Publication of the opening lecture by Prof. Dr. Thomas Sterner

Thomas Sterner

Environmental policy instruments

" The development of the global economy is coming up against multiple, intertwined planetary limits: global warming, loss of biodiversity, ocean acidification, depletion of natural resources, and so on. Taking responsibility for living in the Anthropocene means considering all natural resources and ecosystems from a sustainable development perspective. How can we choose the right economic instruments at local and international levels to manage the global economy without reaching critical ecological thresholds? "

Sterner T., Les instruments de la politique environnementale, Paris, Collège de France/Fayard, coll. " Leçons inaugurales du Collège de France ",^no. 257, April 2016, 80 p.

ISBN : 978-2-213-70078-6
Price : 10,20 €
Publication : April 20, 2016

Thomas Sterner is Professor of Environmental Economics at the University of Gothenburg and University Fellow of Resources for the Future (Washington). Recently appointed to the Swedish government's Climate Advisory Committee, he has also served as Chief Economist of the Environmental Defense Fund in the USA, President of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists and co-founder of The Environment for Development Initiative. He is visiting professor at the Collège de France's annual Sustainable Development Chair for the 2015-2016 academic year.