A one week course on the 'Economics of Climate Change' in Cape Town, South Africa

UNU-WIDER in collaboration with the African Economics Research Consortium (AERC) will hold a one week course on the 'Economics of Climate Change' at the School of Economics, University of Cape Town, South Africa. African and international lecturers will introduce course participants to the main economic concerns surrounding climate change, as well as methods for conducting impact and vulnerability assessments. The Cape Town course is a continuation of a two-week online course conducted by UNU-WIDER and AERC in May 2011 entitled 'The Science of Climate Change and Biophysical Modeling'. Participants for these courses include 30 scholars from 17 African countries.

Media video presentations by course participants

Individual interviews with participants from the Project activity: UNU-WIDER in collaboration with the African Economics Research Consortium (AERC). A one week course on the 'Economics of Climate Change' in Cape Town, South Africa. These can be viewed on You Tube.

Terfa Williams Abraham, PhD student, Environmental Economics Unit, Dept. of Economics, University of Nigeria.

Kwabena Nkansah Darfor, Lecturer in Dept of Economics, University of Cape Coast, Ghana.

Nicia Giva, Agriculture Faculty, Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique.

Shalini Ramessur, Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Economics and Statistics/ Faculty of Humanities and Social Studies; University of Mauritius.

Jonathan Quartey, Head of Dept. of Economics/Lecturer and Researcher in Envir and Resources Economics,  Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana.

Please refer to the DUCC – Development under Climate Change project page for more information.