03'394 Contemporary Environmental Problems

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03.394 ContemporaryEnvironmental Problems

• Dr. Richard S.J. Tol
• Michael Otto Professor of Sustainability and
  Global Change
• Depts GeoSciences Economics

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Contact

• Troplowitzstrasse 7, Room 6114 (1st floor)
• Tel [phone]
• Email tol_at_dkrz.de
• Web-site http//www.unihamburg.de/
• Wiss/FB/15/Sustainability/
• courses.html or contemporary.html
• Im usually there on Mondays and Wednesdays

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Wahlpflichtfach Umweltökonomie

• WS ERE1 Environmental Resource Economics
• SS ERE2 Global Environmental Problems
• ERE4 Agriculture and the Environment
• Sem Issues in Environmental Economics
• WS Sem Contemporary Environmental Problems
• SS ERE3 Valuation Theory
• ERE4 Agriculture and the Environment
• Sem Issues in Environmental Economics

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Globale Zukunftsfragen

• A lecture series on sustainable development with
  high level speakers
• Topics include biodiversity, globalisation, food,
  population, energy, health, and water
• Every Thursday, ESB, 1700 ct 1900 (except
  this week and next ESC)
• There is also an essay and a research contest,
  with prices worth 15,000 Euro
• See http//www.globale-zukunft.de

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Rules of the Game

• Grade 25 paper, 25 presentation, 50 exam
  miss more than two lectures and youre out of the
  exam
• Exam 5 questions, of which you need to answer 4
  of your choice, but not the topic on which you
  wrote
• Introductions of 1x25 or 2x25 minutes, followed
  by questions and discussion
• Language German with a bit of English

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Paper grades

• The paper grade is 25 of the final grade
• Preliminary grades are on the web
• Grading
• 1 full understanding, original elements
• 2 full understanding, hard work
• 3 some lapses, adequate work
• 4 partial understanding, minimal work
• 5 misunderstanding, copying
• Oh my God, were at university