Global Climate Change: Economics, Science, and Policy | Sloan School of Management | MIT OpenCourseWare

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Analysis of the Benefits of Greenhouse Gas Mitigation

Economics I: Economic Growth, Technology and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Economics II: The Economics of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Control

Economics III: Climate Policy Analysis

Economics of the Global Commons

Effect of Uncertainty and Learning on Decisions

Emissions Trading and Tax Systems

Institutions I: Political and Analytical Organizations

Institutions II: International Climate Negotiations

Integrated Assessment I: Sensitivity Studies and Uncertainty Analysis using the Integrated Global System Model

Introduction and Overview

Methods of Uncertainty Analysis

Sea Level Rise and Adaptation

The Basics of Economics

The Climate Machine I: Past Climate, and Gases, Aerosols and Radiation

The Climate Machine II: Greenhouse Gas Exchange Rates and Dynamics of the Atmosphere and Oceans

The Climate Machine III: Interaction of Atmosphere, Oceans and Biosphere

The Climate Machine IV: Regional Effects of Climate Change

The Climate Machine V: Unresolved Problems in Climate Analysis

The Mathematics of Climate Modeling

What is the Nature of the System that Determines Climate?

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