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Engaged Curriculum Grants

Policy and the Science of Climate Change

Bringing students to United Nations negotiations on climate change policy

The 2015 United Nations Paris Agreement, the largest international climate change plan, aims to limit the rise in global average temperature through voluntary reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. Progress, science and policy are evaluated annually at the Conference of the Parties. In this new course, students will work with negotiators from developing countries, non-governmental organizations and international groups in preparation for and during the negotiations of the Conference of the Parties. Students will gain an understanding of the complexity of the global climate change negotiations process and the role of science in debates. Students will learn practical skills in climate change communication and expand the capacity of partner organizations to be involved meaningfully in climate change negotiations.

Grant type: Development (2018-19, 2019-20)

Topics: Access, Equity and Justice; Energy, Environment and Sustainability; Law, Government and Policy

The Team

  • Natalie Mahowald, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

    College of Engineering

  • Linda Shi, Department of City and Regional Planning

    College of Architecture, Art and Planning

  • Sharon Sassler, Department of Policy Analysis and Management

    College of Human Ecology

  • Christine Goodale, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

    College of Arts and Sciences

  • Community partner:  CSA Youth Network
  • Community partner:  Climate Change Armenia
  • Community partner:  East West Center
  • Community partner:  Government of Punjab, Pakistan
  • Community partner:  Network of Regional Governments for Sustainable Development

In the News

FEBRUARY 14, 2019 
Mahowald to Congress: Act now to arrest climate change
– Cornell Chronicle

JANUARY 14, 2019 
Students, faculty shape global effort to cool a warming world
– Cornell Chronicle


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