Posted on January 28th, 2012 by Wil Burns
While there have been a large number of analyses of the potential ramifications of regulation of greenhouse gas emissions under the U.S. Clean Air Act (CAA), very few have assessed the potential economic impacts. A recent piece in the journal Review of Environmental Economics & Policy does just this, and also compares economic impacts vis-a-vis [...]
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Posted on January 19th, 2012 by Wil Burns
DISCCRS VII Interdisciplinary Climate Change Research Symposium
http://disccrs.org/disccrsposter.pdf
Dates: October 13-20, 2012
Location: La Foret Conference and Retreat Center
Colorado Springs, CO
Application Deadline: February 29, 2012
Participation limited to 30 early-career Ph.D. scholars
Airfare and on-site expenses are supported through grants from NSF and NASA
http://disccrs.org
Eligibility: Ph.D. requirements completed between August 1, 2009 – February 29, 2012 in any natural or social [...]
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Posted on January 19th, 2012 by Wil Burns
The University of Houston Law Center is hosting a mock U.S. Supreme Court argument on climate change tort liability at the University of Houston Law Center on Jan. 19, 2012. The bench includes John Cruden, Ken Starr and former Texas Supreme Court Judge Tom Phillips. Rick Faulk and David Axelrad will present the arguments, and [...]
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Posted on January 18th, 2012 by Wil Burns
The University of Sussex would like to invite applications for the MSc in ‘Climate Change and Development’ for entry in September 2012. Scholarship information is provided below.
This is a unique course that aims to provide state-of-the-art training for the rapidly expanding market for development professionals with specialisation in climate change. The programme is strongly multidisciplinary. [...]
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Posted on January 16th, 2012 by Wil Burns
Almost 3000 non-science major undergraduates at the University of Chicago have taken PHSC13400, Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast, since Ray Pierrehumbert and I (David Archer) first developed it back in 1995. The class is now available online, Open Climate 101. The course is free, and one can obtain a certificate after completion of the course [...]
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Posted on January 14th, 2012 by Wil Burns
UNU’s Institute for Sustainability and Peace is pleased to announce postgraduate level courses on ‘Building Resilience to Climate Change’. The courses run for five weeks in Tokyo (Japan) from 20th February to 23rd March 2012.
Following two courses will be offered, each with duration of 2 weeks:
Course-1: Science, Impacts and Vulnerability’
Course-2: Approaches to Adaptation
In addition, week-long [...]
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Posted on January 2nd, 2012 by Wil Burns
A new United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Synthesis Report has assessed whether the pledges made by States in recent years at UNFCCC meetings are consistent with holding temperature increases to either 1.4 or 2C above pre-industrial levels; the study also suggests measures that could be taken to reach this objective. Among other purposes that this [...]
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Posted on December 18th, 2011 by Wil Burns
From where I sit, Climate Action Tracker, a project of several organizations including Ecofys, PIK and Climate Analytics, is a “must see” site for climate change instructors, providing a regular updated snapshot of the climatic implications of commitments made by the parties to the UNFCCC and Kyoto Protocol and potential successor instruments. The Tracker’s latest [...]
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Posted on December 8th, 2011 by Wil Burns
Bioclimate is a web-based reference tool that aggregates biodiversity and climate change related information from an array of peer-reviewed sources and gray literature. It currently has over 3000 citations, categorized and searchable. It is in its beta version currently and the developers are still seeking collaborators. The site would benefit from substantial updates in many [...]
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Posted on December 7th, 2011 by Wil Burns
The Global Carbon Project has released its Carbon Budget 2010, an annual update of the global carbon budget and trends. The site is a treasure trove of information and resources for climate change instructors, including contemporaneous data on carbon dioxide emissions, sources, and breakdowns by region. Moreover, the site includes a Power Point presentation with [...]
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