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Introduction to the Science of Mitigation and Adaptation
Course: OEAS 495/595 Advanced/Special Topics (one credit)
Teachers: Dr. Hans-Peter Plag
- Week 1: No Class
- Week 2: No Class (Labor day):
- Week 3: Intro to class; overview of the science:
Moss, R. H., Meehl, G. A., Lemos, M. C., Smith, J. B., Arnold, J. R., Behar, D., Brasseur, G. P., Broomell, S. B., Busalacchi, A. J., Dessai, S., Ebi, K. L., Edmonds, J. A., Furlow, J., Goddard, L., Hartmann, H. C., Hurrell, J. W., Katzenberger, J. W., Liverman, D. M., Mote, P. W., Moser, S. C., Kumar, A., Pulwarty, R. S., Seyller, E. A., Turner II, B. L., Washington, W. M., Wilbanks, T. J., 2013. Climate Change - Hell, High Water: Practice-Relevant Adaptation Science. Science, 342, 696-698, DOI: 10.1126/science.1239569.
Chapter 2 in: Ekstrom, J. A., Moser, S. C., Torn, M., 2011. Barriers to Climate Change Adaptation: A diagnostic Framework. Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) Program; Final Project Report. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (pdf).
- Week 4: Understanding the hazards:
Drought impacts: See NBC News.
Casti, J. L., 2012. X-Events - The Collapse of Everthing, HarperCollins Publisher, New York.
Smil, V., 2008. Global catastrophes and trends: The next 50 years, MIT Press.
Rockström, J., Steffen, W., Noone, K., Persson, Â., Chapin, F. S. I., Lambin, E., Lenton, T. M., Scheffer, M., Folke, C., Schellnhuber, H., Nykvist, B., De Wit, C. A., Hughes, T., van der Leeuw, S., Rodhe, H., Sörlin, S., Snyder, P. K., Costanza, R., Svedin, U., Falkenmark, M., Karlberg, L., Corell, R. W., Fabry, V. J., Hansen, J., Walker, B., Liverman, D., Richardson, K., Crutzen, P., and Foley, J., 2009. A safe operating space for humanity, Nature,/i>, 461, 472-475.
- Week 5: No class:
- Week 6: Understanding the hazards:
WMO, 2014. Greenhouse Gas Bulletin. Vol 10, 9 September 2014. Available at http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/arep/gaw/ghg/GHGbulletin.html.
- Week 7: Hazards and Foresight:
Syvitski, J., 2012.
World Watch Institute, 2013.
National Research Council, 2013.
- Week 8: No Class:
- Week 9: Vulnerabilities and Foresight:
Dessai, S., Hulme, M., Lempert, R., Pielke Jr., R., 2009. Do We Need Better Predictions to Adapt to a Changing Climate? EOS, 90, doi:10.1029/2009EO130003.
- Week 10: No Class:
- Week 11: Decision making:
Rice, J., Moss, R., Runci, P., Anderson, K., Malone, E., 2012. Incorporating stakeholder decision support needs into an integrated regional Earth system model. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 17(7}), 805-819.
- Week 12: Decision making:
- Week 13: Options:
- Week 14: Options:
- Week 15: Student Workshop:
- Week 5: No class: