Toronto Meeting on the Economics of Climate Change
The inaugural Toronto Meeting on the Economics of Climate Change (TMEC) will take place from June 20-22, 2025 at the University of Toronto.
The meeting provides a forum for researchers across fields whose research concerns the economics of climate change.
The keynote speaker is Mar Reguant of Northwestern University. Featured speakers include Robert Pindyck (MIT), Meredith Fowlie (UC Berkeley), and Ashwin Rode (University of Chicago).
The organizing committee are Stephan Heblich, Christoph Semken, and Jeffrey Sun. The event is co-sponsored by the Department of Economics and the School of Environment at the University of Toronto.
Recent events have sharpened the need for a stable forum for researchers at the intersection of economics and climate change. Continued opportunities for recognition and collaboration are indispensable to the advancement of our understanding of the economic aspects of climate impacts and policies.
The inaugural TMEC brings together leading experts from economics and related fields to examine the economic dimensions of climate change mitigation and adaptation. Focus areas include:
Climate impacts in economic equilibrium
Market feasibility and adoption of green technologies
Adaptation and mitigation policy, technologies, and obstacles
Climate impacts on markets, agriculture, health, and other outcomes
Economic and spatial inequality in climate impacts
Sustainable development and growth
Behavioral aspects of climate change mitigation and adaptation
Presenting is by invitation only, due to time constraints in organizing the event. In future years, we plan to solicit open submissions.
Attendance for non-presenters is free and open to scholars across fields and in the public and nonprofit sectors. If you wish to attend, please submit this form.
Keynote Speaker
Mar Reguant
Mar Reguant is an ICREA Researcher at IAE-CSIC and a Full Professor in Economics at Northwestern University. Her research uses high-frequency data to study the impact of auction design and environmental regulation on electricity markets and energy-intensive industries. Her recent work focuses on studying the challenges and successes in the energy transition, with a focus on renewable energy. Her work has been published in prestigious journals. She is the recipient of several awards and honors, including a PECASE award (2019) and being an Econometric Society Fellow (since 2024).
Organizing Committee
Stephan Heblich
Stephan Heblich is a Professor at the Department of Economics at the University of Toronto and is affiliated with the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. His research interests lie at the intersection of urban economics, environmental economics and economic history.
Christoph Semken
Christoph Semken is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Stanford Environmental and Energy Policy Analysis Center and a visiting researcher at the University of Greifswald. He will join the University of Toronto as an Assistant Professor in July 2025. His research is at the intersection of environmental, behavioural and applied economics.Â
Jeffrey Sun
Jeffrey Sun is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics at the University of Toronto and is affiliated with the School of Environment. His research combines climate science and structural economic modelling to study climate policy and climate impacts in equilibrium.
Sponsors
This event is organized by the Department of Economics and co-sponsored by the School of Environment. We gratefully acknowledge the support of the UTM Sustainability Research Fund.