Friday, September 23
9:00 am
Welcome
Session I: Theory of Natural Capital Valuation
9:05 am

Heterogeneous Substitutability Preferences and the Value of Environmental Public Goods

Moritz A. Drupp, University of Hamburg
Jasper N. Meya, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv)

Discussant:
Daniel Phaneuf, University of Wisconsin-Madison
9:25 am
Comments on US Natural Capital Accounting Strategic Plan by Eli Fenichel, Yale University
Session II: Measurement and New Data
9:45 am

Accounting for Environmental Activity: Measuring Public Environmental Expenditures and the Environmental Goods and Services Sector in the U.S. (slides)

Julie L. Hass, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Tina Highfill, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Dennis Fixler, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Kelly M. Wentland, George Mason University
Scott A. Wentland, Bureau of Economic Analysis

Discussant:
David Evans, Environmental Protection Agency
10:05 am
Break
10:15 am

Measuring for the Future, not the Past

Matthew K. Agarwala, University of Cambridge
Diane Coyle, University of Cambridge
Cristina Penasco, University of Cambridge
Dimitri Zenghelis, University of Cambridge

Discussant:
Nicholas Z. Muller, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER
10:35 am

Tracing Sustainability in the Long Run Genuine Savings Estimates 1850 - 2018

Cristián Ducoing, Lund University
Eoin McLaughlin, Heriot-Watt University
Les Oxley, University of Waikato

Discussant:
Stefanie Sieber, American University
10:55 am

Building a Microdata Infrastructure to Study Environmental Risk and Inequality: The Census Environmental Impacts Frame

Jonathan M. Colmer, University of Virginia
Kendall A. Houghton, U.S. Census Bureau
Cameron Scalera, US Census Bureau
John L. Voorheis, U.S. Census Bureau
Jennifer R. Withrow, US Census Bureau
Eva Lyubich, U.S. Census Bureau

Discussant:
Corbett A. Grainger, University of Wisconsin–Madison
11:15 am
Break
Session III: Accounting for Climate in Forestry and Agriculture
11:25 am

Natural Capital Accounting on Forested Lands (slides)

Kenneth Bagstad Clyde F. Casey, US Geological Survey
Christopher Mihiar, USDA Forest Service
Charles Rhodes, US Geological Survey
Christopher Sichko, REE-ERS
Travis W. Warziniack, USDA Forest Service

Discussant:
Juha Siikämaki, IUCN
11:45 am

Climate Change and Its Implications for Agricultural Productivity and Adaptation

Michael Willox, Statistics Canada

Discussant:
Wolfram Schlenker, Harvard University and NBER
12:05 pm
Break
Session IV: Valuation of Coastal Environmental Assets
12:15 pm

The Value and Configuration of Coastal Natural Capital

Ethan T. Addicott, University of Exeter Business School

Discussant:
Justin C. Contat, Federal Housing Finance Agency
12:35 pm

Natural Capital Considerations for an Extension of the U.S. Marine Economy Satellite Account (slides)

Jeffrey Wielgus, NOAA
Monica Grasso, NOAA
Charles Colgan, Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
Jennifer Zhuang, NOAA
Sarah Siegel, NOAA
Joseph Conran, NOAA
Tadesse Wodajo, NOAA

Discussant:
Andrew Scheld, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
12:55 pm
Closing