The 7th World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists (WCERE 2026) took place in Cascais, Portugal, from 29 June to 3 July 2026. The conferencei is a five-day gathering, bringing together environmental and resource economists from around the world to discuss the challenges and solutions at the intersection of economics, environment, and public policy. WCERE is organized every four years by the World Council of Environmental and Resource Economists Associations (WCEREA), the global council that brings together the leading scientific associations of environmental and resource economists from around the world: the Asian Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AAERE), the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE), the African Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AFAERE), the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE), and the Latin American Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (LAERE).
Among the many thematic sessions on the programme was "Trade implications of different climate policy regimes," organised by Srishti Goyal and Zoi Vrontisi (Ricardo PLC), bringing together five presentations on how climate policies interact with an increasingly fragmented global trade environment. The session's focus resonated closely with the trade-climate-industry nexus at the heart of ENTICE's own research.
Three of the presentations were connected with ENTICE.Maksym Chepeliev and co-authors (Purdue University, World Bank, KanORS-EMR, U.S. International Trade Commission) looked at what it would take to keep global warming below 2°C, and how ambitious mitigation efforts reshape global trade patterns. Alice Di Bella and Paola Rocchi (CMCC Foundation) examined the EU's Fit for 55 package and its interaction with trade fragmentation, with a focus on steel decarbonisation. Dimitris Fragkiadakis, Zoi Vrontisi, Nicolas Caballero, and Sakis Morfis (Ricardo/E3Modelling) looked at the EU Net-Zero Industry Act, assessing how it might reshape clean-technology manufacturing and trade across Europe.
The session offered a valuable opportunity to see ENTICE's research questions reflected in the wider conversation among environmental and resource economists.