The course covers current resource and sustainability economics, including ethical foundations of sustainability, intertemporal optimisation in capital-resource economies, sustainable use of non-renewable and renewable resources, pollution dynamics, population growth, and sectoral heterogeneity. A final part is on empirical contributions, e.g. the resource curse, energy prices, and the EKC.

This course presents an economic perspective and core tools relevant to the private and public management of sustainability. Covered topics include how to define and measure sustainability, dynamic systems, core trade-offs, and essential tools for both business and policy, such as how to quantify consumer demand for sustainability. Applications include climate, energy, and biodiversity.