Gautam Sethi

Unit 3: Dynamic Integrated Climate Economy (DICE) Modeling part of Regulating Carbon Emissions
After an opening discussion of systems thinking and models, student use webDICE , an online Dynamic Integrated Climate Economy model developed by Center for Robust Decision Making on Climate and Energy Policy at ...

Unit 6: Carbon Emissions Game part of Regulating Carbon Emissions
In this unit, students play a game, a variation on the "Pollution Game" (Corrigan 2011), to develop an appreciation of the pros and cons of the commonly discussed policy options for carbon abatement ...

Unit 5: Abating Carbon Emissions part of Regulating Carbon Emissions
Students evaluate the EPA's Clean Power Plan in the context of Common but Differentiated Responsibility. This unit also introduces students to the idea that there are costs and benefits associated with the ...

Occupy Student Debt part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2020:Activities
This assignment allows students to develop a deeper understanding of the power of compounding. It also help improve financial literacy and students can gain a better understanding of the implications of their loan ...

Real time concept mapping: Challenges in the face of Covid-19 part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2020:Essays
Gautam Sethi, Center for Environmental Policy, Bard College The semester of spring 2020 began on a high note for me. I had taught this modeling course before so I only had to do a limited amount of prep. Learning ...