Climate monitoring and evaluation frameworks, including modeling and predictions of natural causes/sources and <br/>anthropogenic causes/sources; Impacts of climate change on biodiversity, terrestrial and marine ecosystems, human settlements & infrastructure, food production and water resources, and coastal systems; Health/disease issues associated with climate change including social landscape and economies; Adaptation and mitigation mechanisms to overcome barriers to change; sensitivity and adaptive capacity of affected systems; economic, social and environmental sustainability; national and international policy frameworks in a world facing climate change; energy supply and waste... -- Course Website