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Date : 29 June-03 July 2026
Place : Carcavelos Campus, Lisbon, Portugal
Host : Nova School of Business and Economics (Nova SBE) https://www.novasbe.unl.pt/en/
Website : https://wcere2026.org/

Call for Papers

We invite submissions of empirical and theoretical papers in all areas of environmental and resource economics to be presented onsite. Full papers are to be submitted through the ConfTool platform. If you do not have a ConfTool account, please create one by selecting "No, I would like to register now." Once you have logged into your account, use the option "Your Submissions" in order to submit your paper(s). Please submit anonymous files, in PDF format. The WCERE2026 conference follows a double-blind review process. Please do not include the name(s) or affiliation(s) of any author(s) on the title page of your paper.

The deadline for paper submissions is 16 January 2026 (by 23:59 of any time zone). Notification of the outcome of the review process is scheduled for 12 March 2026. The number of submissions per person is unlimited, but the maximum number of presentations per person will be limited to one (including both parallel sessions and thematic sessions). All parallel sessions will be held onsite. All papers must be presented by an author who will be present in person at the Conference. It is not possible to present papers remotely. Authors must be registered for the conference by 15 April 2026 in order for their papers to be included in the programme. All further details of the submission procedure can be found on the ConfTool platform.
For further information, please contact us at programme@wcere2026.org.

(Side Event of the 2025 AAERE Congress)

Schedule: 14:00–17:00 (Beijing Time) / 15:00–18:00 (Japan Time) / 13:00–16:00 (Southeast Asia Time), August 27, 2025.

Session Topics (also used as breakout room names)

1. Energy and Disasters
2. Environmental Policy
3. Sustainable Development

Access: Zoom URL
https://list-waseda-jp.zoom.us/j/95949103735?pwd=hfzcy1Pb1cPbKJsSv7xupIycNqZjiZ.1

Program:

1. Climate Change (Chair: Botao Qin)
   
   S1-1 Are Carbon Offsets Greenwashing or a Viable Climate Solution? Youth Perspectives and Usage Intentions?
   Sunhee Suk, Novelia Triana, Mahiro Iwamura, Yuan Xintong (Nagasaki University)
   
   S1-2 Advice and discussion for the main factors of carbon reduction effectiveness in Taiwan
   Tsung-Hsien Tsai (National Taipei University)
   
   S1-3 Decarbonization Pathways for Road Transportation in Taiwan: A Policy-Based Analysis
   Shu-Yuan, Wen (National Taipei University)
   
   S1-4 Private versus public information about goal setting on energy conservation: evidence
   from a field experiment in student dormitories
   Botao Qin, Man Gou (Xi’an Jiaotong University), Chenyang Xu (University of Massachusetts Lowell)
   
   
2. Energy and Disasters (Chair: Chung-Han Yang)
   
   S2-1 The economic impact of drought on agriculture: Australian studies on farm financial
   performance and farm exit
   Jiaqi Fan, Alec Zuo, Sarah Wheeler (Flinders University)
   
   S2-2 Natural Hazards and Common-Pool Resource Dependence in Rural Vietnam
   Louie Marie Eluriaga (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Philippines Visayas)
   
   S2-3 International Trade of Hydrogen: Assessing Levelized Costs and Infrastructure Load of Liquefied Hydrogen Importation Pathways from Australia to Japan
   Nicolas Guillaume Nathan F., Mori Akihisa (Kyoto University)
   
   S2-4 Circular Economy, Cross-Sector Partnerships, and Regional Revitalisation: A Case Study of End-of-Life Solar Panel Management by Niimi Solar Company within Japan’s J4CE Network
   Yi-Chun Lin, Chung-Han Yang (National Tsing Hua University)
   
   
3. Environmental Policy (Chair: Lynn Thiesmeyer)
   S3-1 The Effect of Macroprudential Policy on Green Loan Ratio: A Case Study of Green Differentiated Reserve Requirement Policy in Indonesia
   Ardhi Santoso Handarumukti, Akihisa Mori (Kyoto University)
   
   S3-2 Institutional Participation and Economic Outcomes under TURF-Reserve: A Mixed-Methods Policy Impact Evaluation in the Philippines
   Joville Andrea P. Foliente (University of the Philippines Los Baños)
   
   S3-3 The Total Economic Value of Hsinchu Zoo: A Contingent Valuation Approach
   Yawen Chiueh (National Tsing Hua University)
   
   S3-4 Regional Energy Supply and Transboundary Energy Pollution in Southeast Asia:
   Researching a Crisis
   Lynn Thiesmeyer (Keio University)
   

4. Sustainable Development (Chair: Jin-Li Hu)
   S4-1 Health Output Efficiency of Japan’s Administrative Regions
   Min-Yueh Chuang , Jin-Li Hu (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University) , Satoshi Honma (Tokai University)
   
   S4-2 Green bond defaults and shareholder value Evidence from Mainland property developers
   Wilson Tsz Shing Wan (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
   
   S4-3 A closer look at household food waste patterns and behavioural drivers: Differentiating
   ingredient and cooked food waste in urban Vietnam
   Thi Xuan Dieu Phana, Di Zenga (University of Adelaide), Alec Zuo (Flinders University)
   
   S4-4 Modeling Food Loss and Waste Mitigation through Environmental Cost Monetization:
   A System-Based Analysis for Taiwan
   Je-Liang Liou (Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research), Shu-Chun Mandy Huang National Tsing Hua University)
   
   S4-5 Carrying Capacity of Medical Doctors and Nurses to Achieve UN SDG 3 in Japan's Administrative Regions
   Jin-Li Hu (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University), Satoshi Honma (Tokai University), Min- Yueh Chuang (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University)
   

To Presenters and Chairpersons
Each presentation has 30 minutes. Talk for 20 minutes, Q&A for 5 minutes, and preparation 5 minutes. Chairpersons are kindly asked to manage the session. Please call the presenters and control their time.

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The 14th Congress of the Asian Association of Environmental
and Resource Economics (2025)
Topic : "Advancing Economic and Ecological Resilience under Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities for Asia"
Date : August 25-27, 2025
Place : Renmin University of China, Beijing, China
Host : School of Ecology and Environment, Renmin University of China (aaere.ruc2025@hotmail.com)
Website : https://aaere2025.github.io/cfp.html

The 13th Congress of the Asian Association of Environmental
and Resource Economics (2024)
Topic :
"The Cross-regional Cooperation and Industrial Transition Toward Net-zero Emissions in Asia"
Date : August 26-27, 2024
Place : Hsinchu, Taiwan
Host : National Tsing Hua University (NTHU)
Website : https://aaere2024.org

The 12th Congress of the Asian Association of Environmental
and Resource Economics (2023)
Topic :
"Accelerating Energy Transitions and Resource Use Efficiency
Toward Carbon Neutrality in Asia"
Date : 29 - 30 August 2023
Place : Tokyo, Japan
Host : Waseda University
Website : waseda2023.aaere.org

The 11th Congress of the Asian Association of Environmental and Resource Economics

Topic : A Pathway Towards Carbon Neutrality in Asia

Date : 19 - 20 August 2022

Place : Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Host : UEH University & EPSEA

Link: Congress Book (PDF)

Proceeding: bit.ly/AAERE2022_Proceeding