Ecological Economics, Environmental Health Policy and Climate Change

Dear Colleagues,

Negotiators recently reached a historic consensus on a global climate change pact at the Paris United Nations (UN) Climate Change conference, which commits nearly every country to lowering planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions to hopefully mitigate the most devastating impacts of climate change. This historic accord, which United Nations diplomats have been working toward for nine years, has significant global economic, health and environmental policy implications: for the first time, developing countries, such as China and India, are required to reduce emissions. This agreement could represent a key moment in human history: a time in which changes in global economic and environmental policies start to address the dangerous and inexorable rise in carbon emissions that began during the Industrial Revolution. Accordingly, this Special Issue is focused on policy changes that affect climate change, and hence human health and ecological integrity. In addition to the subjects mentioned above, we welcome rigorous and insightful contributions from all disciplines related to climate change, ecological economics and global environmental policy, including those related to economic assessments, human health assessments and regulatory policies.

Dr. Jason K. Levy
Dr. Peiyong Yu
Guest Editors

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