Accounting for Climate Change - What and How to Measure

14^TH  EMAN CONFERENCE, JANUARY 24-25, 2011 BUDAPEST

Host: Institute for Environmental Sciences, Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest, Fővám tér 8, H-1093.

 The conference will focus on the assessment of business costs and benefits of climate change as well as mitigation options. There is growing evidence and scientific consensus about global warming. Companies are challenged by uninsurable risks from unpredictable weather conditions as well as new governmental regulations, like the EU Emission Trading System, carbon taxes, building codes and energy efficiency standards. At the same time new business opportunities also arise from energy efficiency innovations, product developments, new business models, and other mitigation and adaptation potentials. The conference will be the first one in systematically accounting for business costs of these challenges and for analysing the role of accounting to develop economic business potentials.

Papers are welcome in the following topics:

• Costs of climate change for companies
• Accounting as support for the development of carbon business opportunities
• Costs and benefits of mitigation options
• Ecological footprint and carbon footprint at organisational level
• Input-output cost analysis
• Measuring carbon neutrality
• Cost benefit analysis for enegy saving innovations
• Accounting for credits in emission trading schemes
• Accounting for emission leaking in emission trading schemes
• Sectoral analysis on the econommic consequences of climate change (e.g. insurance companies, agriculture, etc.)
• Any new theoretical contribution to the development of the environmental accounting field
• Country studies, case studies, surveys and empirical analyses of innovative approaches

The Hungarian Cleaner Production Centre will organise a company workshop titled "Environmental Innovations" within conference program.

The deadline for abstract submission is 6^th December, 2010. Notification of acceptance will be sent by 17^th December. Authors of accepted abstracts are required to send their extended abstract for publication in the conference proceedings by 7^th January.
The authors of best presentations will be encouraged to submit full papers to the next EMAN book or special issue in an acknowledged journal.

Recommended accommodation:

There is a special discount for the participants of the conference in Hotel Danubius Gellért, which is just 1 stop far from the conference's host institute, the Corvinus University of Budapest. The fee includes buffet breakfast and free entrance to the famous Gellért Thermal Bath. For more information, visit this site.

The organising committee of EMAN 2011 is wishing you a pleasant stay in Budapest. For additional information please contact:
 eman2011uni-corvinus.hu or
Szilvia Luda at szilvia.ludauni-corvinus.hu

Conference related publications:

EMAN regularly organises peer reviewed books based on papers from EMAN conferences. The next EMAN book is planned to cover the topics of accounting for climate change, so presenters are encouraged to submit their full papers to be considered for publication. A special issue from best papers in an acknowledged management journal is also planned.
 
Latest EMAN books were published by Springer in Dordrecht. You can check out EMAN publications here:
http://www.springerlink.com/content/978-1-4020-8912-1#section=127824&page=1
http://www2.leuphana.de/umanagement/projekte/eman/eman-books-2/

The forthcoming book on Supply Chain Accounting is prospected to be published at the end of 2010.

Sustainable Consumption Conference:

Please also check out our Sustainable Consumption Conference, to be organised on Friday just before the EMAN conference.

21st January: "Sustainable Consumption, Production and Communication"

Conference  funded by the Norway Grant.
Participation for the Sustainable Consumption Conference  is free, but requires confirmed registration. Please visit the project homepage for details or contact the organisers of EMAN14.

http://www.sustainable.consumption.uni-corvinus.hu/

Utolsó frissítés: 2012.01.19.