Prior To and During Course: For science background: Dr. John Houghton's Lecture http://www.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk/cis/houghton/ For international policy background: Beginners Guide to the Convention: http://www.unfccc.int/resource/beginner.html For technology background: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy: http://www.eere.energy.gov/ For economic background The economics of Climate Change: A Primer (Chap 3) Economics_Global _change.pdf Summary background Recent IPCC (AR4 report) about science READING 1 For July 17 , 2007 Tragedy of the Commons Tragedy of the Commons READING 2 For July 18, 2007 IPCC Science Document Summary of Science for Policy Makers READING 3 For July 19, 2007 Carbon Cycle and Sequestration Carbon Cycle Carbon sequestration READING 4 For July 23, 2007 IPCC Impacts document summary.policy.impacts.pdf READING 5 For July 24 , 2007 Population - Population Alternative Energy/Renewable energy alternative energies The economics of Climate Change: A Primer (Chap 3) Economics_Global _change.pdf READING 6 For July 25, 2007 Kyoto Protocol http://www.unfccc.de/resource/docs/convkp/kpeng.html GW warming regime negotiations Negotiating_regime READING 7 For July 26, 2007 Transportation Transportation_efficiency Transportation Carbon Trading Carbon Emission Trading READING 8 For July 30, 2007 Technology Transfer Technology_transfer