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Welcome to the Anthropocene
Give a short definition of the an...,
Why do geologists propose a new e...,
How much of the ice free land are...
16
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Planetary Boundaries
Give a short definition of planet...,
What are the 9 planetary boundaries,
Explain the photo
17
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Scientific basis of climate change
Present a short definition of cli...,
Present a short definition of glo...,
What are examples of recent local...
27
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Irreversibilities
What are the three types of irrev...,
Explain how damages of climate ch...,
Why do climate change occur with ...
7
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Social and economic impacts of climate change
What will a stabilization of co2 ...,
Explain what the pat identity is,
Write down the pat identity for g...
14
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A taxonomy of global public goods and climate change as a social dilemma
What are the four incentives to s...,
What does supply depend on when t...,
Is international cooperation needed
31
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A formal economic model and negative externality
According to nordhaus what is the...,
Present a short description of wh...,
Write the formular for country i ...
11
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Negative externality and the Social cost of carbon
What is the social cost of carbon,
What are the best estimates avail...,
Can the market alone solve the pr...
5
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Adaptation
What is adaptation,
Is adaptation worth considering a...,
Illustrate graphically using nord...
13
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Adaptation as risk management
What is the main feauture of dive...,
Calculate the expected value of l...,
Like for covid there could be sud...
3
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Negative Emission Technologies (NETs)
What are negative emission techno...,
What are some examples of negativ...
2
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Geo-engineering
What is geoengineering,
What are the two main methods of ...
2
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Mitigation vs Geoengineering
What is the difference between mi...,
Is geoengineering considered a so...,
What is the suggested order of pr...
4
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Integrated Assesment Models (IAMs)
What are integrated assessment mo...,
Who is associated with the develo...,
What is the purpose of nordhaus i...
18
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Expected values and risk preferences
What are some sources of uncertai...,
How can the acceptance of risk be...,
What is the formal representation...
8
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Managing risk of catastrophic climate change, climate sensitivity
Draw the climate sensitivity curv...,
What is climate sensitivity,
How is climate sensitivity captured
7
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Risk, ambiguity, deep uncertainty
Fa styr pa det her,
Gennemga denne det er ligesom med...,
Ov dig i dette du kan sagtens wupwup
14
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Inequality and climate change
What are the two types of inequal...,
What are the two dimensions of em...,
How can greenhouse gas emissions ...
16
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Mitigation between the present and the future
Problem 1 final payoffif your ini...,
Problem 2 present valueif your fi...,
Problem 3 implicit rateif your in...
21
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International issues of mitigation
What is the purpose of the montre...,
What were the potential consequen...,
What were the obligations under t...
15
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Carbon pricing
What countries have implemented c...,
Term carbon tax,
Term cap and trade system
10
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Ecological transition as a system transition
Term co benefits,
Term should we employ only carbon...,
Term lock ins in the transition
12
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The political economy of climate change
Citizens want actions but global ...,
What is the peoples climate vote,
Hat are the four most popular cli...
16
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