Prior To and During Course: For science background: Dr. John Houghton's Lecture http://www.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk/cis/houghton/ For international policy background: Beginners Guide to the Convention: http://www.unfccc.int/resource/beginner.html For technology background: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy: http://www.eere.energy.gov/ For economic background The economics of Climate Change: A Primer (Chap 3) Economics_Global _change.pdf   READING 1 For Aug 2, 2005 Tragedy of the Commons Tragedy of the Commons READING 2 For Aug 3, 2005 IPCC Science Document Summary of Science for Policy Makers READING 3 For Aug 4, 2005 Carbon Cycle and Sequestration Global Carbon Cycle Carbon sequestration READING 4 For Aug 8, 2005 IPCC Impacts document summary.policy.impacts.pdf READING 5 For Aug 9, 2005 Population - Population_summary - Population Alternative Energy/Renewable energy http://www.eere.energy.gov/ The economics of Climate Change: A Primer (Chap 3) Economics_Global _change.pdf READING 6 For Aug 10, 2005 Kyoto Protocol http://www.unfccc.de/resource/docs/convkp/kpeng.html GW warming regime negotiations Negotiating_regime READING 7 For Aug 11, 2005 Transportation transportation_efficiency Carbon Emission Carbon Emission Trading Carbon Trading READING 8 For Aug 15, 2005 Technology Transfer Technology_transfer