Call for Papers are invited at the 13th Global Conference on Environmental Taxation to be organized at University of British Columbia, Faculty of Law at Allard Hall from September 20-22, 2012.
UBC Law, the UBC National Centre for Business Law, and the UBC Centre for Law and the Environment invite the submission of papers and abstracts for the 13th Global Conference on Environmental Taxation. The main subject for this conference is Environmental Taxation: Barriers, Opportunities, and the Potential for Inducing Technological Innovation.
Barriers to Environmental Taxation (ET) may be political, psychological, or may take some other form. As ET has remained a controversial policy instrument in spite of huge support from economists, awareness of the political, psychological and other barriers to ET becomes a significant element of environmental law and policy-making. Research on the barriers to ET is a major objective of this conference.
Therefore, this conference will explore the potential for ET to unlock technological innovation to decrease emissions. Technological development in pollution reduction is critical to the continued progress of environmental law and policy. Research on how ET promotes these kinds of advances will thus be significant inputs into the formulation of environmental and industrial policy. This conference will draw strong participation from researchers working on climate change policy. But this conference will expand the discussion well beyond the subject of carbon taxes.
Topics featured in the conference program may also include the exploration of ET:
•For climate change adaptation and geo-engineering measures
•As a funding mechanism for a variety of greenhouse gas measures
•To reduce emissions of carbon dioxide co-pollutants
•To help coordinate international action
•Its economic impacts, including analysis of distributional effects
With the liberal support of Carbon Management Canada, the 13th GCET invites special call for papers on the potential for ET to encourage technological progress in reducing greenhouse gases. Three papers will be selected to be a part of a special plenary panel discussion. Out of the three, one paper will be selected for a special prize of $1000 (Cdn) as the paper offering the most original and substantial contribution to climate policy. Moreover, the winner of the special prize will receive a $1500 (Cdn) travel allowance to be applied to travel to this conference. Submissions pursuant to this special call must be in the form of a paper not an abstract. The abstract should be submitted through the web site by April 15, 2012.
All abstracts or papers must be submitted through the conference website on or before April 15, 2012. Notification as to acceptance or rejection will be made on or before June 15, 2012.
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