Website of G. Cornelis van Kooten, Professor of Economics (2002-2024) and former Canada Research Chair in Environmental Studies & Climate (2002-2023), Department of Economics, University of Victoria, Canada. Currently, Professor Emeritus, University of Victoria, Adjunct Professor of Resource Economics at both the University of Alberta and University of Saskatchewan, and Scholar in Residence, Trinity Western University, Canada. I am responsible for the Resource Economics and Policy Analysis (REPA) Research Group that applies economic analysis to issues in agriculture, forestry, energy and natural resources.
My citations (list of publications): Google Scholar Page
My rankings (all time and last 10 years): RePEc Ideas Canada (details)
ResearchGate link; web of science link
REPA working papers (listing & ranking).
A problem of Canadian government (Exemptocracy)
Well worth watching: Climate: The Movie
Jordan Peterson Background to Climate Change and Psychology
Michelle Stirling–a friend of science–and plight of Canada’s Indigenous people.
Why decision granting Cowichan Richmond property needs to be re-visited!
Latest articles (open access):
Afforestation and Mitigation of Climate Change: A Mathematical Model of the Carbon-Climate System (Canadian J of Forest Research 2026) Accepted May 4.
Carbon Taxes and the Potential for Forest Carbon Sinks in China (European Journal of Forest Research 2026).
CO2 Emissions Reduction and California’s Renewables Portfolio (Applied Energy 2025)
Carbon Rotation Ages and Discounting (Ecological Economics 2025)
Afforestation in China (J of Environmental Management 2025)
Chaps 14 & 15 in Climate and Energy Policy (Regnery, 2024) discussed in this podcast.
Calibrating an Electricity Grid Model (Energies 2024)
Carbon offsets and Agriculture (CJAE 2023)
Accounting for post‐harvest carbon storehouses (CJAE 2023).
My Books
Economics and Management. Essentials with Applications. (Routledge Press 2026). DRAFT.
My book on Climate Change (Springer 2013).
My book with Erwin Bulte, The Economics of Nature, is free to download (I own copyright).