Unit 4: Towards Climate Change Policy in the U.S.
Curt Gervich, SUNY College at Plattsburgh; Pinar Batur, Vassar College
This unit examines the social cost of carbon (introduced in Unit 3) within the legal doctrine of "common but differentiated responsibility" (CBDR). CBDR acknowledges global climate change as a common ...

Regulating Carbon Emissions
Regulating Carbon Emissions Robyn Smyth (Bard College) Sandra Penny (Sage Colleges) Curt Gervich (SUNY Plattsburgh) Gautam Sethi (Bard College) Eric Leibensperger (SUNY Plattsburgh) Pinar Batur (Vassar College) Editor: John Taber (IRIS Consortium)
In this 3+ week module, students will experience the integration of climate science, economics, and law in the formulation of federal policy to address climate change. The module is interdisciplinary and ...

Module 5: Dam It All
Demian Saffer and Michael Arthur, Pennsylvania State University
In this module we explore the benefits and consequences of construction and removal of large dams, both in the United States and globally, including a discussion of case studies along the Yangtze and Nile rivers.

Module 9: Water and Politics
Michael Arthur and Demian Saffer, Pennsylvania State University
In this module, we will entertain several examples of international "water wars," referring to conflicts that occur within or between countries as the result of failed treaties and agreements, water ...

Scientific Debate and the Nature of Certainty
Laura Triplett, Gustavus Adolphus College
Students discuss and learn about the nature of scientific knowledge in the context of scientific and non-scientific debates about climate change. This 50-minute module can be taught in a small- to very large-size introductory religion, philosophy or ethics class.

Unit 1: Earthquake!
Vince Cronin, Baylor University (Vince_Cronin@baylor.edu) Phil Resor, Wesleyan University (presor@wesleyan.edu)
In this opening unit, students develop the societal context for understanding earthquake hazards using as a case study the 2011 Tohoku, Japan, earthquake. It starts with a short homework "scavenger hunt" ...

Module 6: Impacts on the Societies and Economics of Coastal Regions
diane maygarden, University of New Orleans
In this module, students explore, via online sources and materials provided, the factors leading to coastal hazard vulnerability and the details of experiences in a selection of coastal areas (in the United States ...

Module 11: Tsunami and Storm Surge Policy
Nathan Frey, Brown University; Li-San Hung, Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus; Brent Yarnal, Pennsylvania State Univ-Penn St. Erie-Behrend Coll
This module addresses the following policy question: How can the disaster management cycle inform decisions about preparing for and responding to short-term coastal hazards such as tsunami and storm surge?

Module 12: Sea-Level Rise Policy
David Retchless, Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
This module addresses the following policy question: How can techniques such as stakeholder analysis, cost benefit analysis, and adaptation pathways be used to plan for long-term changes to coastal vulnerability ...

Economics: Sea level rise
Lea Fortmann, University of Puget Sound
This module is framed from the perspective of a city planner trying to determine how much to spend on a local seawall given different scenarios of sea level rise and the associated storm surge and higher flood ...