Environmental pollution and scarcity of resources continue to increase and intensify into serious conflicts. Environmental economics is at the forefront of the response to local, national and global environmental problems. As such, it has become an essential part of the thinking and actions of national and regional governments, international agencies, as well as the private sector and civil society. The module identifies and discusses the most important contemporary issues in environmental and resource economics, such as climate change and sustainable development. In doing so, the course provides an introduction to selected issues and methods in the field of environmental and resource economics, including theory, evidence and policy.
Schwerpunkte
Key aspects
- The global, regional and local economy from a sustainability perspective
- Pollution as a market failure
- Climate Change Economics
- Valuing the environment via stated and revealed preferences
Target knowledge
- Apply concepts from environmental economics to real life scenarios
- Identify and compare different policy and economic instruments such as taxes and subsidies in environmental management
- Discuss the principles and rationale for environmental valuation
- Use economic arguments to inform and discuss environmental policy proposals
Studieninformation
Dieses Modul wird auf Englisch durchgeführt.