SOCIAL SCIENCES ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS

Latin American and Caribbean Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
ALEAR is a professional organization in South America.
www.alear.org

Climate Change Research at Montana State University
Research on Economics of Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Mitigation.
www.climate.montana.edu

The Aspen Institute
An international organization working on environmental and economic concerns.
www.aspeninst.org

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei
Host of the Global Network of Environmental Economists, based in Trieste, Italy.
www.feem.it

Tempus-Project Caucasus
Introduction of Environmental Economics Studies in South Caucasus Region.
www.tempus-caucasus.net

Durable Economics
Essay about how we can use durability as a means of conservation with related links.
home.earthlink.net

Michael Alexander's Energy Economics Pages
Links to energy research, energy organizations, and environmental organizations.
www.leprechaun.com

Natural Resources and Environmental Economics links
Link collection accompanying the textbook "Natural Resources and Environmental Economics."
homepages.strath.ac.uk

Wuppertal Institute - Links
Links to both US and European programs related to environmental economics and business.
www.wupperinst.org

Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
AERE is an international scientific association in the field of environmental and resource economics
www.aere.org

Economics of Needs and Limits
An alternative theory of economic thought, based on human needs and natural limits, by Frank Rotering.
needsandlimits.org

Green Accounting Bibliography
A bibliography of articles, papers, and books on the topic of green and environmental accounting.
gwagner.com

European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
EAERE is an international scientific association in the field of environmental and natural resource economics.
www.eaere.org

Environmental Economics
Economists on environmental and natural resources: news, opinion, and analysis. Includes weblog/forum postings.
www.env-econ.net

Australia New Zealand Society for Ecological Economics
ANZSEE is an organization that encourages research on the integration of economics, ecology and related disciplines.
www.anzsee.org

Endogenous Preferences
Blog on interdisciplinary approaches to environmental policy with a focus on environmental economics and psychology.
blogit.helsinki.fi

Biodiversity Bibliography
Contains approximately 4000 references on various aspects of biodiversity and conservation. Compiled by Steve Polasky.
www.apec.umn.edu

Forum for Economics and the Environment
A non-aligned, informal group of individuals with an interest in economics and the environment in southern Africa.
www.econ4env.co.za

European Programm GENEDEC
Genedec aims at assessing the proposed decoupling of direct payments. Program description, papers, and contact information.
www.grignon.inra.fr

International Society for Ecological Economics
The ISEE aims to facilitate understanding between economists and ecologists and the integration of the two disciplines.
www.ecoeco.org

Tradable Permits Bibliography
General background and applications of tradable permits to air, fishing and other areas. Compiled by Tom Tietenberg.
www.colby.edu

Environmental Economics Program at Harvard University
A University-wide program engaged in research, teaching, and outreach efforts in environmental and natural resource economics.
www.ksg.harvard.edu

International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics
Lund University's research and education institute with focus on preventative environmental strategies and cleaner production.
www.iiiee.lu.se

Centre for Marine and Climate Research, Hamburg University
Multi-disciplinary research and education on human-induced environmental change, sponsored by Departments of Geosciences and Economics.
www.uni-hamburg.de

Garden Earth Enterprise
Center for the community of individuals and organizations committed to the economic and environmental solutions to global warming.
gardenearth.com

Emco2 Analyzer - GreenHouse Gas Emission Analyzer
Automated application produced by Anasoft, Inc. for collection and analysis of data for carbon dioxide emission (greenhouse gas emission).
www.anasoft.net

Environmental Valuation & Cost-Benefit Website
Assists in quantification of costs and benefits of environmental amenities and disamenities, offering surveys, links, glossaries, and news.
www.costbenefitanalysis.org

Centre for Environment, Social & Economic Research (CESER)
Independent, non-government and nonprofit organization that conducts research in the areas of ecological economics and ecological Statistics.
www.geocities.com

Studienbüro Jetzt & Morgen
Research and advice about changes, sustainability, and intergenerational issues connecting ecological, economic and social concerns.
www.sbjum.de

Ecological Economics at Malardalen University
Ecological Economics course, which aims at understanding the connections between environmental issues, economics and the development of society.
www.eki.mdh.se

European Society for Ecological Economics
Aims to foster transdisciplinary discourse and research among the social and natural sciences regarding problems of nature and the environment.
www.euroecolecon.org

Institute of Ecolonomics
Founded by Dennis Weaver, IOE is dedicated to sustainable living through educational programs, affordable housing, and environmental businesses.
www.ecolonomics.org

Green Energy News
Recent business, economic and technology developments in clean, efficient and renewable energy for transportation, industry, government and home.
www.nrglink.com

EDIRC (Economics Departments, Institutes and Research Centers)
A searchable index of international economics institutions with environmental programs, including Economics Departments, Institutes and Research Centers.
edirc.repec.org

Environmental Economics Unit University of Gothenburg
Program overview of teaching and research in environmental and natural resource economics at the EEU. Includes capacity building in developing countries.
www.handels.gu.se

Madras School of Economics
Post-graduate teaching center in Chennai, India. Includes details of current research into pollution control, toxic chemicals, and offshore ecology.
www.mse.ac.in

Energy Research at DOE: Was it Worth It? (NAS Study)
In this study, energy efficiency investments produced almost three times the net economic benefit of those made in fossil fuel technology. Available as book.
www.nap.edu

Resource Dimensions
Consultant firm specializing in complex environmental, land use, conservation, community development, energy and transportation issues, based in Gig Harbor, WA.
www.ecologicalecon.com

Interdisciplinary Environmental Assoc.
Brings together all disciplines so that understanding of environmental issues is enhanced through communication. Publishes the Interdisciplinary Environmental Review.
www.ieaonline.org

Oikos - Ecology Economics
Blog by David Jeffery discusses Australian and global environmental and economic issues in a way that’s accessible to people who are not economists nor ecologists.
www.greenomics.blogspot.com

Headwaters Economics
A high-tech nonprofit that offers a unique blend of economic research skills and on-the-ground experience based on over 15 years of work across the western US and Canada.
www.headwaterseconomics.org

Environmental Damage Valuation and Cost Benefit
Estimates the economic impacts of environment hazards and real estate projects. Sponsored by Damage Valuation Associates, which publishes empirical and regulatory developments.
envirovaluation.org

Green Economics
Based on the book entitled Designing the Green Economy: The Postindustrial Alternative to Corporate Globalization by Brian Milani. Includes book outline, essays, reviews and links.
www.greeneconomics.net

Ecological Economics and Sustainable Development Laboratory
Fostering interdisciplinary work involving ecologists and economists, bringing together natural scientists and social scientists. Department of Economics, University of Crete, Greece. In English and Greek.
www.soc.uoc.gr

Georgia State University Environmental Policy Program
Environmental Policy Program of the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies with programs featuring an environmental and experimental economics laboratory, water policy, ozone prevention, and scrap tires.
www.gsu.edu

Resources for the Future
A nonprofit and nonpartisan think tank located in Washington, DC that conducts independent research rooted primarily in economics and other social sciences on environmental and natural resource issues.
www.rff.org

Economics and Environmental Science
This is an educational site describing the field of environmental economics and the Ph.D. level training program in environmental economics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Links to additional resources are included.
www.ees.ucsb.edu

Resource Decisions Consulting
Practice focused on energy and environmental economics. Policy studies and impact analyses of natural resource development plans for public and private clients including utilities, water districts, and governmental agencies.
www.resourcedecisions.net

Australian National University Economics and Environment Network
EEN promotes collaboration, integration, innovation, learning and research in environmental, ecological and resource economics in the Australian National University. Provides information about seminars, papers, courses, researchers and additional links.
een.anu.edu.au

Main Street Economics
Economic consultants for resource and environmental issues. Pages on past performance, services offered, markets targeted, and employment opportunities. Targets the emerging market (private and government) for environmental economics applications.
www.mainstreeteconomics.com

Rocky Mountain Institute
Based on work by Amory and Hunter Lovins, this organization has a nonadversarial, transideological approach to helping businesses, communities, governments and individuals create more wealth in a life-sustaining manner, primarily by gains in efficiency.
www.rmi.org

Poverty Reduction and Environmental Management (PREM)
The Poverty Reduction and Environmental Management (PREM) program aims to deepen and broaden the exposure of economic researchers and policy advisors in developing countries to the theory and methods of natural resource management and environmental economics.
www.prem-online.org

Land Tenure Center
Interdisciplinary research and training programs focusing on legal, political, social, and economic institutions (markets, traditions, customs, rules, laws, and regulations) that affect equitable access to and sustainable use of land and other natural resources. At University of Wisconsin.
www.ies.wisc.edu

US EPA National Center for Environmental Economics
NCEE analyzes relationships between the economy, environmental health, and environmental pollution control. This includes: economic benefits and costs, economic incentives, size, composition, and effects of the pollution control industry, risk assessment data used in economic analyses.
yosemite1.epa.gov

Environmental Economics Programme of the International Institute for Environment and Development
The EEP promotes practical means of bringing environmental values into the market place in ways that benefit poor people and less developed countries. Includes evaluating the economic consequences of environmental change and finding ways to internalize environmental values in public policy and market behavior.
www.iied.org

Workgroup Energy Transport Environment
Applies economic theory to current policy issues. Downloadable working papers and project descriptions include an extensive portfolio of numerical partial and general equilibrium models for the assessment of transport, energy and environmental policies. Affiliated with the University Leuven, Belgium.
www.econ.kuleuven.be