# Global Climate Change: Economics, Science, and Policy

Comparison of likely temperature increases over 1990-2100 with no policy (left), and stabilization of greenhouse gases at 550pm CO2 equivalents (right). (Figure from the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change.)

### Instructor(s)

Prof. Henry Jacoby

Prof. Ronald G Prinn

Prof. Mort Webster

Travis Franck
(Teaching Assistant)

Eunjee Lee
(Teaching Assistant)

### MIT Course Number

15.023J / 12.848J / ESD.128J

### As Taught In

Spring 2008

### Level

Graduate

###

Some Description
Instructor(s) | Prof.
As Taught In | Spring 2002
Course Number | 2.24
Level | Undergraduate/Graduate
Features | Lecture Notes, Student Work

## Course Description

## Course Features

- Selected lecture notes
- Assignments: problem sets (no solutions)

## Course Description

This class introduces scientific, economic, and ecological issues underlying the threat of global climate change, and the institutions engaged in negotiating an international response. It also develops an integrated approach to analysis of climate change processes, and assessment of proposed policy measures, drawing on research and model development within the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change.

## Other Versions

## Other OCW Versions

Archived versions:

- 15.023J Global Climate Change: Economics, Science, and Policy (Spring 2007)

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Henry Jacoby, Ronald Prinn, Mort Webster, Travis Franck, and Eunjee Lee. 15.023J Global Climate Change: Economics, Science, and Policy. Spring 2008. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.

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