Course 1: Economics of cooperation: The case of climate change

Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH)

 

Course Leader:

• Gunnar S. Eskeland, Professor, Environmental and Climate Economics, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH)

Guest Course Leaders:

• Helge Drange, Professor of Oceanography, University of Bergen and  Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research
• Rognvaldur Hannesson, Professor, Department of Social Economics, NHH
• Leif Sandal, Professor, Department of Finance and Management Science, NHH

Short Course description:

Climate change can be thought of as the ‘ultimate’ environmental challenge: The benefits of reducing greenhouse gas emissions will be shared globally by the world’s rich and poor nations, by present and future generations. Reaping these benefits requires efforts and sacrifices today.

The course aims to give students a firm grasp of what this challenge represents, in order to be analysed as a problem of cooperation. It is centered on economics as a methodology and will use simple mathematical tools to formalize thinking.

 

For full course description and syllabus: Click here (PDF)