CERE’s Bengt Kriström and Per-Olov Johansson writes on SvD debate on April 28th, 2018 about what they see as a “coherence between economic experts when it comes to high-speed rails in Sweden”. Apart from the project “having few or no chances at all of becoming socio-economically profitable. One of the key factors is the population density – Sweden just does not have a big enough population” they say.
“High-speed rails could possibly decrease the emission of green-house gas but at a high cost. A decrease in carbon dioxide could cost up to 40 times more than the cheaper option.”
March 28th 2018, CERE's Tommy Lundgren spoke at SLU's lectureseries "Värt att veta" (Worth knowing). Did you miss it or do you wish to see it again? Here is the recording (only in Swedish):
The newspaper Syre, writes about the goal of phasing out subsidies that are damaging to the climate and the environment. The goal is widely supported politically but not entirely unproblematic. CERE’s Runar Brännlund say that here are good grounds for the existance of reduced environmental taxes.
“The general reason used is competition. However, I would say that it is more adequate to describe it as an issue of carbon leakage. The obligation to pay full tax could in, for example, the agricultural sector mean that large parts of the business would have to shut down. This would lead to increased import from elsewhere, that in the end would potentially mean higher emissions.
We therefore need to make an analysis of which effects each case would have on the global emissions with a changed tax rate, says Runar Brännlund. At the moment, there is a lacko of clear motives as to why Swedish subsidies remain, this was established by, for instance, OECD in a review from 2014.”
Sliperiet, Room “White Box” May 8th, 2018, 09:00 – 16:00
The workshop on waste economics will address issues relating to municipal waste management. The focus will be on the waste hierarchy and how environmental effects and sustainability can be worked into a social welfare framework. At the very heart of the discussion will be the question of how fast we should climb the waste hierarchy ladder. The workshop will also address the importance of considering incentive structures and market dynamics when designing policies aiming for a circular economy. For more information about the presentations, see the attached program.
The workshop targets a broad audience and constitutes a platform where researchers and stakeholders can meet and exchange ideas. All presentations and discussion will be in English.
Sign up for the workshop by sending an e-mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. no later than April 30. Please indicate if you have any special preferences regarding lunch (vegetarian, allergies etc). The seats are limited to around 50.
The Green Technology and Environmental Economics Research and Collaboration Platform focus on interdisciplinary research and development by integrating environmental system analysis, process integration and environmental economics expertise. The platform focuses on environmental analyses and relates to Sweden’s environmental quality objectives and the development of sustainable cities. The platform is a joint initiative from Umeå University and the Umeå Municipality Companies Umeå Energi, VAKIN and Dåva DAC.
CERE member Erlend Dancke Sandorf spent 3 weeks (25.01.18 – 17.02.18) at the Institute for Transport Studies and the Choice Modeling Centre (CMC) at the University of Leeds. The CMC is large cross-disciplinary research centre comprising leading researchers in choice modeling.Click on headline to read more
