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==Ottmar Edenhofer, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research==
==Ottmar Edenhofer, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research==


'''''[[Can dangerous Climate Change be avoided? Causes and Impacts of Climate Change]]'''''
'''''[[How To Avoid a Global Bluff ]]'''''
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'''''[[The Economics of Atmospheric Stabilization]]'''''
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==Matthew England, University of New South Wales==
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'''''[[Climate Change - Overview, History, GHG's, Radiative Forcing]]'''''
'''''[[Climate Change - A Climate Physics Primer]]'''''
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'''''[[Climate Change - The Oceans Role in Climate and Climate Change]]'''''
'''''[[Climate Change - The Ocean's Role in Climate and Climate Change]]'''''
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'''''[[Climate Change - Climate Models - How Do They Work and Why Should We Trust Them?]]'''''
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==Arnulf Grubler, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis==
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'''''[[Climate Change and Urbanization]]'''''
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==Chuck Kutscher, National Renewable Energy Laboratory==


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<i>'''[[The Urgency of Climate Change and How to Address It With Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency]]'''</i>
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'''''[[Obstacles to Effective Climate Policy]]'''''
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'''''[[The Structural Foundations of Sustainable Resource Use]]'''''
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==Nebojsa Nakicenovic, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis==
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'''''[[History of Technology and Energy]]'''''
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==Donald L. Paul, Executive Director, University of Southern California Energy Institute and William M. Keck Chair of Energy Resources==
==Donald L. Paul, Executive Director, University of Southern California Energy Institute and William M. Keck Chair of Energy Resources==

Latest revision as of 20:16, 15 February 2010

Summer School on Global Sustainability

These are the outlines for the scheduled lectures. Please review before class each day.


Partha Dasgupta, University of Cambridge

Discounting Climate Change

Sustainable Development and Green National Accounts

Ottmar Edenhofer, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

How To Avoid a Global Bluff
The Economics of Atmospheric Stabilization
Towards a Global Contract on Climate Change

Matthew England, University of New South Wales

Climate Change - A Climate Physics Primer
Climate Change - The Ocean's Role in Climate and Climate Change
Climate Change - Climate Models - How Do They Work and Why Should We Trust Them?


Arnulf Grübler, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

Climate Change and Urbanization
Climate Change and Industrial Production
Climate Change: Rates of Change and Constraints for Adaptation and Mitigation Measures

Andrew Hargadon, University of California, Davis

"Networks of Innovation"

Chuck Kutscher, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

The Urgency of Climate Change and How to Address It With Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
Concentrating Solar Power (CSP)

Amory Lovins, Rocky Mountain Institute

Winning the Oil Endgame

Winning the Coal Endgame


Dennis Meadows, University of New Hampshire

Obstacles to Effective Climate Policy
The Structural Foundations of Sustainable Resource Use

Nebojsa Nakicenovic, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

History of Technology and Energy

Dynamics of Technology

Future Perspectives

Donald L. Paul, Executive Director, University of Southern California Energy Institute and William M. Keck Chair of Energy Resources

Understanding The Global Energy System

Energy Technology And The Implications For Sustainability

Carlo Rubbia, Centro de Investigaciones Energeticas, Medioambientales y Tecnologicas

Earth, Environment and Energy

Joellen Russell, University of Arizona, Biogeochemical Dynamics

Southwest Climate, the Westerly Winds and Climate Model Projections

The Once and Future Battles of Thor and the Midgard Serpent, or: The Westerlies and the Antarctic Circumpolar Current in Global Climate


Sustainability in the Media Seminar Readings

Jim Giles

Mark Hertsgaard

Julie Rehmeyer

Andrew Revkin