Surviving the Catastrophe: Economic Perspectives on Technological Development at the Environmental Tipping Point

主讲人

Daigee Shaw 萧代基教授
Research Fellow, Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
President, Taiwan Association of Environmental and Resource Economists

 

内容提要：

At the environmental tipping point, any increase in the stock level of pollutants might lead to catastrophe; recently, there have been increasing signs of unsustainable development due to intensive human activities; meanwhile, innovation activities are increasingly costly, making it difficult to develop technologies crucial for sustainable development. We show that, in the presence of the high cost of innovation, economic growth might stagnate at the tipping point. Nevertheless, mitigating environmental problems during a period of stagnation may prevent catastrophe. Moreover, sustainability will be higher if governmental interventions divert resources from pursuing contemporary growth to intergenerational equity.

时间： 11月5日 （周三） 12:10- 14:00

地点： 北京大学国家发展研究院万众楼一楼小教室