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http://athene.umb.no/emner/ECN372/ |
| ECN372 |
Climate and Environmental Economics |
| Course responsible |
Eirik Romstad |
IØR |
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| Number of credits allocated |
10.0 |
| Language |
English if required |
| Limits for class size |
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| Semester/trimester |
| August block |
Autumn parallel |
January block |
Spring parallel |
June block |
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| Teachers |
E. Romstad, A. Angelsen, S. Navrud, O. Bergland |
| Type of course |
28-30 hours |
| Compulsory educational activities |
Hand-ins. Seminars with presentations. |
| Reduction of credits for overlapping courses |
ECN370: 10 credits. |
| Prerequisites |
ECN 210 or an equivalent course in microeconomics |
| Recommended prerequisites |
ECN 371 or an equivalent course in environmental regulation; and ECN170 (or ECN270) and ECN271 or equivalent courses in introductory environmental and resource economics and cost-benefit analysis/project evaluation. |
| Exam |
M |
| Assessment methods |
Oral exam counts 100% of the grade. The students must have passed on all hand-ins. |
| Grading |
A-F |
| Nominal workload |
300 hours. |
| Course frequency |
Annually |
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| Teaching methods |
Lectures including guest lecturers and seminars |
| Teaching support |
Seminars |
| Examiner |
External Examiner for the oral examination. |
| Entrance requirements |
Minimum requirements for entrance to higher education in Norway (generell studiekompetanse)
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| Objective of course |
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The course will give the students a theoretical overview, using environmental economics and game theory, and learn them to apply this to current international negotiations and national policy discussions. The aim is to show how economic tools yield insights into the current debate, and can also be used to assess different options being discussed. While the combination of theoretical overview and application is focussed on the climate issues, the integrative part of the course will also be useful to many other environmental issues. |
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| Course contents |
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The course consists of two main parts:
i) GLOBAL CLIMATE REGIME AND NEGOTIATIONS
Here we will provide the background to understand the global climate negotiations, and also to assess the different options currently being discussed in the UNFCCC process , leading up to the main climate meeting (COP15) in Copenhagen in December 2009. Topics include:
- the science of climate change, how to value the future and deal with risk?
- main principles for a global climate regime: tradable emission quotas or a global carbon tax?
- what is a fair distribution of quotas (distribution of costs and benefits) between countries?
- how much should rich countries pay for emissions reduction in developing countries, and how much should developing countries bring to an agreement?
- What is the climate game? What happening at the negotiation table and in the corridors?
- what is Norway's role?
- how to assess the economic costs of climate change
ii) NATIONAL POLICIES AND IMPLEMENTATION
- what policies are available for implementing climate targets in
Norway?
- can technological development solve the problem?
- what co-benefits can greenhouse gas emission reductions produce?
- policies for implementing Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD) in developing countries |
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| Last updated |
2011-04-15 |
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