Environmental Policy and Economics Speaker Series with Nick Johnstone

• When: November 08, 2012
• Time: 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
• Location: 12110 Desmarais, University of Ottawa
• Email contact: dperreault@sustainableprosperity.ca

You are invited to attend the third event of a new joint Carleton University and University of Ottawa speaker series. 

On Thursday, November 8th, Nick Johnstone will present a talk entitled: 

Leveraging Private Finance and Inducing Innovation for Climate Mitigation Through Public Policy

Abstract: Nick will present recent and on-going work at the OECD Environment Directorate on the role of public policy conditions inleveraging private finance and inducing innovation for environmental and climate mitigation projects.  The work is based on the development of unique panel datasets for policy conditions, innovation, and finance.  The policy implications of the empirical work will be emphasized. Relevant papers can be found at www.oecd.org/environment/innovation. 

Nick Johnstone, PhD, is Head of the Empirical Policy Analysis Unit at the OECD Environment Directorate. His current research interests include the analysis of environmental policy instrument choice, the links between environmental policy and technological innovation and private finance, the contribution of environmental factors to subjective well-being, and household behaviour in key sectors with environmental implications. He is the author of a number books and chapters, with leading academic publishers (Routledge, Blackwell, Oxford University Press, Edward Elgar), and has published in leading journals in the field. He has a PhD (Economics) from Cambridge University. 

Please RSVP to dperreault@sustainableprosperity.ca.

For more information, please see the attached poster below.