The ambitious Nature Restoration Law has just been finally approved. Amazing achievement!. A huge challenge is ahead: the design of the national restoration plans and the biodiversity monitoring. This needs an extraordinary collaboration of scientist with resource managers.

#NatureRestoration: This was supposed to be a cornerstone of the EU's #biodiversity policy #GreenDeal. Finally enforced at the cost of (i) making the 30%-peatland-restoration voluntary & (ii) making restoration obligatory only in EU Natura 2000 sites. politico.eu/article/europe…

#inequality is on the rise across #OECD nations, but at the same wealth taxes continually fell. In a new paper w/ Ottmar #Edenhofer, we present a new solution to reduce inequality: Tax land (and other rents). Why is this fair and also efficient? 🧵

.UNIVERSITÄT LEIPZIG, UFZ, TROPOS_eu, and iDiv are looking for 14 doctoral researchers (m/f/d) for the new DFG Research Training Group ECO-N: #Economics of Connected Natural Commons: Atmosphere and #Biodiversity. idiv.de/en/about_idiv/… DFG public | @[email protected] 👇

"Wenn der Staat #Subventionen zahlt, muss er das überzeugend begründen. Für die #Agrardiesel-Subventionen in der #Landwirtschaft ist eine solche Begründung nicht mehr da", sagt Umweltökonom Prof. Dr. Martin Quaas von #UniLeipzig und iDiv Biodiversity Research: uni-leipzig.de/newsdetail/art… #kfzsteuer

"Man hat uns ein #Klimageld versprochen, das nicht gekommen ist". Bei den #Bauernprotest-en in #Bremen, geht es tatsächlich ums #Klimageld. Vertrauen ist zentral bei der Einführung von Instrumente (CO2 Preis) für die #Transformation. BREG sollte verlässlich bleiben!

Are you a PhD student or early career PostDoc interested in the economic valuation of biodiversity & natural capital 🪲🦊🪱🌲🌳🌿? Join us on the iconic island Vilm (Germany) for an exciting summer school. CfP deadline is end of February👇

JEEM Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Special Issue alert on "Sustainability under limited natural capital substitutability". You have a great paper on measuring or managing sustainable development in the presence of limited substitutability? Submit until 01.06! EAERE BIOECON Network Details👇

More natural green spaces in cities can improve air quality or offer shade & cooling in summer 🌥️ But how do people living in cities value changes in the naturalness of urban green spaces? More information in the paper by Julia. Bronnmann et al. le.uwpress.org/content/early/… Jasper Meya

New paper in EAERE w. Jonas Heckenhahn. Provides first country-level evidence on substantial relative price changes of ecosystem services. Relevant for adjusting future WTP estimates in benefit-cost analysis & accounting to better reflect the importance of ecosystems👇

„Der dringend nötige ökologische und klimagerechte Umbau Europas endet mit einer Bruchlandung. Offenbar aus Furcht vor weiterem Erstarken rechtspopulistischer Parteien gibt die EU-Kommission Stück für Stück zentrale Bausteine ihrer Naturschutzpolitik auf.“ spektrum.de/news/gekippte-…

CfP alert for our workshop “Mapping the Effects of Environmental Policies” April 28-30, 2024. We will explore how distributional effects of environmental policies can be captured more comprehensively & made available for the public. Deadline 11.03. Flyer: uhh.de/wiso-meep-cfp

4,3 Mio € für unser Projekt "Naturnahe Kleine Wümme: Gewässerkorridor von der Schwammstadt in die #Moor-Landschaft" zur Stärkung von #Artenvielfalt #Wasserrückhalt #Klimaschutz aus dem Aktionsprogramm Natürlicher #Klimaschutz. Nur durch #ANK möglich, danke SteffiLemke & @BMUV!

Neue Studie PNASNews mit Pier Basaglia & Jonas Grunau deutet auf große, positive Gesundheitseffekte durch den EU-Emissionshandel hin, die - wie die Vermeidungskosten - hier und jetzt relevant sind & somit helfen können, Klimaschutz zu motivieren CEN Uni Hamburg @cenunihh.bsky.social Hamburg Center for Health Economics Umweltbundesamt

Extremely honoured to receive this award from EAERE recognising the work of my co-authors & myself on the limited substitutability of nature, discounting, & environment-inequality interlinkages to inform the transition towards more sustainable futures 🙏

Thrilled to see “The Economics of Inequality and the Environment” out in the Journal of Economic Literature AEA Journals, joint with U. Kornek, Jasper Meya & L. Sager Environmental loss & economic inequality are two key challenges of our time, but how do both relate & interact?

We're advertising a PostDoc position in the Sustainability Economics Group at ETH Zürich Zurich (1-6 yrs, >$100K salary), offering excellent conditions to pursue innovative research & prepare for a professorship. Please spread the word to interested candidates: jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOPG_…