Join us for the Fall AEDE Economic Outlook and Policy webinar series where we will explore international trade, the economics of methane recovery from landfills, food demand and the value of open space. This series features AEDE economists breaking down an interesting topic each month. The Fall 2024 series schedule is below.
Please register for each event you would like to attend by clicking the appropriate link. Once registered, participants will receive a confirmation email with a link to view the selected webinar(s) live at the scheduled time(s). Participants will receive an automated reminder email for all upcoming sessions they register to attend. Unable to join live? Still register to receive a recording of the webinar. Recordings are also posted on the AEDE YouTube channel's playlist for the series shortly after the session.
All webinars are from 12 - 1 p.m. on the scheduled date, unless noted.
Spring 2025 Series
Decried as environmental vandalism, deforestation in places such as the Brazilian Amazon has grabbed international headlines. Although forest losses are alarming and a cause for serious concern, broader trends are now bending in the direction of forest recovery. In Reversing Deforestation, Brent Sohngen and Douglas Southgate skillfully explore how and why incentives to replace tree-covered habitats with farms and ranches are declining in Latin America primarily due to slower population growth and sustained advances in agricultural productivity. For rural people in the region to be able to deforest less and afforest more in response to shifting incentives, they must have property rights. Local ownership is likewise a prerequisite for conservation payments, which are intended to promote carbon sequestration and prevent the loss of biological diversity. By furthering a transition from deforestation to afforestation, the resultant effectively-managed forest landscape will be more resilient, as is needed to overcome climate change.
It is reasonable to be concerned that climate change will cause widespread famine across the world and weather will continue to take its toll on farmers. But the empirical evidence suggests that climate change is more likely to be primarily a regional concern for farmers in the tropics on marginal lands. The global supply of food will not be at risk over the next century but there may well be some farmers who are made worse off.
Ohio is attracting significant investment, creating exciting opportunities, but also raising concerns about labor shortages. This webinar will delve into the key factors behind these challenges, including demographic changes, barriers to job mobility, and a widening mismatch between workforce skills and job demands. We will also explore potential strategies to address these pressing workforce issues.
The loss of agricultural land and its conversion to housing development has been a concerning trend in Ohio and the Midwest in the last 20 years. This webinar will explore the recent trends from the U.S. Census of Agriculture on declining farmland and farm numbers. The presentation will also explore the conversion of agricultural land to development in the state of Ohio and examine trends by county, city, and Metropolitan Statistical Area. The key results show a loss of agricultural land of about 2% in the state of Ohio in the last 20 years, half of which is due to development. The conversion of agricultural land to development is stronger for counties in the Metropolitan Statistical Areas, and particularly around the City of Columbus.
Fall 2024 Series
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