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 Den här e-postadressen skyddas mot spambots. Du måste tillåta JavaScript för att se den. 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
RESEARCH: Most plausible scenarios of dynamic pricing of residential electricity is likely to lead to households reducing electricity usage along with their monthly bill. In view of the timing of the reduction in demand, Dynamic pricing could play a role in integration of intermittent energy sources. CERE member Chandra Kiran explains findings in the new working paper.Click on headline to read more
I Barometern uttalar sig CERE:s Per-Olov Johansson och Bengt Kriström om vad de anser vara miljöpolitikens intellektuella kollaps, de menar att det "inte längre handlar om att göra svåra avvägningar, inte ens om att göra konsekvensbeskrivningar." De hävdar att man inom miljöpolitiken rör sig ifrån evidensbaserad politik till onödigt kostsamma åtgärder som inte har stöd i forskning och att både miljön och skattebetalarna kan tjäna på en förbättrad miljöpolitik.
"Dagens svenska miljöpolitik lever dock i ett intellektuellt vakuum som både miljön och skattebetalarna i förlängningen får betala för. Att introducera nya verktyg i miljöpolitiken understödda av solid ekonomisk teori har ersatts av en principlös symbolpolitik. Miljöpolitiken har tappat sin intellektuella spänst."
Last week SLU researchers were in Kenya to start up a new research project about the link between land ownership and the capacity for climate change in three semi-arid regions in Kenya dominated by pastoralism. A comparative analysis of different tenure systems and their implications for climate vulnerability in semi-arid Sub-Saharan African is to be done. The project is financed by The Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet) and will initially run for three years.
Program
