Economic Recovery post COVID-19
Economic Recovery post COVID-19 Reading: A policy brief by The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Policy and the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP), University of Leeds on the significance of carbon pricing for reducing carbon emissions in the context of post COVID-19 pandemic […]
Environmental Economics
Environmental Economics Reading A reading to learn about the economics of Earth’s environment and climate. Students will read and discuss topics on the economics of the environment. These topics include the different approaches used by economists to analyse environmental issues, various applications of economic theory to environmental issues, techniques for economic analysis of the environment, […]
Naomi Klein discusses ‘This Changes Everything’
Naomi Klein discusses ‘This Changes Everything’ Video A video by award-winning journalist, author and filmmaker, Naomi Klein, at the Cambridge Forum about her book titled, ‘This Changes Everything’. In this video, Naomi Klein summarizes her book and explains why she thinks that capitalism is the real cause for climate change. Students will learn how capitalism, […]
Economics and Global Climate Change
Economics and Global Climate Change Reading A reading to learn about the economic analysis of climate change, and various economic policies for climate change adaptation and mitigation. Students will read about and discuss topics on the economics of global climate change. These topics include trends and projections for global climate, cost-benefit studies of global climate […]
COVID-19 and CO2 emissions
COVID-19 and CO2 Emissions Teaching Module A webinar by Carbon Brief on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. The webinar includes discussions by the following climate scientist and analysts: Corinne Le Quéré,University of East Anglia, presented that CO2 released due to human activities fell by seventeen percent by April, […]
Environmental Economics: Cap-and-Trade
Environmental Economics: Cap-and-Trade Overview As an Undergraduate Economics teacher, you can use this set of computer-based tools to help you in teaching climate mitigation environmental policies and specifically about the cap-and-trade system. This lesson plan allows you to teach about economic policy responses to climate change. This lesson plan includes resources to explain various policy […]