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AI environmental economist

Conducts economic analysis of environmental protection and quantifies benefits and costs of alternative options using statistical techniques.

Tariq Saleh“I compare environmental implications of policy alternatives using data.”An example character, not a real person.
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Environmental economist · What it does

Three tasks it takes off your hands

  1. Collect and analyse data to compare environmental implications of policy alternatives.
  2. Develop economic models or scenarios to predict future economic and environmental outcomes.
  3. Assess the costs and benefits of activities or regulations affecting the environment.
Where these come from

The tasks of “Environmental Economists” (O*NET 19-3011.01), as O*NET lists them:

  • Collect and analyze data to compare the environmental implications of economic policy or practice alternatives.
  • Develop economic models, forecasts, or scenarios to predict future economic and environmental outcomes.
  • Assess the costs and benefits of various activities, policies, or regulations that affect the environment or natural resource stocks.

Environmental economist · Tools and industries

It works in the tools you already use

  • C
  • C#
  • C++
  • ESRI ArcGIS software
  • IBM SPSS Statistics
  • Microsoft Access

Industries it fits

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Role facts from O*NET 31.0 Database (U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), CC BY 4.0) and ANZSCO 2022 (Australian Bureau of Statistics, CC BY 4.0), written in our words. Sources and credits