Environmental Economics
Task Force Chairs
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Robert Deacon
Professor
University of California Santa Barbara
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Ramon Lopez
Professor of Economics
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
University of Maryland at College Park
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Michael A. Toman
Adjunct Faculty Member
Nitze School of Advanced International Studies
Johns Hopkins University
Economic growth in developing countries has long been associated with large-scale environmental degradation. Governments trying to achieve growth have too often under-invested in public goods and failed to impose the environmental regulations necessary to prevent encroachment and exploitation of ecosystems. These failures have pointed to market failures such as lack of capacity and information, but powerful political economy motivations are an important underlying factor. IPD’s Environmental Economics Task Force focuses on the basic principles and policies for sustainable development, the macroeconomics of sustainability, and issues of sustainable development and international environmental management.
Upcoming Events
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No upcoming events currently
Past Events
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Sharing the Burden of Saving the Planet: Global Social Justice for Sustainable Development
06/01/08 Speech
Istanbul, Turkey
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Creating Sustainable Business Districts
02/14/08 Speech
Paris, France
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The Global Economics and Politics of Climate Change
08/01/07 Speech
Jakarta, Indonesia
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A Post-Kyoto Agenda for Addressing Global Warming
07/04/06 Speech
Kyoto, Japan
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Environmental Economics Task Force Meeting, New York 2003
10/10/03 - 10/11/03 Meeting
New York City, New York, United States
Latest Publications
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Overcoming the Copenhagen Failure with Flexible Commitments
07/12/17 Network Paper
Joseph Stiglitz
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Report of the High-Level Commission on Carbon Prices
07/12/17 Policy Brief
Harald Winkler, P.R. Shukla, Elisabeth Moyer, Mari Pangestu, Adele Morris, Geoffrey Heal, Gaël Giraud, Emilio Lèbre la Rovere, Youba Sokona, Nicholas Stern, Joseph Stiglitz, Maosheng Duan, Ottmar Edenhofer
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Rich Nations Must Take the Lead in a Clean-Energy Revolution
06/19/12 Link
José Antonio Ocampo
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Financing Renewable Energy in Developing Countries
05/17/12 Working Paper
Stephany Griffith-Jones, José Antonio Ocampo, Stephen Spratt
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The Transition to a Green Economy
03/09/11 Network Paper
José Antonio Ocampo
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Sharing the Burden of Saving the Planet
05/22/08 Working Paper
Joseph Stiglitz