London meeting on Economics and the Environment

23-Sep-2010

Herbert Smith, Exchange House, Primrose Street, London EC2A 2HS

Start Time:: 6pm
End Time:: 8.30pm

Costs

There will be a small contribution to cover costs at £20 for Members and £30 for Non-members. Students and Unwaged members are free. Your booking is not confirmed until payment has been received. If you book but don’t let us know you can’t attend before the event we will chase you for payment as every booking incurs costs.

If you wish to accept please email Angela Pallett. Send cheques to payable to UKELA to UKELA, c/o Angela Pallett, Exchange House, Primrose Street, London EC2A 2HS, (DX 28 London)

CPD points

1.5TBC

UKELA members are cordially invited to this early evening session where the subject will be the environment and economics.

Speakers will discuss the current major international study on valuing nature and the use of economic instruments to improve environmental performance. Registration is from 5.30pm, speakers from 6pm with drinks and nibbles to follow from about 7.30pm.

Speakers

Dr John Snape , Associate Professor of Law, University of Warwick

This talk will be about the prospects for green taxes, in changed economic circumstances, and with a new government in office. It will focus, not only on how green taxation policy is explained, but on why we think those explanations are important within the system in which they operate. The provisional title of the talk is: ‘Green taxes in winter: parsing the policy explanations’.

William Evison, Environmental Economist at PricewaterhouseCoopers and chapter editor of The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) report for business

The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) is a major international study with over 500 contributing authors - commonly dubbed the ‘Stern Report’ for biodiversity. The study was instigated by the G8+5 environment ministers in 2007 and is now hosted by the United Nations Environment Programme. TEEB will publish its final set of papers later this year. This talk will summarise key themes from the TEEB reports for policy makers and for business, exploring how a better appreciation of the value of nature can influence decision making at all levels.

The Meeting will be chaired by Simon Boyle of Argyll Environmental.

Organised by

Angela Pallett. You can also contact by email.

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