Learning Outcomes:
On completion of this course, the successful student should, inter alia, be able to:
- Have an appreciation of economic thinking and how this can inform environmental policy decisions
- Understand the economic approach to analysing why environmental problems occur
- Understand the logic behind economic environmental policies such as the carbon tax
- Be aware of behavioural economic policy instruments towards environmental problems
- Be aware of the tools available to assess the costs and benefits of policies
- Appreciate the strengths and the limits of the approaches of contemporary Environmental Economics in addressing current challenges
- Contribute meaningfully to group and class activities, demonstrating the ability to engage with peers in collaborative learning environments
- Demonstrate the ability to complete assessments independently, without the use of generative AI or automated tools, in accordance with academic integrity policies.
-Demonstrate the ability to manage time and meet deadlines by submitting work in accordance with module requirements, including assignment criteria, institutional policies, and correct use of referencing formats
Indicative Module Content:
- Key economic concepts
- Introduction to Environmental Economics
- Market Failures; Why Environmental Problems Occur
- Overcoming Market Failures; Environmental Economic Policy Design
- Evaluating Projects and Policies
- Behavioural Environmental Economics and Nudging
- The place of approaches from environmental economics in transitions and transformations