Tag: soils and forests

Forests and Climate: Economics and Policy Issues

in Education Materials, ENVIRONMENTAL AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, Environmental Policy, launch, Publications, Teaching Modules

By Anne-Marie Codur, Jonathan M. Harris and Maliheh Birjandi Feriz Deforestation and degradation of forests and wetlands is a major contributor to climate change. At the same time, forests and other ecosystems have immense capacity to store carbon and to contribute to balancing global cycles of carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases. Policies to […]

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The Economics of Global Climate Change

in Economic Theory, Education Materials, ENVIRONMENTAL AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, Environmental Policy, Latest Stories, Publications, Publications by Topics, Teaching Modules

by Jonathan M. Harris, Brian Roach and Anne-Marie Codur This module, based on chapters 12 and 13 of Harris and Roach’s textbook, Environmental and Natural Resource Economics: A Contemporary Approach, discusses the scientific evidence on climate change, including recent projections on temperature and sea-level rise. It then evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of economic analysis of […]

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