This class introduces scientific, economic, and ecological issues underlying the threat of global climate change, and the institutions engaged in negotiating an international response. It also develops an integrated approach to analysis of climate change processes, and assessment of proposed policy measures, drawing on research and model development within the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change.
Content highlights: Lecture notes.
Image rights: Comparison of likely temperature increases over 1990-2100 with no policy (left), and stabilization of greenhouse gases at 550pm CO2 equivalents (right). (Figure from the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change.)
Taught By: Prof. Henry Jacoby, Prof. Ronald G Prinn, Prof. Mort Webster, Travis Franck (Teaching Assistant), Eunjee Lee (Teaching Assistant)
