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Workshop background and structure
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Workshop background and structure
The Ecological and Environmental Economics (EEE) Programme, a joint programme of the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), the Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) and the Beijer International Institute of Ecological Economics, in co-operation with the Transition to Sustainable Economic Structures Network (TranSust), is organising the International Workshop on "Integrated Assessment of Sustainable Development". The workshop will be held in the ICTP headquarters in Miramare-Trieste, Italy, on April 1-2, 2004.
At the Gothenburg Summit
in June 2001 the European Strategy for Sustainable Development
was adopted. This strategy aims at restructuring of the European
economy by an integration of economic welfare, environmental
integrity and social coherence. The transition to these innovative
economic structures poses a major challenge to economic policy
design.
Researchers interested in modeling
the transition to sustainable economic structures will take
part in the workshop. The following issues will be addressed:
- Sharing of information about existing models via a peer review.
The theoretical frameworks on which the major available models
are based will be compared. In order to prepare a future modelling
framework, the strengths and weaknesses of existing models in
addressing issues of sustainability will be identified. Principal
attention will be given to integrated models.
- Assessing the comparative advantages of various model designs.
Based on a list of policy issues, the ability of the available
models to handle these tasks will be investigated. Strengths
and limitations of available models with regard to specific
policy questions will thus become visible.
- Identifying research tasks for modeling sustainable economic
structures. The reliability and sensitivity of different models
with respect to a few crucial features will be tested. Among
other things, this involves looking at technological change,
risk perception and co-benefits. Recent contributions from economic
theory, in particular on technological change and capital theory,
will be analysed for their potential to improve the modelling
of the transition to sustainable economic structures.
The workshop aims at verifying the
state of art of economic integrated models targeted to support
policies that address the transition to sustainable economic
structures. The meeting will stimulate
debate about which economic structures are able to support economic
welfare in the long-run without creating burdens on social,
economic and environmental resources. Attention will be given
to the specification of a research concept for the improvement
of existing models and development of a new generation of models
targeted towards the issue of sustainable development. Insights
with respect to the steps necessary for improving the performance
of international integrated models will be highlighted.
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Agenda
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file (last update: March 30th, 2004)
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List
of participants
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file (last update: March 30th, 2004)
Terry Barker, Cambridge
Economics, UK
Maria
Berrittella, Ecological and Environmental Economics Programme,
Italy
Cristoph Boehringer,
Centre for European Economic Research - ZEW, Germany
Francesco Bosello,
Ecological and Environmental Economics Programme, Italy
Valentina Bosetti,
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, Italy
Barbara Buchner,
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, Italy
Alvaro Calzadilla,
Ecological and Environmental Economics Programme, Italy
Carlo Carraro, Fondazione
Eni Enrico Mattei and University of Venice, Italy
Tadesse Deressa, University
of Pretoria, South Africa
Waldemar Florczak, Lodz
Institute for Forecasting and Economic Analyses, Poland
Andrea Galvan, Fondazione
Eni Enrico Mattei, Italy
Laura Gariup,
Ludwig-Maximilians Universiteit, Germany
Reyer Gerlagh,
Institute for Environmental Studies - IVM, The Netherlands
Frédéric
Ghersi, Centre International de Recherche sur l'Environnement
et le Développement - CIRED, France
Marjan Hofkes,
Institute for Environmental Studies - IVM, The Netherlands
Jean-Charles Hourcade,
Centre International de Recherche sur l'Environnement et le
Développement - CIRED, France
Walter Hyll, Austrian
Institute of Economic Research - WIFO, Austria
Gernot Klepper,
Kiel Institute for World Economics IfW, Germany
Daniela Kletzan,
Austrian Institute of Economic Research - WIFO, Austria
Raymond Kopp, Resources for
the Future, USA
Angela Koppl, Austrian
Institute of Economic Research - WIFO, Austria
Kurt Kratena, Austrian
Institute of Economic Research - WIFO, Austria
Marco Lazzarin,
Ecological and Environmental Economics Programme, Italy
Gerard Martinus, Energy
Research Centre of the Netherlands - ECN, The Netherlands
Somesh Mathur, University
of Jamia Millia Islamia, India
Sonja Peterson,
Kiel Institute for World Economics IfW, Germany
José A. Poncela-Blanco,
Centro de Estudios Economicos Tomillo SL Spain
Roberto Roson, Ecological
and Environmental Economics Programme and University of Venice
Italy
Stefan Schleicher,
Austrian Institute of Economic Research - WIFO, Austria
Gregor Thenius, Austrian
Institute of Economic Research - WIFO, Austria
Bob van der Zwaan, Energy
Research Centre of the Netherlands - ECN, The Netherlands
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Application
for participation
The workshop is targeted
exclusively to holders of post-graduate degrees in environmental
economics, with good background and expertise in integrated
climate modelling and general equilibrium models. Experience
in modelling climate change impacts and policies is also requested.
Qualified candidates from all countries that are members of
the UN, UNESCO or IAEA in developing countries can apply. As
this activity will be conducted in English, participants should
have an adequate working knowledge of that language.
The costs associated with the participation of selected applicants
from developing countries can be covered by the EEE Programme.
It should be stressed that participants whose expenses are covered
by the EEE Programme are required to attend the entire workshop.
For logistical reasons, the total number of participants is
limited. There is no registration fee for this activity.
Applicants who satisfy the above requisites are requested to
fill in the Application Form (.pdf
- .doc) and send it to the address
indicated in the form before 1 February 2004. (a) A copy of
the applicant's curriculum vitae, (b) half a page describing
the research he/she is currently working on within the field
of interest of the workshop, and (c) reference letters from
at least 2 persons are also required.
Call for applications
Application
form
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Director
Carlo Carraro, FEEM
and University of Venice, Italy
Local Organizers
Matteo
Marsili, ICTP, Italy
Monica Eberle, FEEM,
Italy
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Workshop
Secretariat
Rosa
del Rio, ICTP, Italy
smr1598@ictp.trieste.it
How to reach the workshop venue
The workshop will be held
in the ICTP Campus, in the Adriatico Guesthouse (Lower Level,
Lundqvist Lecture Room).
For information about how to reach ICTP, please click
here.
