Policy Roundtable: Harnessing Rigorous Research to Shape Climate Policy

The IZA Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) and J-PAL’s King Climate Action Initiative are hosting a policy roundtable, "Harnessing Rigorous Research to Shape Climate Policy and Inform the Public Debate," on the evening of Wednesday, 14 May 2025, in Bonn, Germany. As part of the IZA Workshop on Climate and Environmental Economics, the event will bring together an active audience of representatives of European policy organizations, as well as the participants of the IZA scientific workshop.

Time: Wednesday, 14 May 2025, 5.30pm-7:00 pm CET, followed by a reception

Location: IZA Institute of Labor Economics, Schaumburg-Lippe-Straße 5-9, Bonn, Germany 

Format:  The event will be held in-person for those who are located in or able to travel to Bonn. You can also livestream the event online. Please register using the link below.

The policy roundtable will address how different organisations - governments, funders, and implementing partners - use rigorous evidence to define and implement their climate policies, and how collaboration between policymakers and researchers can be more effectively leveraged to inform climate policy. A case study will provide the example of J-PAL’s own Air and Water Labs, which, in partnership with Community Jameel, work closely with government partners to co-generate evidence-based solutions for the most pressing air and water challenges in Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, and South Asia.

SPEAKERS

Ahmed Elsayed
Executive Director of J-PAL Middle East and North Africa  

Jan Minx
Head of the Evidence for Climate Solutions Working Group at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Markus Steinich
Head of Section, Corporate Unit Evaluation at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit

Kira Vinke
Head of the Center for Climate and Foreign Policy at the German Council on Foreign Relations

Lucy Yu
Chief Executive Officer and Founder of the Centre for Net Zero

Andre Zollinger (Moderator)
Senior Policy Manager (Energy, Environment, and Climate Change) at J-PAL

REGISTRATION

You can register your attendance here.