2024 Faculty Courses School of Engineering Department of Industrial Engineering and Economics Graduate major in Industrial Engineering and Economics
Frontier of Environmental Economics and Policy Studies
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Industrial Engineering and Economics
- Instructor(s)
- Toshihiko Masui
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 1-2 Wed
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- IEE.B531
- Number of credits
- 200
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 3-4Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
Explain the mechanism of climate change and mitigation & adaptation policies, and introduce the countermeasures in Japan.
And assess the mitigation policies toward a low carbon society by using the general equilibrium model, and discuss the necessary countermeasures to avoid the climate change.
Course description and aims
Understand the roles of science and policy to solve the climate change issue. Then understand how the science can contribute to the environmental policies.
Through the programming of computable general equilibrium model, try to quantify the environmental policies, and assess the appropriate policies.
Keywords
Environmental policy, climate change, mitigation, policy and science, general equilibrium model
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Each class will be explained by using the related literatures. And through the presentation by students, the students will deepen the debate on the solution by environmental policies.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Science and policy on climate change | Understand the scientific knowledge on climate change |
| Class 2 | Model and policy to assess measures to prevent climate change | Explain the necessary climate mitigation policies and actions |
| Class 3 | General equilibrium model (1) Data | Develop the dataset necessary to computable general equilibrium model |
| Class 4 | Presentation 1: Description of characteristics of target area | Explain the characteristics of target area using the IO table |
| Class 5 | General equilibrium model (2) Behaviors of producer and consumer | Formulate the behaviors of producer and consumer【Programming Exercise】 |
| Class 6 | General equilibrium model (3) Theory | Understand theory of computable general equilibrium model |
| Class 7 | General equilibrium model (4) Simple model programming | Simulate computable general equilibrium model under the prepared dataset【Programming Exercise】 |
| Class 8 | General equilibrium model (5) Model extension | Understand the program of extended CGE model for energy and climate change【Programming Exercise】 |
| Class 9 | General equilibrium model (6) Assessment of mitigation actions | Assess the climate change mitigation policy using computable general equilibrium model【Programming Exercise】 |
| Class 10 | Presentation 2: Assessment of measures to achieve a decarbonized society (1) | Explore the measures to reduce the GHG emissions, and show how to change the model |
| Class 11 | Utilization of model to realize decarbonized society | Understand the model and its results to assess decarbonized society |
| Class 12 | Presentation 3: Assessment of measures to achieve a decarbonized society (2) | Evaluate climate mitigation actions based on the comments in the previous class |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
Since the topics cover very broad issues, the related literatures will be provided each time.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
The related literatures will be provided each time.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Periodical small report for each class (30%), presentation (40%) and final report (30%)
Related courses
- IEE.B530 ： Modeling of Global Environment and Economic Growth
Prerequisites
Students are desired to understand the basic knowledge on microeconomics and microeconomics.
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).
Prof. Toshihiko Masui (masui[at]nies.go.jp)
Office hours
Before and after the class, professor will stay in his/her office. Contact using email, because usually professor works at National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba.