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\nThis multi-disciplinary five-day course provides an in-depth overview of the economics and governance of climate change, and the risks and opportunities they present for a range of organisations.<\/p>\n
\nThis multi-disciplinary five-day course provides an in-depth overview of the economics and governance of climate change, and the risks and opportunities they present for a range of organisations.<\/p>\n
The course begins with an intensive introduction to climate change as a scientific and particularly as a social scientific issue, intended to bring students up-to-speed with the key concepts. The scientific evidence on climate change will be outlined and well-known controversies will be covered. Then the key concepts of climate-change economics and governance will be introduced, such as market failure, pricing carbon, and the tragedy of the commons.<\/p>\n
Climate-change mitigation:<\/strong> the relationship between economic growth, competitiveness and carbon emissions; technologies to reduce emissions and their costs; policy instruments, including emissions trading and carbon markets.<\/p>\n Adaptation:<\/strong> using information from climate models and science to adapt to climate change; understanding vulnerability and resilience to climate change, including the links between adaptation, economic growth and poverty reduction; the role of public policy in promoting adaptation, including financing adaptation.<\/p>\n Politics, governance and institutional development:<\/strong> the international institutional architecture for climate change; international law; political bargaining at the international and national levels; policy-making and policy implementation by governments, non-governmental organisations, businesses and communities.<\/p>\n Risks and opportunities:<\/strong> the risks and opportunities created by climate change for different organisations.<\/p>\n This multi-disciplinary five-day course provides an in-depth overview of the economics and governance of climate change, and the risks and opportunities they present for a range of organisations.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":29334,"template":"","tags":[174,192,289,425],"event-type":[290],"topic_area":[4704],"class_list":["post-20653","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-adaptation","tag-economics","tag-governance","tag-mitigation","event-type-lse-executive-education-courses","topic_area-governance"],"acf":{"exclude_from_sync":{"ref_value":"field_560538b0e7350","value":"0","type":false,"post_type":""},"start_date":{"ref_value":"field_52f56b18a98ba","value":"20180611","type":false,"post_type":""},"start_time":{"ref_value":"field_52f56b33a98bb","value":"","type":false,"post_type":""},"end_date":{"ref_value":"field_52f56bb58f239","value":"20180615","type":false,"post_type":""},"end_time":{"ref_value":"field_52f56bd38f23a","value":"","type":false,"post_type":""},"event_venue":{"ref_value":"field_531c65c575d35","value":"London School of Economics, London, UK","type":false,"post_type":""},"external_speaker":{"ref_value":"field_5374dcb208782","value":"","type":false,"post_type":""},"eventbrite_link":{"ref_value":"field_52f59e0b20728","value":"","type":false,"post_type":""},"location":{"ref_value":"field_559cf9dc612b6","value":"a:3:{s:7:\"address\";s:31:\"London WC2A 2AE, United Kingdom\";s:3:\"lat\";s:10:\"51.5139664\";s:3:\"lng\";s:20:\"-0.11673229999996693\";}","type":"array","post_type":""},"rss_newsletter":{"ref_value":"field_54f5c2c1544d8","value":"","type":false,"post_type":""},"profile_link":{"ref_value":"field_52f164b5189e9","value":["simon-dietz","samuel-fankhauser","david-stainforth"],"type":"relationship","post_type":"profile"},"spotlight":{"ref_value":"field_52f80896506d3","value":"","type":false,"post_type":""}},"yoast_head":"\nThis executive course is suitable for:<\/h2>\n
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