Global economy is suffering a major resource curse challenge which requires a deeper exploration,expermintation and sustainable solutions. On December 3,2021 School of Finance and Economics, Jiangsu University, China took an initiative to address global challenge while collaborating with University of Banja Luka and Lahore School of Economics to have research based on theoretical and empirical papers and case studies addressing economic questions related to natural resources and the environment. This forum aims to recognize the boundaries of environmental and resource economics that are subjective and evolving, but topics of interest include:Environmental policy design and instrument choice;Nonmarket valuation methods and their application to new, policy-relevant settings;Environmental behavior of firms, government officials and agencies, nonprofit organizations, households, or individuals;Renewable and non-renewable resource management and policy such as the economics of fisheries, forestry and fossil fuels;Climate change and Environmental Finance Topics at the intersection of environmental and resource economics and development economics, energy economics, industrial organization, urban economics, transport economics, health economics, or agricultural economics.