Spring 2027

Climate Change Economics and Policy

Examines climate change through applied economics, covering mitigation, adaptation, geo-engineering, integrated assessment, energy, and land use impacts for policy design.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 No instructors listed

Summary

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Past student reviews · Corbett Grainger

Grading relied almost entirely on exams that were straightforward if students completed discussion work, reviews, and read slides, alongside easy weekly canvas quizzes.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Understand why climate change arises due to a market failure.

  • Evaluate policies for reducing carbon emissions using economic concepts such as marginal costs and total welfare.

  • Explain the social, economic, and/or environmental dimensions of the sustainability challenge(s) of climate change.

  • Analyze the causes of and solutions for the sustainability challenge of climate change.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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AAE 246

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Professors

Spring 2027

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

CORBETT GRAINGER is recorded teaching in Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

THOMAS RUTHERFORD is recorded teaching in Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2015. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 500
DIS 301Classroom Instruction0 / 250
DIS 302Classroom Instruction0 / 250

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Corbett Grainger

Corbett Grainger taught this course with a focus on learning rather than grades, using real-life examples to explain complex statistical and mathematical concepts.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.65 GPA, 78.3% A/AB (n=23 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.56 GPA, 75.0% A/AB (n=48 letter grades); Spring 2026: 2.79 GPA, 34.6% A/AB (n=26 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Corbett Grainger

Grading relied almost entirely on exams that were straightforward if students completed discussion work, reviews, and read slides, alongside easy weekly canvas quizzes.

Past student reviews · Corbett Grainger

Students found Corbett funny and caring, noting the class was easy if they attended lectures and discussions, with minimal homework and simple exams.

Topics

  • Mitigation, adaptation, and geo-engineering economics
  • Integrated assessment
  • Environmental implications of energy use
  • Climate change impacts on land use
  • Market failure origins of climate change

Skills

  • Evaluate carbon emission reduction policies using marginal costs and total welfare
  • Apply economic analysis and modeling to public policy design
  • Analyze causes and solutions for climate change sustainability challenges

Grades

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Catalog & offerings

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Selected offering source records
AAE 246 · Spring 2027

Climate Change Economics and Policy

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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