
Economics of Climate Change and Carbon Markets - ECON5128
Faculty: Australian School of Business
School: School of Economics
Course Outline: ECON5128 Course outline
Campus: Kensington Campus
Career: Postgraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
Enrolment Requirements:
Prerequisite: ECON5103 or ECON5125
CSS Contribution Charge: 2 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
The objectives of this course will be to provide students with:
• an understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of the economic approach to mitigation of climate change;
• a knowledge of how to undertake an economic appraisal of projects designed to mitigate emissions of greenhouse gases such as the Clean Development Mechanism;
• an understanding of the economic arguments as to the relative merits of alternative instruments for the control of climate change.