The Climate Area of the Florence School of Regulations – FSR is pleased to announce its 11th Annual Conference on the Economic Assessment of European Climate Policies to take place at the European University Institute in Florence on December 2-3, 2025. The two-day academic conference will follow a high-level policy conference on the assessment and acceptability of net-zero climate policies scheduled on Monday, 1st December 2025.

The Conference

The programme of the academic conference will cover some of the main climate policies at the EU and national and subnational levels. It will include a keynote speech, plenary speeches as well as academic sessions focusing on carbon pricing and energy transition. To honour the memory of David W. Pearce on the 20th anniversary of his passing, a dedicated roundtable discussion on his legacy will be organised in collaboration with EAERE.

Simone Borghesi, Director of the FSR Climate, Professor and Deputy Rector for International Relationships at the University of Siena and EAERE President, will chair the conference.

Invited speakers are:

  • Ben Groom, University of Exeter, London School of Economics
  • Other speakers TBC

Call for papers

The Conference Scientific Committee welcomes economic and interdisciplinary research contributions. Applicants are warmly invited to submit papers focusing on:

  • Carbon pricing, emissions trading, and environmental taxation;
  • Energy transition, energy efficiency and renewable energy;
  • Biodiversity and ecosystem services.

Organisers will consider papers on the above topics for presentation at the conference. The presenting author should send the submissions, including the title, abstract and full text, in PDF format to FSRClimate@eui.eu by Sunday, 21st September 2025.

The Conference Scientific Committee will evaluate submitted papers, and FSR Climate will communicate the results by Tuesday, 7th October.

Participation fees

  • Student (presenting a paper): 280 EUR
  • Speaker (presenting a paper): 430 EUR
  • Participant (not presenting): 520 EUR

The fee includes two lunches, a cocktail dinner in the city centre of Florence, and four coffee breaks. Registration and logistics details will be available closer to the date on this page.

Participants in the academic conference are warmly invited to attend the high-level conference on the assessment and acceptability of net-zero climate policies in Europe and beyond for free, scheduled on Monday, 1st December.

Organisers

The Conference is organised by the Florence School of Regulation – Climate with the support of EAERE.

Important Dates

21 September 2025: Deadline for submissions

7 October 2025: Notification of acceptance

1 December 2025: High-level Conference on the assessment and acceptability of net-zero climate policies in Europe and beyond

2-3 December 2025: 11th Annual Conference on the Economic Assessment of European Climate Policies

Further information

For further information, please contact Lea Heinrich at lea.heinrich@eui.eu and FSRClimate@eui.eu.