Environment General Courses (ENVIRON)

graduate level, taught in Durham

298.83. Climate Change Economics and Policy. This course will explore the economic characteristics of the climate change problem, assess national and international policy design and implementation issues, and survey the economic tools necessary to evaluate climate change policies. The course will be discussion-oriented and will require a high-degree of participation by students in the classroom. The objectives of the course are to increase your comprehension of economic aspects of the climate change problem and to develop your ability to apply the tools of economic analysis to climate policy and the
responses of firms and households to it. Prerequisite: ENVIRON 270, or ENVIRON 298.80, or equivalent graduate-level course in environmental and resource economics, ECON 51 or equivalent, ENVIRON 210 or equivalent, and college-level calculus . Instructor: Newell. 3 units.