ICePP - World Bank Public Finance Conference
Decentralized Governance and Climate Change
The 2022 ICePP-World Bank Public Finance Conference was held virtually from June 8-10, 2022, organized and sponsored by the International Center for Public Policy and the World Bank.
The theme of the 2022 conference was decentralized governance and global climate change.
Subnational governments are important for both mitigation and adaptation actions, as well as in discussions about just transitions, loss and damage. Subnational governments are regularly responsible for land use planning and enforcement, water and power utilities, waste disposal, transport systems and urban management. Subnational governments are also on the front line of disaster response and charged with investing for climate adaptation. In many countries, subnational governments have taken the lead in climate action, when national governments have lagged. Subnational governments can potentially incubate policy innovation, build consensus and adjust policies to local needs and circumstances. Given the important role of subnational governments, it is surprising that relations between national and subnational governments have been largely neglected in the design of climate change policy. While it seems likely that vertical and horizontal coordination can lead to improved outcomes, there is no obvious division of functional responsibilities and or balance between central, top-down control and subnational, bottom-up discretion in climate change action. There is little in the theory on intergovernmental relations to inform the appropriate design and balance among regulations, administrative measures, fiscal transfers, and devolved tax powers as incentives for climate action and tools to address moral hazards.
This conference sought to contribute to filling these gaps.
Information on the presentation papers can be found below in the Conference Program. The conference was held virtually by the World Bank on Microsoft Teams.
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Conference Program
Opening and Introduction
Opening and Introduction
8:00am – 8:10am
Adrian Fozzard (World Bank)
Session I: Overview of Fiscal, Administrative and Governance Dimensions of Subnational Climate Action
Chair: Adrian Fozzard
Adapting Fiscal Decentralization Design to Combat Climate Change
Presentation
8:10 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.Jorge Martinez-Vazquez (Georgia State)
Discussant
8:30 a.m. – 8:40 a.m.Onur Erdem (World Bank)
Administrative Decentralization and Climate Change: Concepts, Experience, and Action
Presentation
8:40 a.m.-9:00 a.m.Paul Smoke (New York University)
Mitchell CookDiscussant
9:00 a.m. – 9:10 a.m.Arghya Sinha Roy (Asian Development Bank)
A Territorial Approach to Building Climate Resilience: Shedding Light on Multi-level Policy and Governance Issues
Presentation
9:10 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.Catherine Gamper (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development)
Tadashi Matsumoto (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development)Discussant
9:30 a.m. – 9:40 a.m.Patrick Welch (Lincoln Institute of Land Policy)
General discussion
9:40 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
Session II: Selected Views and Experiences from the Regions
Chairs: Serdar Yilmaz and Jorge Martinez-Vazquez
Decentralized Governance and Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean
Presentation
8:00 a.m. – 8:20 a.m.María Dolores Almeida (Inter-American Development Bank)
Huáscar Eguino (Inter-American Development Bank)
Juan Luis Gómez (Inter-American Development Bank)
Axel Radics (Inter-American Development Bank)Discussant
8:20 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.Adrian Fozzard (World Bank)
Building Local Resilience in Asia and the Pacific
Presentation
8:30 a.m. – 8:50 a.m.Arghya Sinha Roy (Asian Development Bank)
Rachana Shrestha (Asian Development Bank)Discussant
8:50 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.Paul Smoke (New York University)
Leveraging Decentralization to Enhance Resilience Against Drought and Floods: A Climate-Smart Governance Response to Food Insecurity in Africa
Presentation
9:00 a.m. – 9:20 a.m.Onur Erdem (World Bank)
Claire Davanne (World Bank)
Maud Alice Marie Melanie Frangi (World Bank)Discussant
9:20 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.Rachana Shrestha (Asian Development Bank)
General discussion
9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Session III: A Deeper Look at Fiscal and Financial Instruments for Decentralized Climate Action
Chair: Paul Smoke
Local Solutions: Financing Climate Action through Land Value Capture
Presentation
9:00 a.m. – 9:20 a.m.Patrick Welch (Lincoln Institute of Land Policy)
Amy Cotter (Lincoln Institute of Land Policy)
Enrique Silva (Lincoln Institute of Land Policy)
Martim Smolka(Lincoln Institute of Land Policy)Discussant
9:20 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.Jorge Martinez-Vazquez (Georgia State University)
Market-Based Climate Financing Instruments for Subnational Governments
Presentation
9:30 a.m. – 9:50 a.m.Farah Imrana Hussain (World Bank)
Discussant
9:50 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.Richard Sutherland (World Bank)
Fiscal Tools for Subnational Ecosystem and Climate Action
Presentation
10:00 a.m. – 10:20 a.m.Serdar Yilmaz (World Bank)
Farah Zahir (World Bank)Discussant
10:20 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.Huáscar Eguino (Inter-American Development Bank)
General discussion
10:30 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.
Closing and Future Steps
10:50 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Adrian Fozzard (World Bank)
Jorge Martinez-Vazquez (Georgia State)
Paul Smoke (New York University)
Serdar Yilmaz (World Bank)
Other Conference Information
Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, Emeritus Regents Professor of Economics, founded the ICePP Public Finance Conference series in 2001 at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies. His goal was to bring top public finance scholars and experts in the academic and policy world to Atlanta to present and discuss some of the most timely and relevant public finance issues affecting governments and policy makers around the world. Since its inception, the International Center for Public Policy (ICePP) has organized 14 conferences on a broad range of public finance topics. While many of our conferences have been organized internally by Georgia State faculty, conferences are frequently collaborations with other institutions such as the World Bank and the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.
This year’s conference is a collaboration between ICePP and the World Bank. The 2022 Decentralized Governance and Climate Change conference will take place virtually from June 8-10, 2022 and broadcast by the World Bank, organized by:
Adrian Fozzard (World Bank)
Jorge Martinez-Vazquez (Georgia State)
Paul Smoke (New York University)
Serdar Yilmaz (World Bank)
María Dolores Almeida
Decentralization and Local Government, Gender Equality Expert
Inter-American Development Bank Consultant
Mitchell Cook
Climate Change Expert
Claire Davanne
International Consultant, Public Sector & Social Development Specialist (MENA, Sub-Saharan Africa)
World Bank
Adrian Fozzard
Practice Manager, Governance Global Practice Latin America and the Caribbean
World Bank
Maud Alice Marie Melanie Frangi
Governance Expert
World Bank Governance Consultant
Jorge Martinez-Vazquez
Professor Emeritus and Founding Director, International Center of Public Policy
Department of Economics
Andrew Young School of Policy Studies
Georgia State University
Tadashi Matsumoto
Head of Sustainable Urban Development Unit
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
Diana Annandsingh
Program Assistant, Governance Global Practice Latin America and the Caribbean
World Bank
Farah Zahir
Senior Economist
Public Sector Group of the Governance Global Practice, South Asia Region
World Bank
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