The Department of Land Economy and Prof Andreas Kontoleon co-hosted the 2024 International Symposium on Climate, Finance, and Sustainability (ISCFS-2024) in Paris on 21-22 November 2024. The conference website can be accessed at https://iscfs2024.sciencesconf.org/
A total of 140 conference delegates attended the event while 74 papers were presented. We would like to thank all conference participants and express our particular gratitude to our three keynote speakers who all provided highly inspiring keynote addresses. These were:
Amélie de Montchalin (Ambassador and Permanent Representative of France to the OECD, France)
Bertrand Badré (Managing Partner and founder of Blue like an Orange Sustainable Capital)
Dr. Ben Caldecott (Director, Oxford Sustainable Finance Group; Member, UK Climate Change Committee; Chair, Advisory Group, International Transition Plan Network (ITPN))
The conference will also give rise to three special issues in the following
- Energy Economics on “Impacts of Geopolitical Conflicts on Regional Energy Security and Consequences for the Global Economy” under the Guest Editorship of Hung Do (School of Economics and Finance, Massey University, New Zealand), Duc Khuong Nguyen (EMLV Business School, France), and Russell Smyth (Monash University, Australia). The submission deadline is 31/12/2024. Inquiries should be sent to Prof. Hung Do (H.Do@massey.ac.nz).
- Journal of Forecasting on “Forecasting Carbon Prices in an Integrated Market Network” under the Guest Editorship of Hung Do (School of Economics and Finance, Massey University, New Zealand), Linh Nguyen (Nottingham University Business School, United Kingdom), and Thomas Walther (Utrecht University’s School of Economics, The Netherlands). The submission deadline is 28/02/2025. Inquiries should be sent to Prof. Hung Do (H.Do@massey.ac.nz).
- Resources Policy on "Issues and Use of Rare Earth Elements in Energy Transition" under the Guest Editorship of Stéphane Goutte and Lisa Depraiter (University of Paris Saclay, France). The submission deadline is 31/07/2025. Inquiries should be sent to Prof. Stéphane Goutte (stephane.goutte@uvsq.fr).
See some photos of the Symposium below: