How policy relevant are climate-economic and macroeconomic models?
08.30 – 09.00
Registration and coffee
09.00 – 09.15
Welcome and introduction
Björn Risinger, Director General of the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency;
Fredrik Granath, Chairman of the Environment and Economy Group, Nordic
Council of Ministers;
Moderator Martin Ådahl
09.15 – 09.45
Macroeconomic models and policymaking
Speakers: Thomas Eisensee (Ministry of Finance), Brita Bye (Statistics Norway),
Kristoffer Steen Andersen (Danish Energy Agency)
09.45 – 10.15
Climate-economic models and policy challenges
Speakers: John Hassler (IIES), Tiina Koljonen (VTT Technical Research Center
Finland), Kristoffer Steen Andersen (Danish Energy Agency)
10.15 – 10.30
Coffee break
10.30 – 11.15
The economic consequences of climate change: insights from the OECD CIRCLE
project
Rob Dellink, Co-ordinator Modelling and Outlooks, Environment and Economy
Integration Division, OECD Environment Directorate
Mainstreaming climate change considerations in economic and sectoral
policymaking
Shardul Agrawala, Head, Environment and Economy Integration Division, OECD
Environment Directorate
11.15 – 11.45
Introduction to the hearing and presentation of the panellists
Politicians: TBC, Social Democrats; TBC, The Conservatives; Jens Holm, The Left
Wing Party; Rasums Ling, The Green Party; Lars Tysklind, The Liberal Party; Silvia
Modig, Left Alliance Finland; Satu Hassi, The Green Party Finland.
Researchers and experts: Thomas Sterner, University of Gothenburg; Conny
Olovsson, The Riksbank; Måns Nilsson, SEI; Ola Alterå, Sustainable Innovation;
Anders Wijkman, Committee on Environmental Objectives; Nick Macaluso,
Environment and Climate Change Canada and previous speakers.
11.45 – 13.00
Lunch
13.00 – 15.00
Hearing: economic models and their policy relevance
Three sessions with the following focus:
- Research (35 minutes)
- Policy (45 minutes)
- International cooperation (25 minutes)
15.00 – 15.30
Coffee break
15.30 – 16.15
Questions and answers from the audience
16.15 - 16.45
Can we make climate-economic and macroeconomic models more policy
relevant? Concluding remarks