Economics and the Environment - UKELA

UKELA London meeting - Economics and the Environment

Speaker 1: Dr John Snape , Associate Professor of Law, University of Warwick

This talk was about the prospects for green taxes, in changed economic circumstances, and with a new government in office. It focussed, 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.

Speaker 2: 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 summarised 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 was chaired by Simon Boyle of Argyll Environmental.

The meeting was kindly hosted by Herbert Smith.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• stern report
• biodiversity
• TEEB
• PWC
• pricewaterhousecoopers
• Herbert Smith
• John Snape
• university of warwick
• William Evison