David Pearce is Professor of
Environmental Economics at
University College London. He was
elected in 1989 to the United Nations
‘Global 500’ Roll of Honour for
services to the world environment; he
won the Guiseppe Mazzotti prize for
literature in 1991 for Blueprint for a
Green Economy; was awarded the OBE
by Her Majesty the Queen in June
2000 for services to sustainable
development, and the degree of D.Sc.
Honoris Causa from the University of
East Anglia in 2001. He is the author
or editor of over 50 books on
cost–benefit analysis and
environmental economics, and the
author or co-author of over 300 papers
in learned journals. He was personal
Advisor to the UK Secretary of State
for the Environment from 1989 to
1992, and has advised governments,
international organisations such as the
World Bank, UNDP, the UN, OECD,
and major corporations worldwide. He
is currently preparing a major
advanced text in environment and
economic development, focusing on
developing country issues, along with
several other texts.