Evaluating the economic benefits of environmental policies that save lives
1 October 2025 - 1 October 2025
Location: Online
Organizer: OECD
The OECD Green Talks live on October 1, 2025 at 3:00-4:00 pm CEST will launch the new OECD report “Mortality Risk Valuation in Policy Assessment: A Global Meta-analysis of Value of Statistical Life Studies”.
The report explores findings from the largest meta-analysis of Value of Statistical Life studies ever attempted. Following a presentation of the key findings, panellists will discuss how they can be leveraged to support cost-benefit analyses and other economic assessments.
Speakers are EAERE members Shardul Agrawala (OECD), Olof Bystrom (OECD), Henrik Lindhjem (Menon Economics), Ståle Navrud (Norwegian University of Life Sciences), Lisa Robinson (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health), and Pushpam Kumar (UNEP).
