Climate Change Mitigation, Adaptation and Resilience Policy

Catalog description

This course introduces students to the study of climate policy and planning. Students examine the range of mitigation, adaptation and resilience approaches for managing greenhouse gas emissions and the impacts of climate change to improve human and environmental security. Students gain an understanding of the implications of climate change science for public policy making and hands-on experience in using climate information for preparing a climate change plan. Students explore a basic overview of public policy theory, discuss various policy options for mitigation and adaptation policy, and gain the skills necessary for incorporating climate into a diverse area of public policy issues. Students are presented with the general theory, analytic frameworks, and specific techniques necessary to analyze climate change policy alternatives within a larger human security framework. The skills learned in this class are applicable to a variety of levels of government planning (local, state and national) as well as across the private, nonprofit and public sectors.