The Climate Energy Challenge: A Foundation in Science, Technology and Policy

We will look at reconstructions of climate change through Earth history to provide a context for thinking about present and future changes. We will take a critical look at climate models used to predict climate change in the future, and discuss their strengths and weaknesses, evaluating which forecasts of climate change impacts are robust, and which are more speculative. We will survey a range of climate change impacts, also looking at what strategies might be developed to better adapt to climate change, and the implications of those strategies for sub-national and international equity. We will look at the complex interactions between climate and human society, including climate impacts on agriculture and the relationship between climate change, migration and conflict.