| 1 |
Introduction and Overview |
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| 2 |
Institutions I: Political and Analytical Organizations |
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| 3 |
Review of the Mathematics of Climate Analysis |
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| 4 |
Climate Machine I: Past Climate and Gases, Aerosols and Radiation |
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| 5 |
Introduction to the Toy IGSM |
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| 6 |
Economics I: Economic Growth and Greenhouse Gas Emissions |
Homework set 1 out |
| 7 |
Institutions II: The International Climate Negotiations |
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| 8 |
Climate Machine II: Dynamics of the Atmosphere and Oceans |
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| 9 |
Review of the Economics of Environmental Quality |
Homework set 1 due
Homework set 2 out |
| 10 |
Economics II: Greenhouse Emissions and Policy Costs |
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| 11 |
Renewables, New Technologies and Bottom-Up Analysis |
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| 12 |
Climate Machine III: Interaction of Atmosphere, Oceans and Biosphere |
Homework set 2 due
Homework set 3 out |
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Issues in the Construction of Climate Effects Relationships |
Form teams and introduce policy exercise |
| 14 |
Economics III: Climate Policy Analysis Under Certainty |
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| 15 |
Interaction of Climate Change and Air Pollution |
Homework set 3 due |
| 16 |
Climate Machine IV: Regional Effects of Climate Change |
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| 17 |
Review of Methods of Uncertainty Analysis |
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| 18 |
IA: Predicting Change: Sensitivity Studies and Uncertainty Analysis |
Homework set 4 out |
| 19 |
Introduction to Environmental Decision Under Uncertainty |
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| 20 |
Air Pollution in Developing Countries and the Asian Brown Cloud |
Team project 1 due |
| 21 |
Economics IV: Climate Policy Choice Under Uncertainty |
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| 22 |
Institutions III: Domestic Politics and Implementation |
Homework set 4 due |
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Climate Machine V: Unresolved Problems in Climate Analysis |
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| 24 |
Discussion of Homework Set 4, and of the Policy Exercise |
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| 25 |
Student Team Presentations |
Team project 2 due |
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Final Summary and Discussion |
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