Climate Change Economics (L1078)

15 credits, Level 6

Autumn teaching

On this module, you’ll explore the economics of anthropogenic climate change and climate policy.

Key topics include:

• the science of climate change
• emission scenarios and abatement options
• costs of emission reduction
• policy instruments for reducing emissions
• impacts of and adaptation to climate change
• optimal climate policy.

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 150 hours of work. This breaks down into about 33 hours of contact time and about 117 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2021/22. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.