2010-2011 academic year: This course is not being offered this year.
Overview
This course provides an introduction to the issues surrounding
anthropogenic global climate change from an economic perspective. By
applying fundamental concepts from economics, the course will shed
light on how economic policies affecting energy consumption patterns,
trade, economic growth and development, and technological change may
drive our climate's future. The course begins with an overview of the
geophysical and technological background needed to discuss the climate
problem and available solutions. The main focus is on understanding
(1) market and non-market mechanisms behind the greenhouse gas
policies that can be enacted within and between national/local
economies, and (2) the controversies surrounding measurement of costs
and benefits of climate change and its abatement. Successful graduates
of the course should be able to understand the various arguments in the
academic and popular press on climate change policy.
Schedule: January - April 2009
Lecture: MWF 09:00-10:00 in Buchanan
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Discussion:
ECON 210 L1A M 5:00 PM-6:00 PM IBLC 196 Jessica Burley
ECON 210 L1B W 5:00 PM-6:00 PM IBLC 196 Jessica Burley
ECON 210 L1C F 5:00 PM-6:00 PM IBLC 196 Jessica Burley
ECON 210 L1D M 5:00 PM-6:00 PM IBLC 264 Shannon Milroy
ECON 210 L1E W 5:00 PM-6:00 PM IBLC 264 Shannon Milroy
ECON 210 L1F F 5:00 PM-6:00 PM IBLC 264 Shannon Milroy
ECON 210 L1G M 5:00 PM-6:00 PM IBLC 460 Ron Chan
ECON 210 L1H W 5:00 PM-6:00 PM IBLC 460 Ron Chan
ECON 210 L1J F 5:00 PM-6:00 PM IBLC 460 Ron Chan
You can use the appropriate email from the following to contact your TA:
climateecon+L1A@gmail.com
climateecon+L1B@gmail.com
climateecon+L1C@gmail.com
climateecon+L1D@gmail.com
climateecon+L1E@gmail.com
climateecon+L1F@gmail.com
climateecon+L1G@gmail.com
climateecon+L1H@gmail.com
climateecon+L1J@gmail.com
Contacts
Jessica Burley
jessica.econ210@gmail.com
Office hours: 3:30 - 4:30 on Wednesdays
Auditorium annex, room 148.
Shannon Milroy
shannonecon101@gmail.com
Office hours: 10:30-11:30 on tuesdays.
Auditorium Annex rm. 148.
Ron HS Chan
ronzz.chan@gmail.com
Office hours: 1:00-2:00 on Tuesdays.
Auditorium Annex Rm 148.
Discussion sections are named L1A, L1B, L1C, L1D, L1E, L1F, L1G, L1H,
L1J. For electronic submission of homework,
always use the following format for the subject heading:
Subject: Student Number : Name : Assignment number
and send
your work to:
climateecon+yoursection@gmail.com
For instance, for section L1A, use:
climateecon+L1A@gmail.com
Registration
Sign up in the normal way, using the SSC online, for Econ
210.
The course prerequisites are Econ 101 and Econ 102. If you believe you
should be able to waive one of these, you will need to have an
exceptionally good case and will need to make it to me in person. That
said, I very much welcome students from other disciplines than
straight economics. My own background is multidisciplinary.
Text books
There will be two required texts, supplemented heavily with other
readings available to UBC students online. In addition, the purchase
of a personalised iClicker classroom transmitter is required.
