International Environmental Policy
Features
- Provides preparation for careers with a wide range of environmental organizations: government agencies, international organizations, nonprofits, consulting firms, and corporations.
- Focuses on concepts and tools specific to environmental policy applications.
- Provides knowledge of environmental policy while developing expertise in a disciplinary field: environmental economics, politics and the environment, business and the environment, or environmental negotiations.
- Fosters regional expertise in the Pacific, where the most pressing environmental problems persist.
Faculty
The International Environmental Policy career track is led by Junjie Zhang and Joshua Graff Zivin.
Required Courses
IRGN 458 - International Environmental Policy and Politics
IRGN 488 - Environmental and Regulatory Economics
Electives
Select three of the following International Environmental Policy electives:
IRGN 413 - Corporate Strategy and the EnvironmentIRGN 414 - Economics of Energy Policy
IRGN 418 - Green Technology: Policy and Science
IRGN 423 - Corporate Social Responsibility
IRGN 428 - International Politics of Energy Policy
IRGN 446 - QM III, Applied Data Analysis and Statistical Decision Making
IRGN 453 - Sustainable Development
IRGN 457 - Cost-Benefit Analysis
IRGN 467 - Chinese Environmental and Energy Policy
IRGN 468 - International Health Economics
IRGN 473 - Political Economy of Energy Policy in Asia
IRGN 489 - Economies of Non-market Valuation
IRGN 490 - Environmental Law
IRGN 490 - Introduction to Spatial Data Analysis
ECON 133 - International Environmental Agreements**
ECON 266 - Economics of Natural Resources**
SIO 273B - Science and Marine Environmental Policy**
SIO 286 - Marine Science, Economics, and Policy**
SIO 295 - Introduction to Marine Biodiversity and Conservation**
**Enrollment in these courses is limited and may have enrollment restrictions or require the consent of instructor.
Student Groups
Strategic Community Consulting
Policy Consulting and Advocacy
Environment Society
Net Impact
International Environmental Policy Student Intern
“Indochina Carbon develops/oversees projects in Viet Nam, Laos and Cambodia that reduce carbon emissions. I am assisting with their marketing and business development and recently attended a conference on 'Carbon Markets in Asia'. I'm also remote-interning for adaptiveARC, a waste-to-energy company in San Diego. They've developed an innovative new technology which turns municipal solid waste into clean, renewable energy. I'm initiating sales with potential clients throughout Asia and conducting market research for them.“
David Shelton '09, Indochina Carbon, Hanoi, Vietnam and adaptiveARC, San Diego, CA
Global Employers for International Environmental Policy Graduates
Graduates are qualified to work for public sector employers such as multilateral organizations and government agencies; private sector employers e.g. consulting firms, multinational corporations, environmental ratings firms and industry associations; and nonprofit sector organizations including think tanks, environmental organizations and foundations.
Asia Foundation
Business Council for Sustainable Energy
Conservation International
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Gates Foundation
Industrial Economics Inc.
Kimley-Horn and Associates
Marine Conservation Biology Institute
Mott Foundation Research Triangle Institute
National Marine Fisheries Service
Peterson Institute for International Economics
Scientific Certification Systems
So Cal Gas
Sustainable Conservation
UN Evironmental Programme (UNEP)
U.S. Agency for International Development
World Wildlife Fund International
For a full list of organizations, access the Employer Database in IRPSCAREERS.
