Bachelor
2021/2022
2. Introduction to Green Economy and Energetics
Type:
Elective course
Area of studies:
Public Policy and Social Sciences
Delivered by:
Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs
When:
3 year, 1 module
Mode of studies:
offline
Open to:
students of one campus
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
4
Contact hours:
32
Course Syllabus
Abstract
Green Economy & Renewable Energy is a one-module course offered to the third-year students of all specializations. The course purports to introduce the students to the basic concepts, policy instruments and international frameworks of green economies and renewable energy multi-disciplinary studies. The course is structured into the following units: sustainable development and key elements of green economy; innovative infrastructure of green economy; renewable energy sources (solar, wind, biomass, waste and etc.); sustainable cities (SDG #11). It describes enabling conditions for greening national economies, outlines principal opportunities and challenges in key sectors, especially in renewable and provides examples of international best practices in national strategies and planning to advance green economy & sustainability.
Learning Objectives
- The course aims at introducing the students to the basic concepts, policy instruments, and international frameworks of green economies and renewable energy multi-disciplinary studies.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Name and qualify the enabling conditions for greening national economies
- Outline the principal opportunities and challenges in key sectors, especially in renewable energy
- To assess and develop policies of sustainable development
- To determine, contrast, and reconcile economic objectives and environmental considerations
- To discuss the limitations of pure economic analysis in shaping environmental policy
- To quantify environmental hazards and assess the risks thereof
Course Contents
- Introduction. Key concepts of environmental economics
- Future environmental challenges: an overview. Ecological vs. environmental economics
- Economic analysis toolkit: environmental externalities. Common goods and public goods. Cost-benefit analysis.
- Economics of pollution control
- Energy economics. The Green transition
- World trade and the environment. Sustainable trade policies
- Innovative infrastructure of the green economy
- Sustainable cities and “green” urban development
Interim Assessment
- 2021/2022 1st module0.25 * Seminar participation + 0.25 * Midterm exam + 0.25 * Final exam + 0.25 * Pop-up quizzes
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- A course in environmental economics : theory, policy, and practice, Phaneuf, D. J., 2017
- Bjordal, J., Storelvmo, T., & Smith Jr, A. A. (2021). Quantifying uncertainty about global and regional economic impacts of climate change.
- Economics of the environment selected readings ed. by Robert N. Stavins. (2005).
- Encyclopedia of global environmental governance and politics, , 2017
- Environmental economics and sustainability, , 2017
- Environmental politics and policy, Rosenbaum, W. A., 2017
- Jonathan M. Harris, & Brian Roach. (2017). Environmental and Natural Resource Economics : A Contemporary Approach (Vol. 4th). Routledge.
- Thomas H. Tietenberg, & Lynne Lewis. (2018). Environmental and Natural Resource Economics: Vol. 11th edition. Routledge.
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Baumol, W. J. . (DE-588)119076209, (DE-627)283196637, (DE-576)160203570, aut. (1994). The theory of environmental policy William J. Baumol; Wallace E. Oates. With contributions by V. S. Bawa .
- Timothy C. Haab Ph.D, & John C. Whitehead. (2014). Environmental and Natural Resource Economics: An Encyclopedia. Greenwood.