tidbits #24

In the news / New articles / Conference and seminar annoucements / Open positions

In the news:

• Some reasons why the International Energy Agency consistently underestimates the growth of solar power in its forecasts. Here is a graph that shows the extend of underestimation:
  (source: Energy Watch Group)

• Climate-change sceptics’ main arguments disproved point by point.

• There is now more and more evidence that wind and solar provide energy at lower cost than convential means of producing electricity.

• If you want that the cars that you buy in the future really consume what their producers claim, then help the EU to form a proper directive HERE.

• conferences
  • PEEES, Paris Environmental and Energy Economics Seminar, November 26, 4.30PM to 6.30PM , Maison des Sciences Economiques
    Room S/17 106-112, boulevard de l’Hôpital, 75013 Paris
  • Lunch seminar in environmental and resource economics, S/3, in the Annex of the Maison des Sciences Economiques, 106/112 Boulevard de l’Hôpital, Paris, France, Thursday 19th November 2015, Renewable energy policies and interaction with the EU ETS: the critical role of uncertainty, by Oskar Lecuyer
  • 9th Belgian Environmental Economics Day, University of Mons in Mons, Friday, 29th January 2016, deadline for submission: 21 Dec 2015, by email in pdf format to Venmans Frank (frank.venmans@umons.ac.be)
  • 11th Tinbergen Institute Conference “Combating Climate Change, Lessons from Macroeconomics, Political Economy and Public Finance”, Amsterdam, 21-22 April 2016, Registrations and submissions of papers should be sent to tinbergen@tinbergen.nl by 1 January 2016. Organized by Rick van der Ploeg and Cees Withagen.
  • 7th International Research Meeting in Business and Management, Monday and Tuesday, 11-12 July 2016, IPAG Business School, Nice Campus, 4 Boulevard Carabacel, 06000 Nice, France, Submission deadline: April 15, 2016. I will organize, together with Coung Le Van, a sub-conference on Environmental Economics. For all environmental economists: please save the date and join us in Nice!
  • As always, you find all events in my Environmental Economics calendar on the right.