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- Code:
- YET-214
- Field:
- Environmental Economics
- Target:
- Bachelor's students
- Organiser:
- University of Helsinki - Environmental Economics
- Instructor:
- Lassi Ahlvik
- Period:
- Period 4
- Format:
- Lecture
- Method:
- Contact teaching
- Venue:
- Viikki campus
- Enrollment:
In case of conflicting information consider the Sisu/Course/Moodle pages the primary source of information.
Aalto and Hanken economics students can enroll in their home university’s SISU! Further instructions can be found on the How to enroll page, also for other students.
Before taking and completing the course make sure that the credits can be counted towards your degree at your home university by checking which courses are included in your curriculum or by contacting your home university’s student/learning services.
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Content
The course provides a comprehensive economic approach to climate change: its origins, links to climate science, tasks of mitigation and adaptation, links to forestry and land use sector and economic instruments needed for both goals. Topics studied in the course include: National and EU-level decision making, international cooperation, role of the private sector, climate change mitigation and adaptatin and economic instruments.
Learning outcomes
Upon completing this course, the students will understand how climate change is linked to human decisions and the incentives provided by the market. They are able to analyze roles of energy production, land-use, land change and forestry. They know how to assess and use economic instruments related to climate change mitigation and adaptation.