Title: Economics of Adaptation to Global Climate Change: Past Lessons and Future Strategies

Speaker: Jinhua Zhao, Michigan State University

Time: April 11th, 2019 10:00–11:30

Venue: Conference Room 106B, Zhonghui Building (IESR, JNU College of Economics)

About the speaker: 

Jinhua Zhao is a Professor at the Department of Economics and the Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics at Michigan State University. He is also the Director of the Environmental Science and Policy Program at Michigan State University, and a member of the Environmental Economics Advisory Committee of the US EPA Science Advisory Board. He was a co-editor of the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (JEEM), served on the editorial councils of JEEM and the Review of Development Economics, and now he is on the editorial committees of Annual Review of Resource Economics and Frontier of Economics in China. Professor Zhao conducts research in the broad area of environmental and resource economics, with special interests in global climate change, energy economics, technology adoption, dynamic decision making under uncertainty, and applied microeconomics in general. He has conducted research on climate change adaptation, international climate negotiations, emissions trading, soil carbon sequestration, renewable energies, and the long-run relationship between international trade and the environment. His publications have appeared in the International Economic Review, Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, and others.