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List of Weekly Topics
For each class session, there is a description of the particular topic as well as the general subject area of the class. We cover each general subject area for several classes. After an introductory session, we'll spend two sessions examining the international legal agreements that have resulted from the international negotiations on climate change. Second, we'll spend three classes on the science and technology that underlies the potential problem of climate change. Third, we'll spend four classes looking at issues of institutional design that are implicit in various provisions of the Kyoto Protocol. Finally, we'll look at the crucial political problem that, unless solved, is very likely to stymie any further progress in mitigating climate change: the meaningful participation by less-developed countries (LDCs) in international legal agreements aimed at reducing climate change.
| Date | Topic | General Subject |
| August 30th | Introduction | Introduction |
| September 6th | The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change | International Legal Agreements |
| September 13th | The Kyoto Protocol | International Legal Agreements |
| September 20th | Climate and the Carbon Cycle | Science and Technology |
| September 27th | Climate Modeling | Science and Technology |
| October 4th | Energy Generation and Conservation | Science and Technology |
| October 11th | International Institutions Generally | Institutional Design |
| October 18th | International Environmental Institutions, Generally | Institutional Design |
| October 25th | Weighted Reductions and Trading Schemes: Theory | Institutional Design |
| November 1st | Trading Schemes: Politics and Operation | Insitutional Design |
| November 8th | LDCs Generally | LDC Participation |
| November 15th | Participation without Obligation: LDCs and Projects | LDC Participation |
| November 22nd | Participation without Obligation: LDCs and Trading | LDC Participation |
| November 29th | Participation, Obligation, and Subsidies | LDC Participation |
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This page was last updated on 09/21/99.