Public Panel on "Biodiversity and the Wealth of Nations"

This Sunday starts our VfS Annual Meeting. This year’s core conference topic is Climate Economics. The high-level keynote speakers include Nobel Laureate William Nordhaus, Norwegian economist Bard Harstad, and Catherine Wolfram  (Deputy Assistant Secretary for Climate and Energy Economics at the US Treasury). The core conference panel includes representatives from academia and the European Commission.

On Sunday evening, starting at 6.10 p.m., not only the Reinhard Selten Award Ceremony will take place, but also the panel of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research:

TOPIC: BIODIVERSITY AND THE WEALTH OF NATIONS
The recent Dasgupta Review proposes an inclusive wealth paradigm that puts biodiversity at the very center of economics. It highlights the complex interrelations between the Earth’s biosphere, economic inequality and human welfare. Despite its dependency on Nature, humankind is exploiting the biosphere’s finite capacity at unsustainable rates, and finding effective governance mechanisms for a transformation towards a resilient Earth system and human well-being is crucial. In this panel, renowned climate and biodiversity economists, all of them governmental advisors, and a member of the Executive Board of Germany’s Federal Bank discuss the impact of inequality on biodiversity, the valuing of natural capital, and the future of economic growth. Looking ahead, they also ask what role governments and the financial sector can play in attaining inclusive welfare within our planet’s boundaries.

PANELISTS:

• Sir Partha S. Dasgupta (University of Cambridge)
• Veronika Grimm (Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, German Council of Economic Experts)
• Sabine Mauderer (German Bundesbank)

MODERATION:
Ottmar Edenhofer (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change, TU Berlin)

THE PANEL IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!
We cordially invite you to attend the panel free of charge, even without registering for the conference.