Lecture 1: Towards a New Climate Change Agreement
· Chapter 1: The Challenge of Human Induced Climate Change
· Chapter 2: The History of Climate Change Science
· Chapter 3: The UNFCCC
· Chapter 4: From Kyoto to Copenhagen
· Chapter 5: Towards COP21
Lecture 2: The Basics of Climate Change Science
· Chapter 1: The Earth’s Energy Balance
· Chapter 2: The Greenhouse Gases and Feedbacks
· Chapter 3: The Relentless Rise of CO2
· Chapter 4: Other Drivers of Climate Change
· Chapter 5: Recent History of Climate Change
Lecture 3: The 2-Degree Limit
· Chapter 1: The Business As Usual Trajectory
· Chapter 2: The Consequences of the BAU Trajectory
· Chapter 3: Limiting the Mean Surface Temperature Increase Below 2-Degrees Celsius vs. Pre-Industrial Levels
· Chapter 4: Debates Over the 2-Degree Celsius Limit
Lecture 4: The 2-Degree Carbon Budget
· Chapter 1: What is a Carbon Budget?
· Chapter 2: What is the Global Carbon Budget for the 2-Degree Limit?
· Chapter 3: What is the Global Emissions Reduction Pathway for the 2-Degree Limit?
· Chapter 4: How Does It Compare with the Potential Emissions from Fossil Fuel Reserves & Resources?
Lecture 5: The Deep Decarbonization of Energy Systems
· Chapter 1: What is an Energy System?
· Chapter 2: Energy-Related CO2 Emissions Trends
· Chapter 3: The 3 Pillars of the Deep Decarbonization of Energy Systems
· Chapter 4: A Global Mitigation Scenario
Lecture 6: The Key Technological Challenges of Deep Decarbonization
· Chapter 1: The Need for Accelerated Development of Low-Carbon Technologies
· Chapter 2: Key Technology Areas for RDD&D
· Chapter 3: Grid Management of Power Systems with High Penetration of Renewable Energies
· Chapter 4: Carbon Capture & Sequestration
· Chapter 5: Advanced Nuclear Power
· Chapter 6: Electric Vehicles and Advanced Biofuels
· Chapter 7: The Role of Technology Roadmaps and Roundtables
Lecture 7: Deep Decarbonization Pathways: Country Case Studies
· Chapter 1: Why Countries Need Deep Decarbonization Pathways to 2050
· Chapter 2: The Deep Decarbonization Pathways Project
· Chapter 3: What We Learn From Countries’ Deep Decarbonization Pathways
· Chapter 4: Lessons for the Global Agreement on Climate Change at COP21 in Paris in 2015
Lecture 8: Energy & Development
· Chapter 1: Energy & Poverty
· Chapter 2: A World Without Modern Energy
· Chapter 3: Energy for All in Africa
· Chapter 4: How Climate Change Threatens the Poorest of the Poor
· Chapter 5: Sustainable Energy for All
Lecture 9: Main Challenges of Climate Change Negotiations
· Chapter 1: Efficiency & Fairness
· Chapter 2: Basic Principles of a Global Agreement
· Chapter 3: What is Fair?
· Chapter 4: Making an Agreement Stick
· Chapter 5: Problem-Solving Versus Negotiating
Lecture 10: Towards a New Climate Agreement Based on 2-Degrees Celsius
· Chapter 1: The Three-Tiered Structure of Mitigation Commitments
· Chapter 2: Technology RDD&D
· Chapter 3: Climate Financing
· Chapter 4: Can Everybody Win? Should Everybody Win?
· Chapter 5: Achieving Large Global Goals