Climate Science, Risk & Solutions: A Climate Primer

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MIT's Climate Primer website summarizes the most important lines of evidence for human-caused climate change. (Image courtesy of Kerry Emanuel. CC BY-NC-SA). 

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The goal of the Climate Primer website is to summarize the most important lines of evidence for human-caused climate change. It confronts the stickier questions about uncertainty in our projections, engages in a discussion of risk and risk managment, and concludes by presenting different options for taking action. We hope that the facts prepare you for more effective conversations with your community about values, trade-offs, politics, and actions.   

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Kerry Emanuel. RES.ENV-005 Climate Science, Risk & Solutions: A Climate Primer. Fall 2020. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.


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