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Positive Externalities (Application Videos)

Level:
A-Level, IB Diploma
Board:
AQA, Edexcel, Eduqas, IB, OCR, WJEC

Last updated 17 Mar 2019

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Here are some super short video examples of positive externalities in action!

A big hat tip in particular to Erik Solheim whose twitter account is pure gold dust for video clips of environmental policy in action!

Economic and social benefits of vaccination

Teaching Vaccine Economics Everywhere

Measures to reduce deforestation

Why is Africa building a Great Green Wall

Investment to address the loss of bees

Farmland Actions to Help Pollinators
Morocco turns the Sahara desert into a solar energy oasis

Positive externalities from research

nside the Lab That Could Solve the World's Plastics Problem
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