Estimating economic damage of climate-related disasters and spillovers from COVID-19 using an input-output framework.

Date

Time

5:30 pm - 6:30 pm AEST

Venue

5:30 pm - 6:30 pm AEST NSW Branch Webinar

Speakers

Please RSVP by 15 May by emailing AARES.nsw@gmail.com

Webinar details, including links and instructions will be circulated two days prior to the event.

Description

Free event!

Tracking the inputs of production all the way through to consumption allows economists to draw detailed conclusions about the economic and environmental impacts of a broad range of scenarios. In this presentation, Manfred will demonstrate the flexibility of input-output analysis by using a comprehensive multi-region input-output framework to:
• discuss the employment and output impacts of climate-related disasters such as Cyclone Debbie; and
• present timely global estimates of the regional and sectoral spill-over effects of the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic, namely through lost consumption possibilities, employment and income, and reduced emissions of greenhouse gases, PM2.5 and air pollutants.

Manfred Lenzen is Professor of Sustainability Research at Integrated Sustainability Analysis (ISA) in the School of Physics at the University of Sydney. Manfred has a PhD in Nuclear Physics and 15 years of experience in renewable energy technologies. He has undertaken extensive experimental research on passive solar architecture. He is an international leader in economic Input-Output Analysis and Life-Cycle Assessment, is Associate Editor for the Journal of Industrial Ecology, and is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Economic Systems Research. He has contributed major methodological advances as well as numerous applications, in particular on embodied energy and greenhouse gas emissions.

Thursday 21 May 2020
Webinar 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm AEST
This is a free event and non-members are encouraged to participate.
Please RSVP by 15 May by emailing AARES.nsw@gmail.com
Webinar details, including links and instructions, will be circulated two days prior to the event.