Sustainability Economics: Energy and Environment in the Modern World

Catalog description

This course explores the connection between the modern energy sectors and environmental policies focusing on sustainable economic outcomes. Students engage with the concept of sustainability from an economic perspective. Students learn the current trends affecting energy sectors and how these trends impact sustainable environmental targets. Key environmental policies related to energy sectors are understood with respect to their economic benefits and costs. The critical, two-way interactions between sustainable energy sector outcomes and environmental policies are explored.