Christoph Tries
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: These sessions are not for credit
The MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change provides a fast-paced , accessible introduction to the climate system, linking the social and scientific aspects of Climate change. These sessions aim to contextualize current global and local climate policy and provide an introduction to current research in climate.
Our opening session on Monday, January 30, will be about the fundamentals of climate science, followed by a discussion that will help understand both domestic and international environmental policies in practice. The second day, we will examine how the climate system responds to both natural and human-caused forcings, and how scientists can detect and attribute observed changes in the climate system to human activity, followed by a discussion about what the influence of the United States has been in shaping global climate policy. Finally, on Thursday participants will interact in a mock of international climate negotiation and examine the outcomes in real-time.
REGISTRATION : Click here to register.
NOTE: although advance registration is not required, we encourage you to register to as many sessions as you can as they are all related. Registration will also help us get the right head count for refreshments for each session.
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Sponsor(s): Joint Program/Science and Policy of Global Change
Contact: Dimonika Bray, E19-411R, 617 324-7375, DBIZI@MIT.EDU
| Jan/30 | Mon | 05:00PM-06:00PM | Bldg E51-325 |
Climate 101: Fundamentals of Climate Science
This lecture will begin with the history of climate science and will provide a broad overview of the physics of the climate system. The goal is to allow participants to develop a broad understanding of Earth 's climate system and understand the basic tools of climate science.
Justin Bandoro - Master's Student, School Of Science
| Jan/30 | Mon | 06:00PM-07:00PM | Bldg E51-325 |
Introduction to Economics and Policy of Climate Change: How Will You Design a Climate Policy?
If you are a designer for climate policy, what do you think is important and how will you design a good policy? This session will introduce basic concepts in environmental economics and environmental policy. We will examine the policy options and guide the audience to think about what is important in the process.
Minghao Qiu - Master's Student
| Jan/31 | Tue | 05:00PM-06:00PM | E51-325 |
Climate Science 102: The Global Climate System and Climate Modeling
This lecture will build on 101 and dive into an overview of how the climate system responds to both natural and human-caused forcings, and how scientists can detect and attribute observed changes in the climate system to human activity.
Justin Bandoro - Master's Student, School Of Science
| Jan/31 | Tue | 06:00PM-07:00PM | E51-325 |
International Climate Governance and the Role of the United States
First part: What is the history and institutional basis of this process of international climate governance?
Second part: What has the role of the United States been in shaping global climate policy? What are the achievements and failures of US climate policy? And most importantly, what can we expect post 2016 elections?
Arun Singh - Master's Student, TPP, Michael Davidson - PhD Student, JP - ESD
| Feb/01 | Wed | 05:00PM-06:00PM | E25-111 |
Can carbon pricing solve climate change: Lessons from climate policy efforts around the world
Why politicians and economists are diametrically opposed on the idea of carbon price, and why Secretary Hillary Clinton 's platform didn't feature a carbon price. The talk will draw on real world experience with carbon pricing to derive lessons about its potential to mitigate climate change.
Emil Dimantchev - Master's Student, JP - TPP - ESD
| Feb/01 | Wed | 06:00PM-07:00PM | E25-111 |
Embracing Uncertainty: How our society deals with not knowing and what we can do to prepare for climate change
We will look at the substantial role which uncertainty plays in our economy, politics and science. We will close out with some suggestions how to adequately adapt to climate change and how to communicate uncertainty issues to the public, and then open for a discussion with the audience.
Christoph Tries
| Feb/02 | Thu | 04:00PM-07:00PM | E51-325 |
World Climate Negotiations Simulation
Participant groups will represent regions of the world with various goals for mitigation, adaptation, and economic growth, then participate in a mock international climate negotiation. The computer simulation C-ROADS will be used to examine the outcomes of the mock negotiation in real-time.
Christoph Tries