of Economics and Business

Hallname: Room 1
Participants:

• Partha Dasgupta, University of Cambridge
• Edward Barbier, University of Wyoming
• Maria Cunha e Sá, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
• Jintao Xu, Peking University
• Charles Perrings, Arizona State University
  

Session Title: Benefits of environmental policy action for economic growth
Convener: Rob Dellink,OECD

Hallname: Room 1
Participants:

• Juan-Carlos Ciscar, European Commission
• Bengt Kriström, Umea University
• Anil Markandya, Basque Centre for Climate Change
• Aldo Ravazzi-Douvan, Ministry of Environment, Italy - U.Luiss Rome
• Christophe Poupard, Ministry of Sustainable Development, France

Session Title: Moving Beyond GDP: Measuring Inclusive Green Growth
Convener: Benjamin Simmons & Amanda McKee, GGKP

Hallname: Room 1
Participants:

• Marianne Fay, World Bank
• Edward Barbier, University of Wyoming
• Geoffrey Heal, Columbia Business School
• Carlo Carraro, Universitá Cá Foscari Venezia
• Fulai Sheng, United Nations Environment Programme

Session Title: The role of carbon pricing in the future EU Climate Policy
Convener: Benjamin Görlach, Ecologic Institute, Berlin

Hallname: Room 2
Participants:

• Andreas Barkman, European Environment Agency
• Aldo Ravazzi-Douvan, Ministry of Environment, Italy
• Paul Ekins, University College London
• Andrze Blachowicz, Climate Strategies. London

Session Title: Is the Development of Green, Wind Energy Facing Public Policy "Doldrums"?
Convener: Kevin Boyle, Virgina Tech

Hallname: Room 1
Participants:

• Martin Heintzelman, Clarkson University
• George Parsons, University of Delaware
• Daniel Phaneuf, University of Wisconsin
• Sonia Aziz, Moravian College

Session Title: Local Forest Management and Tenure Reform: Experiences from Africa and Asia
Convener: Randall Bluffstone, Portland State University

Hallname: Room 2
Participants:

• Elizabeth Robinson, University of Reading
• Paul Guthiga, International Livestock Research Institute
• Jintao Xu, Peking University
• Alemu Mekonnen, University of Addis Ababa

Session Title: Contribution of Water Footprint Report in Water Management and Basing Management Principles for Turkey
Convener: Abdurrahman Uluırmak, Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs

Hallname: Room 2
Participants:

• Bahar Sel, Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs
• Fulya Kalemci, Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs
• Ayça Aksoy, WWF-Turkey
  

Session Title: Environmental Tax Reforms: Progress or Stand-still?
Convener: Aldo Ravazzi Douvan, Italian Ministry of Environment, and Herman Vollebergh, Tilburg School of Economics

Hallname: Room 1
Participants:

• Kurt Van Dender, OECD
• Mikael-Skou Andersen, University of Aarhus - President GCET 2014
• Paul Ekins, University College London - Director UK Green Fiscal Commission
• Christian De Perthuis, Université Dauphine, Paris - President French Green Fiscal Commission
• Roberton Williams, University of Maryland - Resources for the Future

Session Title: Evaluating the Performance of Individual Transferable Quotas (ITQs) for Fisheries Management in Latin America
Convener: David Corderi Novoa , Inter-American Development Bank

Hallname: Room 1
Participants:

• Ross Shotton, Southern Indian Ocean Deepsea Fishers Association
• James Wilen, University of California, Davis
• Julio Peña-Torres, Chile
• Álvaro Hernández, INAPESCA
• Elsa Galarza, Universidad del Pacífico
• Kailin Kroetz, Resources for the Future

Session Title: The Role of Economic Assessments of Environmental Issues in Development Policy Making
Convener: Ersin Esen, UNEP

Hallname: Room 2
Participants:

• Sema Bayazit, Ministry of Development Turkey
• Rodney Smith, University of Minnesota
• Nguyen Tai, Vietnam
• Erinc Yeldan, Yasar University
• Pushpam Kumar, UNEP

Session Title: Powering Policy with Behavioral Interventions: Partnering with Governments to Improve Environmental Performance using Randomized Controlled Trials
Convener: Marca Weinberg, United States Department of Agriculture

Hallname: Room 2
Participants:

• Paul Ferraro, Georgia State University
• Nathaniel Higgins, United States Department of Agriculture
• Robert Metcalfe, University of Chicago
• Richard Newell, Duke University
• Kjetil Telle, University of Stavanger, Norway
• Steven Wallander, United States Department of Agriculture

Session Title: Developing Contemporary Standards for Stated-Preference Valuation
Convener: Robert Johnston, Clark University

Hallname: Room 1
Participants:

• Wiktor Adamowicz, University of Alberta
• Roy Brouwer, Vrije Universitiet Amsterdam
• Michael Hanemann, Arizona State University
• Riccardo Scarpa, University of Waikato + Belfast Univestity
• Christian Vossler, University of Tennessee

Session Title: EC Environmental Liability Directive: the use of economic concepts and value evidence in damage assessment and remediation
Convener: Ece Özdemiroğlu, Eftec

Hallname: Room 1
Participants:

• Michael Hanemann, Arizona State University
• David Chapman, Stratus Consulting
• Josh Lipton, Stratus Consulting
• Edward Brans, Pels Rijcken & Droogleever Fortuijn