EP.4 Cameron Hepburn, Professor of Environmental Economics at the University of Oxford

Published: July 1, 2020, 3:25 p.m.

b'As countries emerge from the Coronavirus lockdown and take stock of the severe economic impact they\\u2019ve seen, the focus is now on how to reboot the economy with significant stimulus packages of economic measures. In this week\\u2019s episode, Aurora\\u2019s Research Director Richard Howard discusses Green Stimulus with Cameron Hepburn, Professor of Environmental Economics and Director, Smith School, University of Oxford. Cameron and his team have been researching Green Stimulus, reviewing policies from around the world and the best measures to pursue from both the perspective of rebooting the economy and reducing emissions. \\n\\nRichard and Cameron discuss:\\n\\n\\u2022\\tDifferent impacts of the pandemic across countries and industries, on emissions and wider environmental indicators \\n\\u2022\\tHow we respond to the pandemic and what the recovery packages will contain\\n\\u2022\\tThe best policies the UK Government should pursue'