Blum Center Faculty Speaker Series: Richard B. Norgaard: Debt of Nations and the Distribution of Ecological Impacts from Human Activities

Lecture | March 16 | 12-1 p.m. | 290 Hearst Memorial Mining Bldg.

Speaker/Performer: Richard B. Norgaard, Professor of Energy and Resources, University of California, Berkeley

Sponsor: Blum Center for Developing Economies

Speaking at a general level, Norgaard will draw on his work on "ecological debt" published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences last February where they showed that the rich nations have imposed climate damage costs on the poor nations far more than vice versa and that this is an issue that needs to be addressed for an equitable solution, or perhaps any global agreement on controlling greenhouse gases at all.

Richard B. Norgaard is Professor of Energy and Resources. He received his B.A. in economics from the University of California at Berkeley, M.S. in agricultural economics from Oregon State University, and Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago in 1971. Among the founders of the field of ecological economics, his recent research addresses how environmental problems challenge scientific understanding and the policy process, how ecologists and economists understand systems differently, and how globalization affects environmental governance. He has field experience in the Alaska, Brazil, California, and Vietnam with minor forays in other parts of the globe.

Event Contact: 510-642-4274

Document: The debt of nations and the distribution of ecological impacts from human activities