Economics of Environment: the Age of Constraints

Material

Autrices, auteurs & résumé
Par
Xavier Timbeau and Anissa Saumtally ;

Welcome to all, here are the material for the course.

NEWS AND REMINDERS

  • Link to the coursework signup sheet

  • Project BLEAK: Second Zoom meeting Friday March 20th at 15.00. Reach out to us for the link. Ideally have your topic ready for quick discussion.

  • Quiz 2 - March 26th 2026 at 8am Paris time

    • On Moodle, in class. Don’t forget your preferred device to type on (laptop or tablet) that can connect to the internet and is charged before coming to class. Our classroom has limited power outlets.
    • covers the lectures from Limits to human activity to A crash course in Climate change (1)
  • Book Reviews: Due on Moodle by May 11th 23.00 Paris time. Moodle upload space will be live on March 19th

1 Teachers

Xavier Timbeau, 320, (xavier.timbeau@sciencespo.fr)

Anissa Saumtally, 352, TA, (anissa.saumtally@sciencespo.fr)

Class is 373-374, today CO2 ppm is 427.09 (Mauna Loa Observatory), Carbon budget for 1.5°C is nearly exhausted.

2 Syllabus

Description of the course, the prerequisite, evaluation and a summarized bibliography.

3 Slides for 2026

➠ current slide set is « Limits to Human Activity »

4 Project Bleak

Porject Bleak (Botched Legislation for the Earth : Assesment and Knowledge) is a collaborative project, using individual or group assigment

5 References

6 Archives

6.1 PPTX 2024 slides