The Virtual Seminar on Climate Economics is an online seminar series hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. The seminar is open to everyone interested in research on the economics of climate change—including topics drawn from macroeconomics, microeconomics, finance, econometrics, and environmental economics.

We convene on Zoom for a 50-minute talk and up to 25 minutes of discussion and Q&A.

Register to attend seminar series via Zoom.

Please submit your registration to receive emails with Zoom links to attend the series. You only need to register once to automatically get an email for each upcoming Virtual Seminar on Climate Economics with a link to join.

Upcoming Seminars

Gernot Wagner, New York University
Carbon Prices, Preferences, and the Timing of Uncertainty

March 18, 2021: SF 8:00am, NYC 11:00am, BERLIN 4:00pm

Ishan Nath, University of Chicago
The Food Problem and the Aggregate Productivity Consequences of Climate Change

April 1, 2021: SF 8:00am, NYC 11:00am, BERLIN 5:00pm

Carolyn Fischer, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Carbon pricing, revenue recycling, and leakage protection

April 15, 2021: SF 8:00am, NYC 11:00am, BERLIN 5:00pm

Larry Karp, University of California, Berkeley
Climate economics, TBA

April 29, 2021: SF 8:00am, NYC 11:00am, BERLIN 5:00pm

Frances Moore, University of California at Davis
Use and Non-use Value of Nature and the Social Cost of Carbon

May 13, 2021: SF 8:00am, NYC 11:00am, BERLIN 5:00pm

Neng Wang, Columbia Business School
Mitigating Disaster Risks in the Age of Climate Change

May 27, 2021: SF 8:00am, NYC 11:00am, BERLIN 5:00pm

Seminar series organizers

• Glenn Rudebusch (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco)
• Michael Bauer (University of Hamburg)
• Stephie Fried (Arizona State University)
• Òscar Jordà (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco)
• Toan Phan (Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond)

To get in touch, share feedback or suggestions, or propose a speaker, please email us at virtualclimateseminar@sf.frb.org.