Equity and the Environment: Distributional Perspectives on Environmental Quality

The fourth seminar took place on the 19th November 2008 at The Boardroom, Environment Agency, 26th Floor, Millbank Tower, 21/24 Millbank.

The Seminar was chaired by Keiron Stanley, the Environment Agency’s Principal Social Scientist. Steve Pye (a principal consultant at AEA Energy and Environment, London) and Dr Roger Salmons (Visiting Research Fellow at the Policy Studies Institute) were guest speakers.

Documents to download

Seminar Announcement
Roger Salmons presentation
Steven Pye presentstion

The Economics of Environmental Emissions
(organised with Irish Environmental Economists Network)

The third seminar took place on the 10th October 2008 at AFBI - Economics, Belfast.

Prof.Richard Tol (Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)): "Environmental Emissions in the Republic of Ireland: past and future", Brendan Forde, Department of Environment Northern Ireland (DoE(NI)): "Northern Ireland Greenhouse Gas Emissions: the policy context" and Dr. Giles Atkinson (London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)): "Policy Uses of Green Accounts: How far have we come?" will be guest speakers.

Documents to download

Seminar Announcement
Richard Tol Presentation
Brendan Forde Presentation
Giles Atkinson Presentation

Mandatory Carbon Reporting: Costs, Benefits and Implications for Policy Development

The second seminar took place on the 25th June at Nobel House, Defra, 17 Smith Square.

Chris Tuppen (Director of Sustainable Development with British Telecom) and Dr Craig MacKenzie (Director of the Carbon Benchmarking Project at the University of Edinburgh Business School) were guest speakers.

Documents to download

Seminar Announcement
Chris Tuppen Presentation
Craig MacKenzie Presentation

The most popular tax in Europe? Lessons from the Irish plastic bags levy

The first seminar in the UKNEE 2008 series took place on the 16th January at Defra’s Page street office in London.

The seminar featured a presentation from guest speaker Frank J. Convery, Heritage Trust Professor of Environmental Policy at University College Dublin.

Documents to download

Seminar Announcement
Seminar Presentation