Environmental indicators, modelling and outlooks

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OECD ENVIRONMENTAL OUTLOOK EXPERT WORKSHOP ON MODELLING THE TRIPLE PLANETARY CRISIS:  IMPACTS AND POLICIES

Climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution are closely interlinked, as they share common drivers and affect each other in various ways at the local, national, and supra-national scale. An improved understanding of these interlinkages can inform policy design in leveraging synergies and balancing trade-offs across the different scales and dimensions.

The workshop convened experts on economic, biophysical, and integrated assessment modelling of the interactions between climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution. The workshop will take stock of ongoing modelling efforts to develop quantitative pathways to study the drivers and impacts of the triple planetary crisis, and the policies to address it.

The aim was to identify robust modelling approaches to inform the work for the upcoming OECD Environmental Outlook, while strengthening the interdisciplinary and science-policy dialogues.

Agenda 

Summary Report (with Agenda)

Opening remarks: Shardul Agrawala, OECD and Stephen White, European Commission 

Framing the triple planetary crisis: Anil Markandya, Basque Centre for Climate Change

Session 1 - Impact pathways and interactions 
 

Moderator: Ruben Bibas, OECD

Speakers

• HyeJin Kim, Simon Smart,UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology [Presentation]  
• Shinichiro Fujimori, Kyoto University [Presentation]  
• Laurent Drouet, Resources for the Future - European Institute on Economics and the Environment [Presentation]  

Session 2 - Thematic policy action and spillovers 
 

Moderator: Rob Dellink, OECD

Speakers

• Wilfried Winiwarter, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis [Presentation]  
• Ruth Delzeit, University of Basel [Presentation]  
• Astrid Bos, PBL Netherlands [Presentation]   

Insights from the Global Environmental Outlook 7: Pierre Boileau, UNEP

Session 3 - Integrated policies for the triple planetary crisis
 

Moderator: Cecilia Bellora, OECD

Speakers

• Jon Sampedro, Basque Centre for Climate Change [Presentation]
• Thomas Hertel, Purdue University [Presentation]
• Detlef van Vuuren, PBL Netherlands, Utrecht University [Presentation]

Concluding remarks 
 

Toon Vandyck, OECD