Topics include: Ecosystem services and natural resources Energy Climate change and the global environment Environmental problems Preferences and welfare Environmental macroeconomics & development Environmental regulation Environmental economics in open economies

Driven by the advancements in renewable energy, enhanced technology, and a burgeoning preference for eco-friendly and locally sourced power, the trajectory toward decentralized energy models seems poised to shape the future of energy systems, particularly in the realm of electricity. This shift...

This high-level conference will be divided into two distinct yet interconnected days: - Day One will be predominantly an academic day focused on research, with high-level keynotes and parallel sessions to discuss various issues and challenges of corporate governance. - Day Two will integrate the...

The conference will provide a platform for local and international scholars and prefessionals to convue, discuss, and share new and different perspectives regarding issues, challenges and inovations in the Islamic and conventional microfinance. The web site is no longer available.

The workshop will discuss the link between public debt and economic growth in view of the unprecedented rise in public indebtedness in developed economies. The workshop will focus on three main questions: - What effects can be expected from high public debt on the long-run growth performance? -...

The following fields will be discussed: a) Causes of Financial crisis: Interest rates, International Imbalances and the Great Moderation ("Minsky Effect") b) Trade and financial flows: Savings - consumption imbalance c) Macroeconomic Performance: Core and Periphery in EU d) Eurozone in Distress:...

This conference is funded by the Netspar theme project Reconciling Short Term Risks and Long Term Goals for Retirement Provisions. Professionals from the insurance industry, policymakers and academic researchers will discuss the new solvency rules for insurance companies and the implications...

Possible issues and topics for workshop papers are: - Law and ecological tipping points - Law and environmental management: prescriptive or enabling? - Law and marine ecosystem adaptive management - The rule of law: legal certainty vs. flexibility and adaptability? - Private property, state...

The forthcoming 2010 EASY-ECO conference in Brussels will focus on the European perspective of evaluation of sustainable development, taking stock of almost a decade of integrated evaluation practice at EU and national levels in order to identify the challenges ahead. Topics: - Integrating...

Developing and transition economies will be increasingly concerned with environmental and natural resources management issues; they will have to solve a three-fold challenge: a better environment, good economic performances and poverty reduction as targeted by the Millennium Development Goals....