CfP Deadline:
May 31, 2024
Conference Event:
November 14-16, 2024
Event Location:
Oklahoma City, United States
Organizer(s):
University of Oklahoma Price College of Business Center for Financial Studies
Keynote Speaker(s):
Oliver Hart (Harvard University)
Description:
The University of Oklahoma Price College of Business Center for Financial Studies is organizing the Fifth OU-RFS Climate and Energy Finance Research Conference, to be held at the Vast Conference Center in Oklahoma City from November 14-16, 2024. The conference is co-sponsored by the Review of Financial Studies under its dual review system.
Details of the prior conferences are available at: https://www.ou.edu/price/finance/energyfinanceconf. The organizing theme of this conference will be “Climate Change and the Energy Transition.” The scale and scope of the challenges that must be faced in mitigating climate change while simultaneously ensuring global energy security are encapsulated in four recent news announcements. First, multiple national weather agencies document that 2023 was the hottest year on record, with last summer being easily the hottest ever. Second, and not unrelatedly, US and international energy agencies report that global oil demand averaged a record 102 million barrels per day in 2023, and US oil production exceeded its pre-pandemic record. The third announcement–that the assets under management by ESG-focused investment funds are a record $41 trillion, equal to over one-third of global GDP—illustrates the importance that investors place on addressing environmental issues. Finally, the International Energy Agency reports that worldwide energy-related capital investment likely tallied a record $2.78 trillion in 2023, with over $1.7 trillion of that invested in renewables.
About 12-14 papers will be accepted for presentation in plenary sessions in the conference. Besides academic paper presentations, panels comprised of finance, climate and energy industry leaders will discuss key climate and energy transition issues.
Submission:
Electronic submissions of unpublished papers can be made via the conference website: https://www.ou.edu/price/finance/energyfinanceconf. The deadline for submissions is May 31, 2024, and authors will be notified by July 31, 2024. There is no submission fee.
Link:
2024 University of Oklahoma Climate and Energy Finance Research Conference