Economics
Climate Change Economics
Module code: L1078
Level 6
15 credits in autumn semester
Teaching method: Workshop, Lecture
Assessment modes: Computer based exam, Coursework
On this module, you’ll explore the economics of anthropogenic climate change and climate policy.
Key topics include:
- the science of climate change
- emission scenarios and abatement options
- costs of emission reduction
- policy instruments for reducing emissions
- impacts of and adaptation to climate change
- optimal climate policy.
Module learning outcomes
- Demonstrate a critical and systematic understanding of the economics of climate
- Deploy established economic analyses to study the problem of climate change and its solutions
- Systematically and realistically estimate the value of avoiding climate change or other exogenous events.
- Devise arguments from the perspectives of global and national social planners