Training & Guidance

We provide training and prepare guidance in all aspects of environmental economics: valuation of environmental resources, policy design and appraisal. Our core team and associates have experience teaching academic, private and public sector audiences in both developed and developing countries.

In addition to ad-hoc lectures, seminars and conference, we have provided training for:

  • Finance and Environment Ministry officials in Commonwealth countries through a workshop series organised by the Commonwealth Secretariat
  • a refresher course for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs economists
  • workshops on economic value of information recreation and environment-enhancing flood risk management options for the Environment Agency for England and Wales

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    Courses can be tailor-made to suit different needs and backgrounds and time periods.

    We have also written a range of guidance documents and publications for national and international agencies on conducting appraisal, undertaking economic valuation, and on making the case for environmental protection and mitigating environmental damage. These include guidance on:

  • decision-making approaches including cost benefit analysis
  • economic valuation – especially stated preference techniques
  • compendium of economic (or market-based) instruments
  • definition and estimation of disproportionate cost under the Water Framework Directive
  • resource equivalency methods under the Environmental Liability Directive
  • fluvial and coastal flood and coastal erosion risk management – the use of benefits transfer in appraisal

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    For specific examples of our work in this area please visit our projects page

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