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Sep 27, 2024
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GEOG 422 - Climate Solutions: Local to Global Perspectives (3 units) CO9, CO13
Broad exploration of current climate change. Emphasizes challenge of identifying and implementing appropriate societal responses. Includes surveys of mitigation, adaptation, and Earth system engineering.
Prerequisite(s): GEOG 103 or GEOG 121 or GEOG 221 ; Junior, Senior, or Graduate standing.
Units of Lecture: 3
Core Status: CO9, CO13
Offered: Every Spring
Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course:
1. Students will be able to explain at a basic level, the scientific basis for contemporary climate change and describe the associated impacts on society and the environment.
2. Students will be able to analyze different proposed societal, scientific, and technological solutions (climate solutions) in terms of their benefits, costs, ethical considerations, and other societal challenges.
3. Students will be able to integrate effective composition and communications skills and critical analysis and use of information to evaluate and debate different climate solutions and positions originating within and outside of class (e.g., advocacy groups, governments, industries).
4. Students will be able to synthesize information and techniques from previous coursework across disciplines to propose and explore different combinations of climate solutions in various geographic and social contexts.
5. Students will be able to describe generally and provide specific examples of the ways the rate of climate change could be slowed or reversed through mitigation and geo-engineering and impacts lessened through adaptation.
6. Students will be able to illustrate key biophysical and social challenges associated with such climate solutions.
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