Pop Up: Climate Change and You

Catalog description

Climate change will impact all our lives. But change brings opportunity. What can you do? You personally? Your community? Your university? Your county? Your country? This course presents an overview of topics in climate change, ranging from empirical description (how do we know that climate change is real?) to political prescription (what can we do to mitigate against the extreme effects of climate change, and to adapt to the effects that we can’t prevent?) to ethical decision-making (what can we do? what should we do?). The course will also present you with ideas for careers and plans of action. It offers a wide range of ways to engage with the issue, while introducing you to our climate-change experts across many disciplines represented at Stony Brook University.