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 Agricultural & Resource Economics, 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 more broadly.
RESPONSE to Trump’s 25% tariff on Canada (16-min podcast U.S. Tariffs on Canada)
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).
Here are some valuable videos that are well worth watching:
Climate: The Movie
Dieter Helm’s Perspective on Net Zero
Politics of climate change (Judith Curry)
Global Warning (The News Forum): Focus on Energy Transition and Canada
Climate Fears and the Cult of Climate Catastrophism
Need for harvests, controlled burns, etc. to prevent wildfire (LA fires)
Attribution of LA fires to climate change?? See confronting attributers and original case
Origins of wildfire (recent Canadian fires). Origins of January 2025 LA fires
Excellent explanation of Artificial Intelligence (chatGPT)
Bridge City News: Interview about EVs and electricity requirements, March 28,2024
Manhattan Contrarian (interesting blog)
Latest articles (open access):
CO2 Emissions Reduction and California’s Renewables Portfolio (Applied Energy)
Carbon Rotation Ages and Discounting (Ecological Economics)
Afforestation in China (J of Environmental Management)
Chaps 14 & 15 in Climate and Energy Policy (Regnery, 2024) discussed in this podcast.
Carbon offsets and Agriculture (CJAE)
Accounting for post‐harvest carbon storehouses (CJAE).
Calibrating an Electricity Grid Model (Energies)
Mystery of Lumber Price Movements: Covid-19 and Atmospheric Rivers.
My Books
Economic Essentials for Business and Engineering
My book on Climate Change (Springer 2013).
My book with Erwin Bulte, The Economics of Nature, is free to download (I own copyright).