PROVISIONAL AGENDA GGKP Annual Conference 2014-2015 “Fiscal Policies and the Green Economy Transition: Generating Knowledge – Creating Impact” San Giobbe, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Venice, Italy 29 January 2015 First day of conference 8:00-9:30 Registration 9:30-9:50 Welcome address Chair: Carlo Carraro, President Emeritus, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice Speakers: - Michele Bugliesi, President, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice - Ibrahim Thiaw, Deputy Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme (tbc) - Eshita Gupta, Department of Policy Studies, TERI 9:50-11:00 High-level panel: Fiscal instruments for green growth: going beyond environmental taxation Chair: Carlo Carraro, President Emeritus, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice Panelists: -Robert Ford, Deputy Director, Country Studies Branch, Economics Department, OECD -Francesco La Camera, Director-General for Sustainable Development, Climate and Energy, Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea, Italy -Yvo de Boer, Director-General, GGGI (tbc) -Vitor Gasper, Director, Fiscal Affairs Department, International Monetary Fund (tbc) 11:00-11:30 Coffee Break 1 11:30-13:00 Parallel session A1: Designing effective green tax reforms Presenters: -Kai Schlegelmilch (Germany): Fiscal considerations in the design of green tax reforms, GGKP commissioned paper - Max Franks (Germany): Why finance ministers might favor carbon taxes, even if they do not believe in climate change - Jules Schers (Netherlands): Green jobs potential in a skill-constrained economy: Analysis of different carbon tax recycling schemes for South Africa 13:00-14:15 Lunch (catered) 14:15-15:45 Parallel session B1: Overcoming obstacles to green fiscal reform Presenters: - Sirini Withana (UK): Overcoming obstacles to green fiscal reform; GGKP commissioned paper - Miguel Bunuel (Spain): Implementing a carbon tax in Spain: how to overcome the fear of inflation? - Stefan Speck (Germany): 2 Parallel session A2: Enabling sustainable water management fiscal measures Presenters: - Ernesto Sanchez Triana (Colombia): Rent seeking and institutional entrepreneurship at Colombia's Cauca Valley Corporation - Derek Eaton (Canada): Paying for clean water and wastewater treatment: an analysis of urban water charging and its contribution to green growth - Nabil Haque (Bangladesh): Environmental surcharge for heavy polluters in Bangladesh What are the options for regulated entities under this newly introduced fee? Parallel session B2: Promoting green transportation systems Presenters: - Gunnar Eskeland (Norway): Promoting green transportation systems; GGKP commissioned paper - Theodoros Zachariadis (Greece): Feebates as a fiscal measure for green transportation - Giovanni Marin (Italy): The role of non-waste 'product Parallel session A3: Creating incentives for investment in clean energy Presenters: - Rita Pandey (India): Creating incentives for investment in clean energy, GGKP commissioned paper - Carolyn Fischer (USA): Strategic subsidies for renewable energy - Nadia Ameli (Italy): Determinants of households’ investment in energy efficiency and renewables – evidence from the OECD survey on household environmental behaviour and attitudes Parallel session B3: Fiscal policy reform for an inclusive green economy Presenters: - Ambiyah Abdullah (Indonesia): Assessing the impacts of fiscal policies on green sectors in Indonesia on poverty reduction and job creation in Indonesia using green sectors-extended Indonesia inter-regional social accounting matrix - David Klenert (Germany): The Distributional Incidence of a Carbon Parallel session B4: Innovating clean technology for green growth Presenters: - Prudence Z. Dato (Benin): Energy transition under irreversibility: a two-sector approach - Elena Verdolini (Italy): The impact of policy and uncertainty on innovation in the wind industry - Enrica De Cian (Italy): Environmental fiscal reform and transition to a green economy: A political economy analysis 15:45-16:15 innovation' for waste production through reduced lifetime of goods The role of private and public actors in power sector innovation Break 16:15-17:45 Parallel session C1: Fiscal measures for climate change action Presenters: - Edwin Van der Werf (Netherlands): Quantifying the effects of reforming the EU Emissions Trading System - Jan Siegmeier (Germany): The macroeconomic portfolio effect of climate policy: collecting rents enhances efficiency - Herman Vollebergh (Netherlands): About dykes and windmills: learning from Dutch green fiscal reform 17:45-19:00 Shuttle to Hotel Monaco and Grand Canal 19:00-20:30 Cocktail reception at Hotel Monaco and Grand Canal 3 Tax Swap - The Double Dividend of Redistribution - Harry Granqvist (Sweden): Distributional issues in financing clean energy infrastructure Parallel session C2: Water pricing for sustainable water management Presenters: - Michael Young (Australia): Fiscal instruments and water security; GGKP commissioned paper - Robert Brears (New Zealand): Transitioning towards urban water security in the Asia-Pacific region - Dionisio Perez-Blanco (Spain): Water pricing and water saving in agriculture. Insights from a revealed preference model in a Mediterranean basin Parallel session C3: Effectiveness of fiscal policy in eliciting behavioral change Presenters: - P.K. Viswanathan (India): Determinants of adopting and accessing benefits of microirrigation: A case study from North Gujarat, India - Estefania Santacreu Vasut (France, Spain): Beliefs in technology and support for environmental taxes: an empirical investigation - Eva Kysela (Czech): What makes climate change mitigation policies acceptable by public? A review of influential factors Parallel session C4: Fiscal measures for biodiversity protection and adaptation Presenters: - Nils Droste (Germany): Ecological fiscal transfers in Brazil Incentivizing or refinancing conservation? - Elisa Delpiazzo (Italy): Fiscal sustainability of adaptation in EU Mediterranean countries: An application to sea level rise - Markus Lehmann (CBD Secretariat): Convention on Biological Diversity’s decisions on environmental fiscal measures 30 January Second Day of GGKP Annual Conference 2015 9:00-10:20 High-level panel discussion: Complementary structural policies for effective fiscal reform Chair: Marianne Fay, Chief Economist, Climate Change Group, World Bank Panelists: - Simon Zadek, Co-Director, Inquiry into the Design Options for a Sustainable Financial System, UNEP - Carolyn Fischer, Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future and FEEM (TBC) 10:20-10:50 Coffee Break 10:50-12:20 Parallel session D1: Reforming environmentally harmful subsidies Presenters: - Debashis Chakraborty (India): Does fiscal policy influence per capita CO2 emission: a cross-country empirical analysis - Shelagh Whitley (United Kingdom): At cross purposes: subsidies and climate compatible investment - Sebastian Renner (Germany): Poverty and distributional impacts of energy subsidy reform in Indonesia 4 Parallel session D2: Measuring the effectiveness of fiscal reform Parallel session D3: Climate change and fiscal policy Presenters: - Gilbert Metcalf (USA): Measuring the effectiveness of fiscal reform; GGKP commissioned paper - Hari Bansha Dulal (Nepal): Delivering green economy in Asia: The role of fiscal instruments - Thomas Sterner (Sweden): The net emissions effects of fuel taxes Presenters: - Claire Gavard (France): Limited sectoral trading between the EU Emissions Trading System and China - Emmanuel Combet (France): Carbon tax, pensions and public deficits: The hidden cost of the compartmentalization of expertise - Linus Mattauch (Germany): A public finance perspective on climate policy: Six interactions that may enhance welfare 12:15-13:15 Lunch (catered) 13:15-14:15 Ideas Market Poster Session 14:15-15:45 Parallel session E1: Addressing the implementation of environmental taxes in developing countries Presenters: - Camila Gramkov (Brazil): Fiscal policy towards green growth in emerging economies: the case of Brazil - Carlos Chavez (Chile): Using Taxes to Deter Illegal Fishing in ITQ systems - Minh Nguyen Anh (Vietnam): Implication of Vietnam's environmental tax law in the green economy transition process Parallel session E2: Complementary policy for promoting clean technology innovation and adoption Presenters: - Francesco Vona (Italy): Drivers of investments in cleaner energy - Yang Liu (China): Epidemic, rank, stock and order effects in renewable energy diffusion: model and empirical evidence - Suchita Srinivasan (India): The light at the end of the tunnel: the impact of policy on the global diffusion of fluorescent lamps Parallel session E3: Climate change and the green economy transition Parallel session E4: Effective fiscal policy design for green growth Presenters: - Erika Jorgensen (USA): Climate change public expenditure and institutional reviews: linking fiscal policies to the green economy transition - Jonas Sonnenschein (Sweden): Scrutinizing green fiscal expansion as a policy strategy for decarbonizing the economy. The case of South Korea’s ‘Green New Deal’ 2009-2013 - Merritt Hughes (USA): Designing for structural change: modification to the California Cap and Trade Program Presenters: - Zaid Asi (Jordan): Environmental Fiscal Reform - Ezra Berkhout (Netherlands): How do Partnerships in International Cooperation Contribute to Inclusive Green Growth - Jaime De Melo (Switzerland): The Critical Mass Approach to Achieve a Deal on Green Goods & Services: what is on the table? 15:45-16:45 High-level panel discussion: Catalyzing a global research agenda on fiscal policy 16:45-17:00 Closing and awards - Carlo Carraro, President Emeritus, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice; - Ligia Noronha, Director, Division of Technology, Industry and Economics; UNEP 5