9th Conference on Econometric Models of Climate Change (EMCC)

The 9th Conference on Econometric Models of Climate Change (EMCC) will take place at the Hotel Grand Pacific in Victoria, hosted by the University of Victoria (UVic) on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, on August 27th – 28th 2025.

The conference brings together economists, econometricians, climate scientists, statisticians, and policy researchers to improve our understanding of climate change, its impacts, and effective policy solutions. The EMCC conference series was established in 2016 and has been supported by themed issues of the Journal of Econometrics, Energy Economics, and Advances in Econometrics. Previous iterations of the conference are linked here.

The 9th EMCC conference is generously supported by the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions, a Connections grant from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada, as well as the UVic Department of Economics, and Faculty of Social Science.

Registration

Please register for the conference by June 20, 2025: https://forms.gle/YMem4vvDBbXTH8Ns6. There is no conference registration fee thanks to generous financial support from the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions, the Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Canada, and the University of Victoria.

We welcome colleagues who aren’t presenting to join us, however, because capacity is limited, priority will be given to presenters and co-authors on accepted papers. Non-presenter registrations will remain open on a first-come, first-served basis until capacity is reached.  

Travel Support

Thanks to generous financial support from the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions, the Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Canada, and the University of Victoria, we are able to cover the hotel costs (3 nights, Aug 26-29) for a small number of participants who otherwise would be unable to attend. Please complete this travel grant form by May 20, 2025 if you would like to be considered for this grant: https://forms.gle/ysoNUtHN2PaJJ4UKA

Conference organisers:

2025 Location – Hotel Grand Pacific, Victoria BC, hosted by the University of Victoria (UVic)

The conference will take place at the Hotel Grand Pacific in downtown Victoria, British Columbia and is hosted by the University of Victoria. The Hotel Grand Pacific is conveniently located in the heart of Victoria, close to the floatplane terminal.

Accommodation

The conference Hotel Grand Pacific is offering a discounted conference rate (while supply lasts, booking to be made before July 15, 2025). If you would like to reserve a room under the conference rate, then the booking can only be made by emailing or calling the hotel directly. Please contact the reservations department directly at 1-800-663-7550 or by email at reserve@hotelgrandpacific.com, quoting the “UVic EMCC Conference” rate or code “AUG25EMCC1“

If the conference rate is no longer available or you prefer to stay at a different hotel, there are numerous options within walking distance in downtown Victoria. A few examples are listed here (though there are many more):

Travel Information

The simplest way to reach Victoria is to fly into Victoria International airport (YYJ):

  • Victoria International Airport (YYJ) has multiple daily flights from multiple destinations in Canada and Seattle. The airport is located approx. 30min by taxi from downtown Victoria.

For slightly longer (but perhaps more scenic) journey you can also fly into Vancouver (YVR) and then either take a ferry or floatplane:

  • BC Ferries provides regular ferry service from Tsawwassen (30min taxi from YVR) to Swartz Bay on Vancouver Island (40min taxi from downtown Victoria).
  • Harbour Air floatplanes fly from YVR South (around 10 min taxi from YVR) directly to Victoria Harbour (10min walk to conference hotel).

Call For Papers – Now Closed.

The call for papers is now closed.

We seek paper submissions that employ new econometric and statistical methods to understand socio-economic or environmental climate impacts, climate processes, climate policy, or climate finance. Papers that present challenges in climate science where statistical methods provide analytical insights, are especially welcome. We also encourage submitters to the IJF special issue on forecasting to present their papers.

UVic is located in Victoria on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, on the traditional territory of the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Songhees and Esquimalt) Peoples.

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