Environmental economics

The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) is an international research organization located in Laxenburg, near Vienna, in Austria.

In economics, an externality is the cost or benefit that affects a party who did not choose to incur that cost or benefit.

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite statistic of life expectancy, education, and per capita income indicators, which are used to rank countries into four tiers of human development.

Land Economics is a peer-reviewed academic journal dedicated to the study of land use, natural resources, public utilities, housing, and urban land issues.

The pollution haven hypothesis posits that, when large industrialized nations seek to set up factories or offices abroad, they will often look for the cheapest option in terms of resources and labor that offers the land and material access they require.

The Review of Environmental Economics and Policy (REEP) is a peer-reviewed journal of environmental economics published twice each year.

In environmental accounting, defensive expenditures are expenditures that seek to minimise potential damage to oneself.

The Journal of Political Ecology is an annual open access peer-reviewed academic journal covering political ecology.

Contingent valuation is a survey-based economic technique for the valuation of non-market resources, such as environmental preservation or the impact of contamination.

A Green Certificate - terminology predominantly used in Europe but now becoming more widespread globally - are a tradable commodity proving that certain electricity is generated using renewable energy sources.

The World Ecological Forum is an independent and non-profit organization that is headquartered in Visby, Gotland, the biggest island in Sweden.

The Journal of Environmental Economics and Management is a peer-reviewed academic journal of environmental economics published six times per year.

The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems is a 2008 book by Van Jones.

The Eco-Social Market Economy or Socio-Ecological Market Economy (SEME) aims at balancing free market economics, the strive for social fairness and the sustainable use and protection of the natural resources.