In this lecture, we survey the main kinds of climate policy options and then discuss how we might go about selecting the best ones. This is a general introduction to climate policies, which will be explored in more details in the following lectures.

1. 20. The Climate Czar
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2. Outline

3. Congrats! You are
Global Climate Czar

4. Ackbar’s
Cautionary Tale

5. Policy
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6. Participants
Perspectives
Situations
Resources
(Base
Values)
Strategies
Outcomes
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Policy without
Politics:
Philosopher King
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7. Define the problem

8. Then, you’d want to survey the options
Human impacts
on climate
The climate
system
Climate impacts
on humans
AdaptationGeoengineeringMitigation

9. Human impacts
on climate
The climate
system
Climate impacts
on humans
AdaptationGeoengineeringMitigation
Carbon taxes
Cap/Trade
Standards and Investments
Fracking bans
Incentives
etc.
Solar radiation management
surface
upper atmosphere
space
Carbon Dioxide Removal
BECCS
Afforestation
Ocean fertilization
Infrastructure
Insurance
Capacity building
poverty reduction
Agricultural practices
traditional
genetic engineering
Ecological restoration
Etc.

10. Then, you’d want to pick the best ones

13. Of course, there is no Climate Czar

14. • Global GHG Sankey Diagram

15. “Remember, wind energy
is just solar power in da
skys!”
Ackbar, cosmic punner