Searching for a robust solution to climate and energy policy arrangements: Towards a first-best policy framework

The 2019 AGM of the Economic Society of Australia - South Australia will be held on Monday 25^th November from 5:30pm to 6:00pm at Marjoribanks 126 SANTOS Lecture Theatre, Level 1, Nexus Building 10 Pulteney Street, Adelaide, SA 5000

The AGM will be followed by an address by  Prof. Mike Young, Centre for Global Food and Resources, The University of Adelaide from 6.00 to 7:30pm. The topic of his address is:

Searching for a robust solution to climate and energy policy arrangements: Towards a first-best policy framework

Abstract

Australia has extensive experience in the development of state of the art policy arrangements and, from time to time, has been regarded as a policy development leader. In the case of climate and energy policy, however, we are still looking for a robust policy framework that can be expected to withstand the test of time. In this talk, Mike Young will begin by searching through a sample of the robust approaches that have been tried in an attempt to identify a framework that could be used to bring Australia to the forefront of this extremely challenging policy arena.

About the Speaker 

Mike Young holds a Research Chair in Energy, Water and Environmental Policy at the University of Adelaide and was the Founding Executive Director of its Environment Institute. A fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, and a Distinguished Fellow of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, he leads the Global Water Partnership’s water-sharing initiative and is now working on options to improve prospects for a profitable transition to a low-carbon economy. In 2013/14, he spent a year in the Australia Chair at Harvard University developing guidelines for the transformation policy reform. Before joining the University of Adelaide in 2006, he spent 30 years with CSIRO as a researcher in Adelaide, Canberra and Deniliquin which included 3 years with the OECD in Paris.

Event details

When: Monday 25 November 2019

Time: 5.30pm to 7.30pm

Where: Marjoribanks 126 SANTOS Lecture Theatre, Level 1, Nexus Building 10 Pulteney Street, Adelaide, SA 5000.

Registration is required by Friday 22 November at 12.00 pm (noon) for catering purposes.

Attendance is free for current members of the Economic Society of Australia and Women in Economics (WEN).  Tickets for non-members are $20. Membership is available at the event.

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