CE 5740: Integrated Assessment Modeling and Science-Policy Integration for Global Environmental Change
(Cross-listed with ABE 5740/ ENSCI 5740).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Repeatable.
Prereq: Graduate Classification or Permission of Instructor
Overview of conceptual insights and quantitative analysis of global climate change with a focus on physical models and policy implications. State-of-the-art Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) within a context of water sustainability with implications to the energy, food, and environmental sectors. Water resources related environmental management and problem-solving under global change. Climate modeling and impacts of climate change on water, energy, and food systems. Application of Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) in understanding the water-energy-food nexus. National and international climate policy.