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SUMMARY:Measuring and Reporting Corporate Carbon Footprints and Climate Risk Exposure
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DESCRIPTION:CfP Deadline Date:
August 12, 2021
Conference Event:
November 12, 2021
Event Location:
Online
Organizer(s):
NBER
Rising concerns about climate change have led to investor interest in the
carbon footprints and climate risk exposure of their portfolio firms. The
rise of environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing, one of the
fastest-growing segments of the asset management industry, has also
attracted attention from regulators, who have begun to consider structures
for corporate reporting of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, climate risk
exposure, and other metrics for potential corporate impacts on, and
sensitivity to, the global climate. Past experience with corporate
disclosure regulations, including mandatory GHG disclosure rules that apply
to some firms, suggests reporting requirements can have real consequences.
These requirements can affect how firms structure their activities and
influence investors’ portfolio choices.
To promote research on the measurement and reporting issues associated with
GHG emissions and climate risk, the NBER will convene a virtual conference
on Friday, November 12, 2021. The conference will be organized by NBER
researchers Meredith Fowlie (University of California, Berkeley), Christian
Leuz (University of Chicago), and Laura Starks (University of Texas,
Austin).
Research on any issue pertaining to the accounting, economic, regulatory,
and financial aspects of measuring and disclosing corporate GHG emissions,
fossil fuel consumption, and exposure to prospective climate change are
welcome. Particular topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
 	Measurement of companies’ and portfolios’ GHG emissions and carbon
footprints, recognizing the challenges of fragmented supply chains,
international trade, indirect emissions, resource shuffling, and related
attribution issues
 	Estimation of firm and industry-level responses to GHG accounting rules,
for example in the context of GHG pricing programs, voluntary disclosure
requirements, and ESG reporting
 	Evaluation of the impact of decarbonization initiatives, either through
direct investments in carbon-reducing activities or through the purchase of
emission offsets, for firms and portfolios
 	Calculation of climate risk exposure of corporations, sovereign
borrowers, and municipalities
 	Assessment of whether climate risks are material and therefore require
disclosure to investors and market regulators, even in the absence of
climate-focused disclosure requirements
Further Information:
The NBER welcomes submissions of both empirical and theoretical research on
all aspects of measurement, disclosure and regulation, including papers by
scholars who are early in their careers, who are not NBER affiliates, and
who are from groups that are under-represented in the accounting, finance,
and economics professions. To be considered for inclusion on the program,
papers must be uploaded by midnight (EDT) August 12, 2021 via the following
link:
http://conference.nber.org/confsubmit/backend/cfp?id=CCFf21
Complete papers are preferred, but extended abstracts may also be
submitted. Please do not submit papers that have been accepted for
publication and that will be published by November, 2021. Authors chosen to
present papers will be notified in early September, 2021.
Questions about this conference may be addressed to confer@nber.org.
Link CfP & Conference:
Measuring and Reporting Corporate Carbon Footprints and Climate Risk
Exposure
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