Revision: Climate Change Policies

Saturday, May 10, 2008
by Geoff Riley

A brief revision PowerPoint used in a lesson on climate change policies .... I kept the analysis diagrams outside of the presentation

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Al Gore’s new presentation

Saturday, April 12, 2008
by Geoff Riley

In Al Gore’s brand-new slideshow he presents evidence that the pace of climate change may be even worse than scientists were recently predicting - previewed here on Ted. Clearly a work in progress and heavy on rhetoric but a taste of his follow on presentation from An Inconvenient Truth.

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Interrelated markets and climate change

Monday, March 24, 2008
by Andrew Threadgould

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An article in The Times recently explored the economic implications of reducing demand for oil and energy in the West.

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Fragile Earth Gallery

Tuesday, March 18, 2008
by Geoff Riley

A picture tells a thousand words. The Guardian’s new Fragile Earth picture gallery provides some wonderful and often disturbing images of our fragile natural resource base and the impact of man on the environment. This could be a good resource to turn to when teaching environmental economics? The paperback version of Fragile Earth: What’s Happening to Our Planet? is now available from Amazon and other main street booksellers.

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