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Climate Change 101: Introduction to Climate Change Economics and Policy
Valerie Karplus and Jennifer Morris
Tue Jan 19, 02-04:00pm, E51-335

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

Concerned about climate change, but unsure how our policy options stack up? Come learn enough to hold your own at a cocktail party on current climate policy topics! From the basic economics to the pros and cons of different policy options to the status of international negotiations on a global agreement, this course will be a tour de force of current issues in climate change economics and policy. This discussion will provide helpful background for the upcoming session on recent developments in U.S. climate policy legislation.
Contact: Tony Tran, E19-411, (617) 253-7492, tones@mit.edu
Sponsor: Joint Program/Science and Policy of Global Change
Latest update: 18-Dec-2009


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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Last update: 19 August 2010