Course: 10. Economics of Climate Change

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  Topic 1- Introduction to the Economics of Climate Change
  
  Topic 2 - Cost-Benefit Analysis of Climate Change
  
  Topic 2a - Ecological Footprints
  
  Topic 3 -The optimal level of contamination: the role of the market
  
  Topic 4 - Policies based on taxes and subsidies.
  
  Topic 5 - Negotiable emission permits
  
  Topic 6 - Economics of renewable and non-renewable resources
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Topic 1- Introduction to the Economics of Climate Change
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- Select activity Unequal impacts of climate change [video]
  
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Select topic Topic 2 - Cost-Benefit Analysis of Climate Change

Topic 2 - Cost-Benefit Analysis of Climate Change
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Topic 2a - Ecological Footprints
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- Select activity Fossil fuel subsidies cost Canadians a lot more money than the carbon tax (The Conversation)
  
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- Select activity Cutting Emissions Through Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform and Taxation [video]
  
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- Select activity Economic growth and renewable and non-renewable energy consumption: Evidence from the U.S. states
  
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Topic 1- Introduction to the Economics of Climate Change

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Topic 2 - Cost-Benefit Analysis of Climate Change

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Topic 2a - Ecological Footprints

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Topic 3 -The optimal level of contamination: the role of the market

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Topic 4 - Policies based on taxes and subsidies

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Topic 5 - Negotiable emission permits

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Topic 6 - Economics of renewable and non-renewable resources

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