Call for Papers - Energy, Environment, Climate Change, and the Green Transition Workshop | Rabat, Morocco
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EcoMod and the University Mohamed VI Polytechnic (UM6P) are happy to announce the Workshop on Energy, Environment, Climate Change, and the Green Transition which will take place in Rabat, Morocco on September 24-25, 2026. The workshop is co-organized by EcoMod and the University Mohamed VI Polytechnic (UM6P).
The workshop will bring together researchers and policy economists working on energy systems, environmental policy, climate change, and green transition, particularly with relevance to emerging and developing economies, Africa, the broader MENA region.
The workshop aims to foster policy-relevant research and constructive discussion across a range of theoretical, empirical, and quantitative modeling approaches.
Topics of Interest (non-exhaustive)
We welcome papers in all areas related to the workshop theme, including (but not limited to):
Energy economics and markets
Energy demand and supply, pricing reforms, subsidy reform, and distributional impacts
Electricity market design, renewables integration, reliability, and flexibility. Oil, gas, and electricity sector transitions; energy security and resilience
Energy efficiency, industrial decarbonization, and energy productivity
Green transition, innovation, and structural change
- Green industrial policy, innovation, market, regulation and technology diffusion
- Labor markets, skills, and “just transition” policies
- Trade, competitiveness, border carbon adjustments, and global value chains
- Macroeconomic implications of the transition: inflation, productivity, and fiscal sustainability
Climate economics and policy
- Carbon pricing, emissions trading systems, and fiscal instruments
- Climate mitigation strategies and net-zero pathways
- Climate adaptation, resilience, and climate risk to growth and welfare
- Climate finance, green bonds, and investment mobilization
Environment and natural resources
- Air pollution, health impacts, and environmental regulation
- Water scarcity, agriculture, and resource management under climate stress
- Biodiversity, land use, and ecosystem services valuation
- Environmental Kuznets curves, enforcement, and institutional constraints
Methods and data
- Microeconometrics, applied IO, and causal inference in energy/environment
- IAMs, CGE, DSGE, ABM, SFC, network models, and hybrid approaches
- Integrated assessment of policy packages; scenario analysis
- Remote sensing, climate data integration, and new measurement strategies
Submission Guidelines
- Paper types: full papers or extended abstracts
- Format: PDF for full papers
- Submission on: https://editorialexpress.com/conference/energy2026/
- Deadline for submission: May 17, 2026
- Notification of acceptance: June 14, 2026
Submissions will be selected based on originality, technical quality, and relevance to the workshop themes. Empirical, theoretical, and quantitative modeling papers are equally welcome.
We look forward to meeting you in Rabat in September.
Ali Bayar (ECOMOD), Dorothee Boccanfuso (UM6P), Abdelkhalek Touhami (UM6P)
Co-Organizers
Contact
For inquiries, please contact: ecomod.ws2026@um6p.ma
Please use the subject line: “Energy Workshop Rabat 2026”.
