Major Storms and Community Resilience
Patricia Stapleton, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Lorraine Motola, Metropolitan College of New York; Lisa Doner, Plymouth State University; John Taber, EarthScope Consortium
Extreme storms have major impacts on the communities that lie in their path. Many climate models predict increased frequency of heavy rains and icing events, freak storms, and severe weather within the continental ...

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 ...

Unit 6: Carbon Emissions Game
Gautam Sethi, Bard College
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 3: Dynamic Integrated Climate Economy (DICE) Modeling
Sandra Penny, Russell Sage College; Gautam Sethi, Bard College; Robyn Smyth, Bard College
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 5: Abating Carbon Emissions
Robyn Smyth, Bard College; Gautam Sethi, Bard College; Curt Gervich, SUNY College at Plattsburgh
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 ...

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 8.2: Future climate change, population growth, and water issues
Patrick Belmont, Utah State University
What does the future hold? How, when and where might the legacy of our past decisions cause us severe problems in the future? What new problems might we anticipate as a result of climate change and population ...

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.