This year’s International Conference on Sustainable Development (ICSD) will focus on the theme of Implementing the SDGs: Getting Started. The aim of the conference is to identify and share practical, evidence-based solutions that can support the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which will be agreed upon at the United Nations immediately following the conference.
Green Budget Europe (GBE) is a European expert platform on environmental taxation and green fiscal reform. GBE advocates for more tax on pollution accompanied by reduced labour taxes. They believe this reform process – frequently referred to as a Green Tax Shift – should be done in socially equitable way.
Behind GBE's work is the realisation that properly pricing pollution is vital to society’s long term economic interests.
PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT WAS FIRST SCHEDULED ON 29 JUNE AND POSTPONED TO 21 JULY 2015.
The Global Cleantech Summit 2015 to be organized in Helsinki, Finland between 8-10 September, provides an international discussion and innovation forum for the global challenges of today: How to mitigate the impacts of climate change and the other pressing environmental concerns? How to succeed and take effective steps towards a better future with clean technologies?
The World Environment Day theme for 2015 is "Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care." The well-being of humanity, the environment, and the functioning of the economy, ultimately depend upon the responsible management of the planet’s natural resources. Evidence is building that people are consuming far more natural resources than what the planet can sustainably provide.
The International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) are hosting an informal policy dialogue on carbon markets during Climate Week Paris on 22 May.
Taking place 16 September at the Royal Society of the Arts in London, UK, this conference will cover a wide range of topics in the area of the economics of growth, development and technological change, including but not limited to: innovation in clean technologies (including fiscal and regulatory incentives for clean technology development), technology diffusion (including the role of intellectual property rights), growth and environmental policy, technology agreements and global environmental policy.
The 17th Annual International BIOECON conference will take place 13-15 September 2015 on the theme of "Experimental and Behavioural Economics and the Conservation of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services". The conference will be held on the premises of Kings College Cambridge, England. The conference will be of interest to both researchers and policy makers working on issues in the area of biodiversity, ecosystem services, and sustainable development, in both developed and developing countries.
At this conference, the EPA Network – an informal network of heads of environmental protection agencies from across Europe – aims to illustrate the various benefits a green economy provides; for business, the environment and society as a whole. It is the only sensible pathway for Europe if it wants to foster jobs, economic growth, investment and competitiveness, while preserving the environment.