Environmental Challenges, Policy and Politics

Bocconi University – Bocconi Lab for European Studies (BLEST)

February 18th 2022

Program

13:45 – 14:30: “Thermostatic Environmentalism: Municipal Level Evidence on Climate-Change Related Events and Voting Behavior” 
Piero Stanig, National University of Singapore (joint with Roman Hoffmann, Raya Muttarak, and Jonas Peisker)

14:35 – 15:20: “Internalising Air Pollution Health–Economic Impacts Into Climate Policy: A Global Modelling Study” 
Lara Aleluia Reis, European Institute on Economics and the Environment (joint with Laurent Drouet and Massimo Tavoni)

15:25 – 16:10: “The Political Consequences of Green Policies: Evidence from Italy” 
Italo Colantone, Bocconi University (joint with Livio Di Lonardo, Yotam Margalit and Marco Percoco)

16:10 – 16:25: Coffee Break

16:25 – 17:10: “Elections on Fire: The Effect of Fires on Political Behavior in Brazil” 
Silvia Pianta, European University Institute and European Institute on Economics and the Environment (joint with Paula Rettl)

17:15 – 18:00: “A “Silent Spring” for the Financial System? Exploring Biodiversity-Related Financial Risks in France” 
Sylvie Goulard and Romain Svartzman, Banque de France (joint with Espagne, E., Gauthey, J., Hadji-Lazaro, P., Salin, M., Allen, T., Berger, J., Calas, J., Godin, A., Vallier, A.)