About the EAERE Winter School 2025

EAERE Winter School in Resource and Environmental Economics : Biodiversity Economics

Savoie Mont Blanc University, Annecy-le-Vieux (France), January 19-24, 2025

The Institute for Research in Management and economics (IREGE), and the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE) organise the 2025-2029 EAERE Winter School series in Resource and Environmental Economics for postgraduate students, locally organised by the University Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB).

The 2025 EAERE Winter School will address the topic Biodiversity is the new climate and will take place from 19 to 24 January 2025 in Annecy-le-Vieux, close to Annecy, France.

 Objectives

According to the Dasgupta Review on the Economics of Biodiversity (Dasgupta, 2021) the economy is ’embedded’ in nature, meaning economic activity is subject to the constraints of the biosphere and sustainable economic development dependent on the biodiversity and nature. In a series of 5 lectures on the economics of biodiversity, experts in field will explore the complex connections between the economy, biodiversity and nature. How do we measure biodiversity in meaningful ways for economics analysis and natural capital accounting? What role can nature-based solutions play in addressing local (e.g. water quality) and global (e.g. climate change) externalities? What values does biodiversity provide to the economy in terms of resilience and insurance? How can we model the complexities of ecological and economics systems convincingly? Finally, what role can public policy and the financial markets play in overcoming the externalities that lead to biodiversity decline. These are just some of the questions that will be addressed over the course of the week.

Lectures and teachers

​Day 1: Ben Groom: Biodiversity Economics: Measurement, Valuation and Causal Analysis
Day 2: Alexander Wagner (ETHZ) and Elettra Agliardi (Bologna): Biodiversity and Nature Based Risk in Finance.
Day 3: Stefan Baumgärtner (University of Freiburg): The insurance and resilience values of biodiversity and nature theory
Day 4: Anna-Sophie Crepin ( Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics  and Stockholm University): Biodiversity in complex adaptive systems
Day 5: David Simpson (The American University): Biodiversity: Insights for policy in rich and poor countries

School Organising Committee

Local Lead Organiser: Aude Pommeret
Local organisers: Dorothée Charlier, Andrea Rangel, Estelle Burnet (research assistant) and Gersende Gatellet (administrative assistant)