Vietnam Symposium in Climate Transition 2025

8:00 - 8:30 (30min)

Registration & Coffee

Main Hall E

8:30 - 9:00 (30min)

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Main Hall E

9:00 - 10:00 (1h)

Policy Roundtable Discussion

Main Hall E

10:00 - 10:30 (30min)

Coffee break

Main Hall E

10:30 - 11:30 (1h)

Resource Adequacy in the Low Carbon Electricity Markets

Main Hall E

Prof. Derek Bunn

11:30 - 12:30 (1h)

Lunch Break

1st Floor Administrative Building

12:30 - 14:30 (2h)

B1.1 Sustainable Production and Consumption

E301

Lhuillery Stephane, Neoma Business School (France)

› Assessing climate change adaptation and mitigation potential of novel protein sources in Europe - Laura Malinauskaite, University of Iceland [Reykjavik], Matis ohf [Reykjavík] 12:30-14:30 (2h)

› Carbon Intensity of Renewable Fuels Pathways: Using Various CO₂ and H₂ Feedstocks, with a Focus on Methanol - Jeroen Dierickx, iDefossilise 12:30-14:30 (2h)

› The naturalness paradox: The impact of additive number used in food products on sales - stephane Lhuillery, Neoma Business School 12:30-14:30 (2h)

12:30 - 14:30 (2h)

B1.2 Behavioral finance/economics and its implications to climate transition

E302

Ben Balmford, University of Exeter (United Kingdom)

› Designing markets for bundled environmental goods - Ben Balmford, Economics Department, University of Exeter 12:30-14:30 (2h)

› Does managerial ability reduce ESG controversies? - Anis Samet, The American University of Sharjah 12:30-14:30 (2h)

› Warming Trend, Falling Forecasts? High Temperature and Analyst Performance - Mengmeng Guo, Nanjing Agricultural University 12:30-14:30 (2h)

› Signaling or Greenwashing? ESG Performance and the Narrative Tone of ESG Reports - Hanbee Lee, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology [Guangzhou] 12:30-14:30 (2h)

12:30 - 14:30 (2h)

B1.3 Circular economy

E303

Tay Nicholas S. P., University of San Francisco (United States)

› Risk Mitigation for Energy Transitions in Manufacturing Supply Chain: A Graph Theoretic Perspective - Sourabh Kumar, Indian Institute of Management Sambalpur 12:30-14:30 (2h)

› Sustainable Finance Within Planetary Boundaries: Policy, Markets, and Governance - Nicholas S. P. Tay, University of San Francisco 12:30-14:30 (2h)

› Asymmetric Impact of Country Size, Cleaner Energy, and Human Capital on Ecological Footprint: A Mediating Effect - Hemachandra Padhan, Indian Institute of Management Sambalpur, Sambalpur-768025 - Sujit Kumar Pruseth, Indian Institute of Management Sambalpur, Sambalpur-768025 - Ilham Haouas, Abu Dhabi University - Annmary Jose, Rajagiri Business School 12:30-14:30 (2h)

› The Impact of ICT on CO2 Emissions in MENA Energy-Exporting Countries: A Quantile and Wavelet Approach - Béchir Ben Lahouel, École de management Léonard de Vinci 12:30-14:30 (2h)

14:30 - 15:00 (30min)

Coffee break

Main Hall E

15:00 - 17:00 (2h)

B2.1 Environmental issues and climate change

E301

Phuong Ho, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (United States)

› AWARENESS AND ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOUR TOWARD CLIMATE CHANGE AMONG VIETNAMESE PEOPLE IN IMPLEMENTING THE NET ZERO 2050 COMMITMENT - Thi Lan Huong Hoang, National Economics University 15:00-17:00 (2h)

› Prosperity Under Threat, Climate Change and Forestry Firms - Alex Ng, Thompson Rivers University, Thompson Rivers University 15:00-17:00 (2h)

› Regulating Routine Flaring: Theory and Evidence - Phuong Ho, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 15:00-17:00 (2h)

› Market Integration and Climate Resilience: Evidence from Agricultural Wholesale Markets in China - Yu Jianyu, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics [Chengdu, China] 15:00-17:00 (2h)

15:00 - 17:00 (2h)

B2.2 Financial markets and climate transition

E302

Gabauer David, Lincoln University (New Zealand)

› Predicting the Conditional Distribution of Risk Aversion: The Role of Climate Risks in a Cross-Quantilogram Framework - David Gabauer, Lincoln University 15:00-17:00 (2h)

› Corporate Emissions Target Announcements: Credibility and Market Reaction - Shirley Lu, Harvard Business School 15:00-17:00 (2h)

› When Green Meets Digital: The Surprising Relationships Between Eco-Investments and Crypto Assets in Turbulent Times - Sasha Molchanov, Massey University 15:00-17:00 (2h)

› Climate Finance and Green Growth: The Influence of Democratic Governance in Recipient Countries - Trinh Hoang Anh Nguyen, Association of Vietnamese Scientists and Experts - Ngoc Thao Nguyen, Nottingham Trent University 15:00-17:00 (2h)

15:00 - 17:00 (2h)

B2.3 Low carbon technologies and innovation

E303

Baines Joseph, King‘s College London (United Kingdom)

› Does Corporate Production of AI Innovation Create Value? - Ambrus Kecskes, Schulich School of Business at York University 15:00-17:00 (2h)

› Green Innovation Spillover - Jasmine Jiali FANG, Massey University 15:00-17:00 (2h)

› Baines et al. 2025 - Tracing Austrian Corporate Footprints in the Global South: Data-Driven Due Diligence in Extractive Supply Chains - Joseph Baines, King‘s College London 15:01-17:00 (1h59)

19:00 - 21:00 (2h)

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