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Trade, Environment, and Natural Resources
Trade, Environment, and Natural Resources
Course description
This course provides a comprehensive approach to the complex relationship between trade, the environment and resources. It is divided into two parts. The first one examines the nexus between trade and the environment, while the second focuses on trade in natural resources. This course will help students understand some important and controversial issues related to climate change, trade and environmental policies.
Institution:
University of Orléans
Program:
M1 International Economics
Prerequisites
Knowledge of macroeconomics, econometrics, microeconomics, environmental and resource economics
Teaching language
English
Course structure
20 hours of lectures
10 hours of tutorials
Evaluation
Continuous hands-on exercises (50%)
Oral presentation (40%)
Slides content and clarity (25%)
Written summary (35%)
Final exam (50%)
Topics
Part 1: Trade and the Environment
International trade and the environment
International policies
Focus on climate change
Part 2: Trade and Resources
Introduction to the economics of mineral and natural resources
Trade and mineral resources
Trade in critical minerals
Instructors
Energy Management in a Globalized World
Energy Management in a Globalized World
Course description
This course provides a comprehensive approach of the complex relationship between trade and energy. It is divided into two parts with the first part examining the global energy problem and the second one explains trade in critical minerals. This course will help students understand some important and controversial issues related to energy transition, trade relations, and the management of critical minerals.
Institution
University of Orléans
Program:
M2 International Economics
Prerequisites
International, environmental and resource economics
Teaching language
English
Course structure
20 hours of lectures
Evaluation
Continuous hands-on exercises (50%)
Tutorials 30%
Presentations 20%
Final exam (50%)
Topics
Introduction: Energy supply and demand
Conventional energy and resource management
Renewable energy
Electricity markets
International energy and climate change policy
Energy transition and trade policy
Concepts, measurement and identification of critical minerals
Theoretical framework: Cartels, political economy, and rules
Trade in critical minerals and energy transition
Instructors
Critical Minerals: An Economic Perspective
Critical Minerals: An Economic Perspective
Course description
This course provides a comprehensive approach to understanding critical minerals. It first explains the importance of critical minerals in both the energy and digital transition. Then, it focuses on the criteria used to identify their criticality. Finally, the course presents the economic, social, and political implications of these minerals.
Institution
University of Orléans
Prerequisites
Macroeconomics and resource economics
Teaching language
English
Course structure
6 hours of lectures
Topics
What are critical minerals?
On the criticality of critical minerals.
Hoteling's rule.
The implications of critical minerals.
Instructor
Economics of Environmental Law
Economics of Environmental Law
Course description
This course examines the evaluation of different environmental policies, focusing on common methods in economics with a specific focus on evaluating effectiveness of environmental policies in terms of impact (environmental and economic) and the role of different economic drivers. In addition, it analyzes the implications of environmental regulations on the global economy, with a special focus on the impact of environmental provisions in trade agreements (including the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms) and environmental laws on trade and global value chains. It also sheds light on the cost of compliance.
Institution:
University of Hamburg
Program:
Master of Law and Economics in the Arab Region
Prerequisites
Knowledge of macroeconomics, microeconomics, international, environmental and resource economics
Teaching language
English
Course structure
20 hours of lectures
Evaluation
Final exam (100%)
Topics
Introduction to trade, GVC and environment
- Environmental Kuznet Cruve
- Pollution Haven vs. Porter Hypothesis
- Technique, scale and composition effects
Trade and environmental regulations
- National legislations
- International environmental treaties
- Regionalism, multilateralism and the environment
- Environmental provisions in preferential trade agreements
- WTO and the environment
Policy Evaluation
- Policy instruments
- Criteria for evaluation
Methods in Policy Evaluation
- Advantages and disadvantages
- Scope
- Application on different Environmental policies
Instructors
Nada Maamoun and Chahir Zaki
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