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Global Climate Change: Economics, Science, and Policy >> Content Detail



Syllabus



Syllabus



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SES #TOPICSKEY DATES
1Introduction and overview
2Institutions I: political and analytical organizations
3Review of the mathematics of climate analysis
4Climate I: past climate, and gases, aerosols and radiationHomework 1 distributed
5Economics primer
6Climate II: dynamics of the atmosphere and oceans
7Economics of the global commons

Homework 1 due

Homework 2 distributed

8Economics I: economic growth, technology and greenhouse gas emissions
9Institutions II: the international climate negotiations
10Economics II: the economics of greenhouse gas emissions control
11Introduction to the Toy Integrated Global System Model
12Climate III: interaction of atmosphere, oceans and biosphere

Homework 2 due

Homework 3 distributed

13Analysis of the benefits of greenhouse gas mitigation
14Economics III: climate policy analysis
15Emissions trading and tax systems
16Climate machine IV: regional impacts of climate change
17Review of methods of uncertainty analysis

Homework 3 due

Homework 4 distributed

Policy exercise distributed

18Integrated assessment I: sensitivity and uncertainty analysis
19Sea level rise and adaptation
20Methods for decision under uncertaintyPolicy exercise: preliminary note due
21Integrated assessment II: deciding global effort and burden sharesHomework 4 due
22Climate change and the Arctic region
23Climate V: unresolved problems in climate analysis
24Discussion of homework sets and the policy exercise
25Student team presentationsPolicy exercise: final memo and report due
26Final summary and discussion



Grading



ACTIVITIESPERCENTAGES
Homework (15% each)60%
Team project 110%
Team project 225%
Class participation5%

 








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