Summer School on Global Sustainability-Lectures

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

Partha Dasgupta, University of Cambridge

A Matter of Trust: Social Capital and Economic Development
The Place of Nature in Economic Development

Ottmar Edenhofer, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Can dangerous Climate Change be avoided? Causes and Impacts of Climate Change
The Economics of Atmospheric Stabilization
Towards a Global Contract on Climate Change

Matthew England, University of New South Wales

Climate Change - Overview, History, GHG's, Radiative Forcing
Climate Change - Observations (Atmosphere, Cryosphere, Oceans) and Paleoclimate
Climate Change - Models, Projections, Detection & Attribution

Arnulf Grubler, 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 (the American Solar Energy Society study)
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
Fishbanks: A Strategic Game about Renewable Resource Use
The Structural Foundations of Sustainable Resource Use

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