Introduction
Financing of environmental concerns, such as climate change, is an increasingly important aspect of the international policy agenda. This unit covers the different types of economic and financial instruments relevant to current and proposed markets in ecosystem services. It includes the theory and application of market-based instrument to manage natural resources, as well as debt, equity and derivative markets to ecosystem and environmental risk securitisation. The unit will test your thinking and application of a variety of economic and financial knowledge to the financing and development of markets for ecosystem services.
Summary 2021
Unit name | Environmental Finance |
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Unit code | BEA704 |
Credit points | 12.5 |
Faculty/School | College of Business & Economics Tasmanian School of Business and Economics |
Discipline | Economics and Finance |
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Level | Postgraduate |
Available as student elective? | No |
Breadth Unit? | No |
Availability
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Teaching
Teaching Pattern | This unit is taught entirely online. |
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Assessment | Please check the unit outline for details. |
Timetable | View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable |
Textbooks
Required | Please check the unit outline for details. |
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