Apple users running MacOSX 10.4 or later must install Microsoft's Silverlight software in order to view the streaming videos. Once installed, restart your browser before viewing. Silverlight 4.0 intel (14MB) | Silverlight 1.0 ppc (5MB) WATCH AND LISTEN under 10 minutes longer Entrepreneurial Opportunity in a Carbon-Constrained World Thomas J. Dean, Department of Management, Colorado State University While some think protecting our environment comes at an economic cost, this video shows it as an entrepreneur's opportunity. How can we capture the power of entrepreneurship to build a sustainable world? Why will this convergence happen and what are some companies doing already? (20 minutes, January 2008) Climate Change Challenges and Business Adaptations John Grant, Department of Management, University of Northern Colorado How can your expectations change businesses? With more customers and shareholders concerned about social and environmental performance, the ways in which companies are assessed are also changing. This video covers the historical record, societal expectations, market failures, triple bottom line assessments, and cases of positive examples. (29 minutes, November 2007) The Economics of Climate Change Charles Kolstad, Department of Economics, University of California, Santa Barbara When it comes to climate change, is the economy the problem or part of the solution? Economist Kolstad dives into this question, considering the social choices of economists; the costs, benefits, and risks of action and inaction; cap and trade policies; and some economic solutions. (90 minutes, November 2008) READ books Climate Change: What's Your Business Strategy? Andrew J. Hoffman and John G. Woody. Boston: Harvard Press, 2008 This short, lucid book (part of Harvard Business School's "Memo to the CEO" series) is full of useful and interesting information about what businesses are, can be, and should be doing about the impacts of climate change on their operations and potentials. "Don't think about climate change as an environmental issue; think of it as a market issue," the authors suggest, and then go on to describe in practical and concrete terms what business leaders need to know and think about. articles & essays Carbon Tax V. Cap-and-Trade: Which is Better? Grantham Research Institute, The Guardian, January 2013 This short, clear explanation of these two options is part of this newspaper's "ultimate climate change FAQ" series. The Economics of Climate Change: A Primer U.S. Congressional Budget Office, 2003 In some fifty pages of very readable text and figures, plus extensive notes and sources, the CBO lays out in a clear language the basics of thinking about climate change in terms of economics and associated policy. The Secret to Solar Power Jeff Himmelman, New York Times, August 2012 Entertaining and informative piece about the significant financial benefits of solar power (especially leased), both for individuals and for companies, and how this plus is sometimes obscured by the industry's lingering image as "idealistic." Why the Global Warming Skeptics Are Wrong William D. Nordhaus, New York Review of Books, March 22, 2012 Straightforward refutation of the six main points made by skeptics in the Wall Street Journal, written by an economist from Yale whose work they misunderstand and distort. Capitalism vs. the Climate Naomi Klein, The Nation, November 2011 A compelling, thorough, well-argued challenge to the notion that capitalism in its current form can produce a successful and humane response to climate change. Set in two opposing contexts: the influential views of climate deniers, who fear an attack on capitalism and benefit from today's business as usual; and those in sympathy with the Fall 2011 Occupy Wall Street movement, who want a more compassionate, sustainable alternative. A New American Environmentalism and the New Economy James Gustave Speth, 2010, 17 pp (plus additional materials) Clear-eyed, grounded, and visionary talk by a distinguished thinker (and achiever) about how our future wellbeing depends on our inventing new versions of environmentalism, economy, economics, and politics. A key articulation of some central principles of sustainability. As Global Temps Rise, More Companies Begin Adapting to a Warmer World Michael Coren, Yale Climate Media Forum, July 2011 Interesting article about the ways major global companies are taking climate change seriously and incorporating its effects into their business plans. Good links to sources. Building a Green Economy Paul Krugman, New York Times Magazine, April 11, 2010 A lucid, thorough, balanced overview of current ideas about the economics of various ways of lessening the impacts of climate change, along with a well-argued position on the subject from the winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize for Economics. websites Climate Change Economics This site offers basic economics guidance on cap and trade programs, mitigation and adaptation, cost-benefit analysis, discounting the future, equity as efficiency, pricing non-market goods, and risk and uncertainty-as well as sections on lessons from experience, tools for legislators, and many links to web resources and articles. Useful both for nonspecialists and for teachers and students of economics. TEACH classes resources An Introduction to the Economics of Climate Change Policy John P. Weyant (prepared for the Pew Center on Global Climate Change), July 2000 A comprehensive overview of factors used in computer modeling of climate change economics, focused on the reasons model results are so varied. Nonspecialist readers will find these 46 pages challenging but educational; specialist teachers and students should find in them a very useful account of key issues in the field.