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Preventing Dangerous Climate Change

Republished From: Cooling the Curriculum; Author: Neil Leary

Initial Publication Date: April 29, 2016

Summary

This 90-minute workshop session engaged faculty in sharing ideas and resources for teaching about the ultimate objective of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change -- preventing dangerous human interference with the climate. During this session we examined questions that we want our students to ask about preventing dangerous climate change and activities they might engage in to understand ethical, economic, institutional, and technological dimensions of dangerous climate change.

The session was part of a four-day workshop that brought together faculty from multiple colleges and diverse disciplines to work collaboratively on developing new and revised courses, explore engaged learning pedagogies, and add to their knowledge for interdisciplinary teaching about climate change within a liberal arts curriculum. The workshop was held twice on the campus of Dickinson College, first in summer 2010 and again in summer 2011. Participants came from more than 20 colleges and universities and with expertise in disciplines that span the sciences, social sciences and humanities. The workshops are part of a NASA supported project Cooling the Liberal Arts Curriculum, A Campaign for Climate Change Education (https://www.dickinson.edu/info/20052/sustainability/2471/climate_education_and_research/4).

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Learning Goals

  • Gain an appreciation of the difficulties in defining what is dangerous climate change and identifying corresponding targets for temperature change and greenhouse gas concentrations.
  • Learn what are some of the key questions for acting to prevent dangerous climate change.
  • Develop ideas for actively engaging our students in exploring these questions.

Context for Use

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Description and Teaching Materials

A summary of a faculty workshop session, with accompanying powerpoint, for teaching about ethical, economic, institutional, and technological dimensions of dangerous climate change.

Session 10: Preventing Dangerous Climate Change Preventing-dangerous-climate-change.pdf (Acrobat (PDF) 5.7MB Nov30 15)


Powerpoint: Preventing Dangerous Climate Change

Teaching Notes and Tips

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Assessment

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References and Resources

Citation

Leary, N. (2014). Preventing Dangerous Climate Change. Retrieved from http://www.camelclimatechange.org/view/teachingunit/51cbfbbb7896bb431f6c0438