Fighting Climate Change Economically

Thanks to a scholarship established, in part, by U.S. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, University of Maryland graduate student Haewon Chon is using economic research to help save the planet. "For the sake of future generations, we need to find a way to transform the self destructive industrial economy we live in," says Chon, who has earned his master's in the environmental policy program at the School of Public Policy.

"Climate change research is like trying to find a road that leads to a more sustainable future - even if we don't see an obvious path." Chon is successfully completing his masters program, and he will continue his research at Maryland, working toward his Ph.D. At the university's Joint Global Change Research Institute, Chon recently co-authored a paper on the viability of various solar power technologies and their impact on the cost of climate change mitigation.

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