Bending the Curve: Climate Change Solutions 1
Offered By: University of California, San Diego via Coursera
Course Description
Overview
This first course begins the learner’s journey of discovery into the climate crisis. We begin with an exploration of the science, including the human contribution to the crisis. We will develop a multi-faceted framework into which all solutions will be organized. Our first solution will focus on societal transformation and the leadership role that each of us can play in solving the climate crisis.
Syllabus
- Lesson 1-1: Climate Change - Scientific basis, physical system impacts and future changes
- Lesson 1-2: Social and Health Impacts - Climate Justice
- Lesson 1-3: Framework for Solutions: Six Clusters and Ten Solutions for Bending the Curve
- Lesson 1-4: Your Leadership: Social Movements and Social Solutions to Climate Change
- Lesson 1-5: Societal Transformation – Changing Attitudes, Norms, and Behavior
- Lesson 1-6: Societal Transformation – Role of Religions
- Lesson 1-7: Societal Transformation – Communicating Climate Change
Taught by
Veerabhadran Ramanathan, PhD
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