Climate Economics and Energy Systems

The global energy and climate challenge requires identifying approaches to ensure people have access to the inexpensive and reliable energy critical for human development, without causing disruptive climate change or unduly compromising health and the environment. The course pairs technical and economic analysis to develop an understanding of policy challenges in this area. Topics will include the past, present, and future of energy supply and demand; global climate change; air pollution and its health consequences; selected energy technologies such as solar photovoltaics, nuclear power, and unconventional oil and gas; and an analysis of theoretical and practical policy solutions in developed and emerging economies.