MIT Independent Activities Period - Concerned about climate change, but unsure how our policy options stack up? Come learn enough to hold your own at a cocktail party on current climate policy topics! From the basic economics to the pros and cons of different policy options to the status of international negotiations on a global agreement, this course will be a tour de force of current issues in climate change economics and policy. This discussion will provide helpful background for the upcoming session on recent developments in U.S. climate policy legislation. Led by Valerie Karplus and Jennifer Morris.

"Climate Change" is a three session series on climate policy issues, including Climate Change 102: Recent Developments in U.S. Climate Policy Legislation (Jan 20, 2-4pm), and a two-part Climate Change 103: Issues in Climate Policy - Technological Change and Biofuels (Jan 21, 2-4pm). Each presentation is designed to stand alone.

These activities are organized and presented by graduate students affiliated with the Global Change Program. Other activities sponsored by the Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change include a two-part series Climate Science I: Paleoclimate to the Present (Jan 12, 2-4pm), and Climate Science II: Introduction to Climate Modeling (Jan 14, 2-4pm).