Who Is Responsible for Climate Change? Who Needs to Fix It?
Who Is Responsible for Climate Change? Who Needs to Fix It? Video This video gives an overview of global climate change, historical and annual carbon emissions, and biggest and smallest contributors to the emissions. This video is part of a series about climate change supported by Breakthrough Energy. About Tool Tool Name Video: Who Is […]
The Climate Minute Podcast
The Climate Minute Podcast Audio Ted McIntyre in conversation with D.R. Tucker discussing public health risks of climate change following the release of ‘The Climate and Health Assessment’ Report from the White House (USA). About Tool Tool Name Public Health and Public Wealth: The Climate Minute Podcast Discipline Environmental Sciences, Biological Sciences, Social Sciences Topic(s) […]
Climate Change and Human Health in the United States
Climate Change and Human Health in the United States Reading This reading resource contains several modules and case studies on climate change and its impact on human health. Chapters (available for download or to read online ) include Temperature-related Death and Illness; Air Quality Impacts; Vector-Borne Diseases; Water-Related Illness; Food Safety; Mental Health and Well-Being […]
Climate Solutions for the Energy Sector
Climate Solutions for the Energy Sector Video A video playlist titled ‘CS – Drawdown – 2 – Energy’ from the ‘Murtugudde Climate Academy’ by Dr. Raghu Murtugudde. It consists of 21 short video lectures that summarise climate solutions for the Energy Sector. The solutions are based on the book titled ‘Drawdown’ edited by Paul Hawken. […]
Post-pandemic Economic Policies
Post-pandemic Economic Policies Reading A reading by Carbon Brief explaining how countries around the world design economic policies for a ‘green recovery’ from the recession due to the COVID-19 pandemic, by reducing carbon emissions while boosting their economies. Students will be introduced to terms such as green recovery, green stimulus, and quantitative easing, among others. […]
Marxism and Carbon Markets
Marxism and Carbon Markets Reading A reading titled ‘Greening Capitalism? A Marxist Critique of Carbon Markets’ by Steffan Bohm, Maria Misoczky and Sandra Moog that discusses a Marxist assessment of carbon markets and their role in the evolution of global capitalism and climate change. The reading discusses four major marxist concepts: metabolic rift, capitalism and […]
Willingness to Pay for Climate Stability
Willingness to Pay for Climate Stability Reading A review article by Evan Johnson and Gregory Nemet, Robert M. La Follete School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, on willingness to pay (WTP) for climate policy. This working paper is divided into five sections as follows: Section 1 describes the characteristics of WTP as […]
Willingness to Cooperate and Climate Policy
Willingness to Cooperate and Climate Policy Reading A reading titled ‘Cooperation in the Climate Commons’ by the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP), University of Leeds and The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Policy. This working paper describes the willingness to cooperate as a […]
Social Cost of Carbon
Social Cost of Carbon Reading A journal article by William Nordhaus on the critical role of the social cost of carbon (SCC) in determining climate change economics and policies. This paper estimates the SCC using the Dynamic Integrated model of Climate and the Economy (DICE model). Students will understand the application of the DICE model […]
Stern Review: The Economics of Climate Change Part 2
Stern Review: The Economics of Climate Change Part 2 Reading A reading from the ‘Stern Review: The Economics of Climate Change’ by economist Nicholas Stern for the Government of the United Kingdom which contains predictions on mortality, ecosystems and income levels. This reading includes results of their modelling that states that climate change will cause […]