Occupation: Environmental Economists

Environmental Economists

Conduct economic analysis related to environmental protection and use of the natural environment, such as water, air, land, and renewable energy resources. Evaluate and quantify benefits, costs, incentives, and impacts of alternative options using economic principles and statistical techniques.

19-3011.01 | 20 tasks | 4 job titles
Reported Job Titles (4)
  • Environmental Economist
  • Natural Resource Economist
  • Research Economist
  • Resource Economist
Core Tasks (18)
  • Write technical documents or academic articles to communicate study results or economic forecasts.
  • Conduct research on economic and environmental topics, such as alternative fuel use, public and private land use, soil conservation, air and water pollution control, and endangered species protection.
  • Collect and analyze data to compare the environmental implications of economic policy or practice alternatives.
  • Assess the costs and benefits of various activities, policies, or regulations that affect the environment or natural resource stocks.
  • Prepare and deliver presentations to communicate economic and environmental study results, to present policy recommendations, or to raise awareness of environmental consequences.
  • Develop programs or policy recommendations to achieve environmental goals in cost-effective ways.
  • Develop economic models, forecasts, or scenarios to predict future economic and environmental outcomes.
  • Demonstrate or promote the economic benefits of sound environmental regulations.
  • Conduct research to study the relationships among environmental problems and patterns of economic production and consumption.
  • Perform complex, dynamic, and integrated mathematical modeling of ecological, environmental, or economic systems.
  • Write social, legal, or economic impact statements to inform decision makers for natural resource policies, standards, or programs.
  • Teach courses in environmental economics.
  • Develop programs or policy recommendations to promote sustainability and sustainable development.
  • Develop systems for collecting, analyzing, and interpreting environmental and economic data.
  • Write research proposals and grant applications to obtain private or public funding for environmental and economic studies.
  • Examine the exhaustibility of natural resources or the long-term costs of environmental rehabilitation.
  • Monitor or analyze market and environmental trends.
  • Develop environmental research project plans, including information on budgets, goals, deliverables, timelines, and resource requirements.
Supplemental Tasks (2)
  • Identify and recommend environmentally friendly business practices.
  • Interpret indicators to ascertain the overall health of an environment.