Economic implications of Supreme Court decision on GHG pricing for climate policy.
Dr. Andrew Leach will preview current research on what economists should take away from the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision on the greenhouse gas pollution pricing legislation and the road ahead for climate policy.
September 15, 2021 | Virtual | Noon - 1:00 pm
Speaker:
Dr. Andrew Leach is an energy and environmental economist and is Associate Professor at the Alberta School of Business at the University of Alberta. He has a Ph.D. in Economics from Queen’s University, and a B.Sc (Environmental Sciences) and M.A. (Economics) from the University of Guelph and recently completed an L.L.M. from the Faculty of Law at the University of Alberta which will be conferred in 2021.
His research spans energy and environmental economics with a particular interest in climate change policies and the law. Outside of work hours, his free time is spent with his two kids, Will (13) and Caroline (11), as well as cycling and arguing on Twitter.