Climate Change and Conflict Management at Penn State:

An Assessment of Education and Research Capacity

Funded by Penn State Sustainability Institute’s Reinvention Fund

Climate Change and Conflict Management Grant

FALL 2015 (Updated in January 2016)

Please submit any feedback or comments to Lara B. Fowler (lbf10@psu.edu).

Acknowledgements This white paper is one of the results of the Climate Change and Conflict Management Project, funded by the Penn State Sustainability Institute’s Reinvention Fund. One important objective of the Project is to develop this white paper based on an assessment of the state of multi-disciplinary knowledge in climate change and conflict studies at Penn State to inform potential research grant applications. This review took place during the 2014-2015 academic year. Since the completion of this draft, a number of faculty have left and new faculty have arrived. However, these changes would not significantly alter the white paper’s observation on the overall expertise in climate change and conflict management at Penn State. For more information about the Project, please visit http://sustainability.psu.edu/reinvention/climate-change-and-conflict-management. The Sustainability Institute’s Reinvention Fund is a university level endeavor to support sustainability research, coursework, and student internships; see http://sustainability.psu.edu/reinvention-fund-0 for more information. The Climate Change and Conflict Management Project team members included: • Lara Fowler (Principle Investigator), Penn State Law; Penn State Institutes of Energy and

the Environment • Jenni Evans, Department of Meteorology, Penn State College of Earth & Mineral Science;

Earth and Environmental Systems Institute • Chris Forest, Department of Meteorology, Penn State College of Earth & Mineral Science • Bryan McDonald, Department of History, Penn State College of Liberal Arts • Sarah Clark Miller, Department of Philosophy, Penn State College of Liberal Arts • Xiaoxin Shi, Penn State Law, Penn State Institutes of Energy and the Environment

The team would like to thank Hallah Elbeleidy for early research on this topic, and Mary McKenney Easterling and Klaus Keller for their insights and feedbacks on the earlier drafts of this paper. In addition, Nancy Tuana, Rock Ethics Institute and Petra Tschakert, formerly of Penn State Geography, served as early advisors on this project.

Summary of Conclusions

Climate change impacts are real and present. Climate change research and education are one of those subjects that are justified by the current, practical needs of communities as well as by the necessity to develop certain scientific theories to contribute to human well-being in the long run. The “market,” or in other words, the community needs, are and should be the drive of climate-related research and education. The ultimate judgment of the effectiveness of an institution in the field of climate change arguably is whether the funding investments in understanding the facts are transformed into usable information for decision-makers and their communities. This debate about Penn State’s next steps in funding climate-related research and education is not about the comparative importance of the different topics. Rather, it is about planning for how to place the last link between science and usable information to achieve effectiveness.

Based on this premise, this white paper reviews the research and education capacity on climate change and conflict management at Penn State. During the past few decades, climate science has undergone a transition from focusing primarily on the physical and chemical dynamics of the earth’s climate to exploring how the understanding of climate systems could be translated into adaptation strategies. As the need for future leaders who are able to navigate through highly interdisciplinary matters to lead communities to address the impacts of climate change became evident, there has been a proliferation of climate research and education programs at universities in the United States, including Penn State. In light of these developments, the white paper focuses on the potential next steps for Penn State to lead a new front in climate research, education, and translation of research into knowledge and impact.

The white paper uses a two-step methodology to evaluate Penn State’s expertise in climate change and conflict management. The first step was a baseline review of expertise based on publically available information, such as university departmental listings and faculty websites. The baseline review was undertaken during the 2014-2015 academic year. The second step is consultation with faculty to verify the results of the baseline review. The consultation will hopefully help bridge the gap between the actual research interest in climate change related issues at Penn State and how faculty members “brand” themselves, which relates to the extent Penn States is perceived as a leader in climate change research by those without “inside” knowledge. The consultation will also hopefully stimulate a university-wide conversation on strengthening Penn State’s capacity in climate change research and education. This consultation is currently ongoing.

The white paper concludes that a framework is needed at the university level to guide resource investment in aligning Penn State’s expertise in climate science with the priority needs of communities to enhance their climate resilience. In particular, it is important to initiate robust dialogues on how the university’s experts who are specialized in the human dimensions of climate science could be partnered with those who are specialized in climate systems to assist with community adaptation efforts. This conclusion is drawn from a review of Penn State’s expertise, and research and education programs related with climate issues. Penn State has a long tradition of excellence in climate research from the perspective of earth sciences. In contrast, much of the effort to investigate the implications of climate change on current decision-making at the community level is more scattered. A systematic planning of such efforts to formulate a set of pragmatic research themes in light of the specific climate change impacts in Pennsylvania would be a necessary step for Penn State to make an even greater regional impact.

This report is also supported by the findings from a survey of climate related research and education programs at major universities nationwide. Most major universities in the United States have at least one climate change research program. Nevertheless, less than a half of these programs aspire to address the human dimensions of climate change. Even fewer of them are oriented to undertake pragmatic research that would contribute directly to building resilience and addressing immediate conflicts caused by climate change in communities. It appears to be challenging to remain competitive in climate change research and education by focusing merely on broad strategies and principles. The new competing grounds for leaders in this field, therefore, are likely to be subjects that bring together the decades of climate science, lessons learned from applying such science in recent years, and on-the-ground challenges in climate adaptation.

This report is further reinforced by the trend of fostering community-based actions in the nation’s climate change policy. In November 2013, the President issued an Executive Order titled “Preparing the United States for the Impacts of Climate Change.” Since then, U.S. federal agencies have been developing tools for building climate resilience based on community based experiences. Indeed, climate science becomes the most compelling for the public when it is translated into potential solutions or necessary processes to search for potential solutions. As one of the nation’s largest education institutions, Penn State has much more to offer in this societal transition. The larger debates in addressing climate-related impacts offer tremendous opportunities for exploring innovative education modes that not only enhance the learning experience through community outreach but also provide inputs for pragmatic research.

This report is an invitation for constructive dialogues on the possible actions at the university level to strengthen the capacity of Penn State as a leader in climate change research, education, and translation of this science into actionable impact. To contribute to these dialogues, Annex 4 of the report offers a collection of tools for climate change adaptation, education, and communication. This selection of tools is to provide a snapshot of the current trends of pragmatic research in climate change. This report can form the basis to guide a consultation process on how the rich expertise at Penn State could be consolidated strategically to maintain the institution’s excellence in a rapidly evolving subject.

Table of Contents 1. Current Human Capacity in Climate Change-Related Research at Penn State.... 1 2. Undergraduate and Graduate Courses on Climate Change at Penn State…...….. 2 3. Institutes and Centers on Climate Change at Penn State…………...…………….. 3 4. Program, Centers, and Institutes on Climate Change in Other Universities…..… 3 5. Climate Change and Conflict Management Toolkit……………………………….. 4 5.1 Planning Tools…………………………………………………………………. 4 5.2 Teaching Tools………………………………………………………………… 7 5.3 Tools for Community Outreach and Engagement……………………………... 8 5.4 National, Regional, and Global Strategies……………………………………... 11 Annex A. List of Penn State Faulty and Research Staff with Expertise on Social,

Legal, Economic, and Health Issues Related with Climate Change……….....

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Annex B. List of Penn State Faulty and Research Staff with Expertise on

Environmental Science and Engineering Issues Related to Climate Chang….

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Annex C. List of Undergraduate Degree Courses Related to Climate Change and

Conflict Management………………………………………………………...

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Annex D. List of Graduate Degree Courses Related to Climate Change and Conflict

Management………………………………………………………………......

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Annex E. Penn State’s Research Institutes Related with Climate Change and Conflict

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Annex F. Penn State’s Research Centers Related with Climate Change and Conflict

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Annex G. Penn State’s Networks and Initiatives Related with Climate Change and

Conflict Management………………………………........................................

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Annex H. Research and Education Programs, Institutes, and Centers on Climate

Change in Other Major Universities…………………………………….….

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1. Current Human Capacity in Climate Change-Related Research at Penn State Penn State has substantial expertise related to climate change, particularly in the fields of

climate dynamics, public communication and uncertainty analysis. Table 1 presents a breakdown of the areas of expertise of the 129 faculty and research staff listed in Annex A (expertise in social, legal, economic, and health issues related with climate change) and Annex B (expertise in environmental science and engineering issues related with climate change). This is current through the 2014-2015 academic year and is subject to change. Only faculty and research staff that explicitly express their interests in climate change, or are affiliated with the centers dedicated to climate related research at Penn State, are included in these two annexes.

There has been a trend at both individual and department levels to focus on interdisciplinary research areas in wake of the complex socio-economic issues brought by climate change. However, existing human capacity is mostly scattered in traditional education programs formed prior to the emergence of climate change problems. Many of the areas of expertise focus on understanding the dynamics of climate change and have dedicated part of their time in research associated with climate change risk management from the natural science perspective. A growing area of focus has been communicating climate change issues and managing climate change impacts from a strategic point of view. Much of the expertise listed in Table 1 could be further integrated in light of those concrete challenges induced by climate change in adjacent communities, both short-term and long-term, to enable Penn State to make an even greater regional impact.

The white paper uses a two-step methodology to evaluate Penn State’s expertise in climate change and conflict management. The first step is a baseline review of expertise based on publically available information, such as university departments’ staff listing and faculty’s personal websites. The baseline review was undertaken during the 2014-2015 academic year. The second step is consultation with faculty to verify the results of the baseline review. This consultation is currently ongoing.

Table 1. Climate Change Expertise by Research Specialty Areas of Expertise1 Number of faculty

and research staff Percentage2 (%)

Agriculture, Food, and Rural Development 20 16 Biology 4 3 Climate Risk Management: Mitigation, Adaptation, Resilience, Crisis Response, and Security 27 21

Climatology, Atmospheric Processes, Meteorology, and Oceanography 36 28

Dispute Resolution and Mediation 7 5 Energy 14 11 Environmental Economics 8 6 Environmental Technologies, Technology Transfer, and Community Infrastructures 5 4

1 Areas of expertise are listed alphabetically. 2 The sum of the percentage break-down exceeds 100% because some professors specialize in multiple areas related with climate change.

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Ethnics and Gender 11 9 Landscape Conservation and Land Use 8 6 Law 3 2 Public Communication, Engagement, and Education 23 18 Regional Climate Change Issues (e.g., Alaska, Arctic, Africa) 14 11 Water and climate change 11 9 Wildlife and Ecology 21 16

2. Undergraduate and Graduate Courses on Climate Change at Penn State

The strength of Penn State’s education programs on climate change lie in those courses that explains the dynamics of earth’s climate, risk management from the natural science perspective, and the fundamental skills in environmental science and engineering. The two major geographical foci of such courses are Africa, followed by Latin America. Compared with undergraduate degree courses, more graduate degree courses teach the theories and skills in mediation, conflict management, and disaster preparedness.

Annex C and D list undergraduate and graduate degree courses that cover substantive issues related with climate change and conflict management. The lists do not include courses that primarily aim at building students’ research skills in a certain topic area. Independent study, research, internship, and special topic courses are not included given the considerable variation of subjects depending on the interests of specific lecturer and student, and difficulties in verifying the past course works. Some courses that do not explicitly address climate change are nevertheless included because they teach skills or theories necessary for addressing climate-related challenges, such as public communication of scientific subject matters, stormwater management, and water resources planning, just to name a few.

For undergraduate degree courses, a total of 153 courses address subject matters related with climate change and conflict management. Among them, eighteen courses focus on climate change issues. These eighteen courses are offered by the College of Agricultural Sciences, College of Liberal Arts, Eberly College of Science, College of Earth and Mineral Science, College of Education, and the Science, Technology & Society Program. Notably, the College of Earth and Mineral Science offers 13 courses that are dedicated to climate change issues. Five of the eighteen courses address the human and socio-economical dimensions of climate change. These courses are offered by the College of Education, College of Earth and Mineral Science, and the Science, Technology, & Society Program. The other eight courses examine climate change and earth systems from the engineering and natural science perspectives.

For graduate degree courses, a total of 110 courses cover topics related to climate change. The discrepancy between related graduate and undergraduate courts can be partially explained by the fact that the content of many graduate courses are led by students’ research interests. For instance, courses like Independent Study are not listed due to the difficulties in verifying students’ projects for those courses. Among these 110 courses, thirteen courses focus on climate change issues, four of which explicitly address the human and socio-economic dimensions of climate change. Again, the College of Earth and Mineral Science contributed eleven courses out of the thirteen.

There seems to be an opportunity for Penn State to align these courses in the context of the emerging specialties in the field of climate change during the past decades, such as conflict

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management. Students who are passionate about climate-related subjects should be able to quickly understand what the necessary skills for a career in the field of climate change and locate relevant expertise through a consolidated portal. This portal could be in the form of a graduate degree in climate change. Even if climate change would not be the career path for some students, they could still build the foundations for becoming the next generation of leaders who not only have a comprehensive vision of the dynamics between science and management, but also the skills to make on-the-ground changes.

3. Institutes and Centers on Climate Change at Penn State

Penn State has a total of 43 institutes, centers, networks, and initiatives that work on issues related with climate change and risk management (see Annex E for institutes, Annex F for centers, and Annex G for networks and initiatives). The Penn State Institutes of Energy and the Environment, the College of Agricultural Sciences, and the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences are major players in coordinating these inter-disciplinary research efforts.

There is a clear trend at Penn State to tackle problems that lie at the intersections of disciplinary research fields related with climate change. However, efforts that try to address the human dimension of climate change appear sporadic and are not grounded in a systematic understanding of the practical needs at the community level. Those outreach initiatives that aim to build awareness of sustainability issues in adjacent communities are not always fully supported by Penn State’s expertise on climate change. Social scientists, geographers, lawyers, and others at Penn State should be channeled to explore how Penn State’s resources in the natural science side of climate change research could contribute to the design of a research and education agenda that bridges theories and decision making.

4. Program, Centers, and Institutes on Climate Change in Other Universities During the past two decades, there has been a proliferation of programs, institutes, and

centers that aim at fostering interdisciplinary research on climate change at the university level. Many of them are at the nexus of science, communities, and decision-makers. Annex H lists a total of 74 programs, institutes, and centers on climate change research and education in 63 universities, based on a survey of 220 universities in the United States. The list is a snapshot of these universities’ direct commitment to innovative and interdisciplinary approaches to climate change research and education. However, the list in no way reflects the full research or teaching capacity on climate change in these universities because individual projects or courses on climate change that scatter in traditional educational departments (e.g., environmental sciences, geography) are not listed.

Most of these programs, institutes, and centers serve as clearinghouses for information, networking forum, and offer courses, fellowships, research projects for students to participate. Eleven of them are degree granting. Thirty one of them (43%) tackle research questions on the human and cultural dimension of climate change, the impact of climate change on public health, and formulating decision making tools based on existing knowledge about climate change. However, only one of them mentions dispute resolution3 explicitly as one of their research areas. 3 This is the Theodore W. Kheel Center on the Resolution of Environmental Interest Disputes at Pace University.

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Therefore, building a strong pool of expertise on conflict management and brand so to the public as such could potentially distinguish Penn State from other universities by occupying a unique, often ignored field, in climate change research and education. 5. Climate Change and Conflict Management Toolkit

The effects of climate change are real. There is a tremendous demand for pragmatic research to guide communities and decision makers in planning for climate change adaptation. Events such as Hurricane Sandy, less predictable precipitation in north-east regions, and sea level rise along coastal area present new challenges to climate researchers and educators: how can the past decades of climate change science be translated to actions to build resilience?

To contribute to the dialogues at the university level on how Penn State can maintain its excellence and relevance in the quickly evolving field of climate change, this report offers a collection of tools that represent the recent developments on climate change research and education (see Sections 5.1- 5.4). Many of these developments are guided by on-the-ground needs and experiences, which are a departure from past research that addresses only the general principles how climate change adaptation should be done. These tools are selected because they are relatively recent, authoritative, innovative, and practical. The selection is not intended to be exhaustive, but instead indicative of the novel approaches to climate-related issues. A notable characteristic of these tools is that they investigate potential processes and ways of communication under which community decisions on climate change could or should be made. The climate change and conflict management team hopes to assemble an online toolkit on climate change and conflict management with researchers, educators, and students at Penn State. 5.1 Planning Tools 1. U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit. In response to the President’s Climate Action Plan and Executive Order to help American population prepare for climate-related impact, U.S. federal government agencies, led by the Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Council on Environmental Quality, created an online clearinghouse with resources that can help communities build climate resilience. The website is structured with a five-step process for building resilience. For each step, a few methods that communities have already been using to tackle climate change impacts are listed. With particular relevance for Pennsylvanian communities are the tools for fishermen and farmers to minimize climate impacts on their businesses. The website also offer a series of short video clips featuring how American people are building resilience. http://toolkit.climate.gov

2. Digital Coast. The Digital Coast Partnership is a gateway to the state-of-art management and planning aid for coastal communities to tackle climate change and coastal hazards. The Digital Coast Partnership includes the American Planning Association, Association of State Floodplain Managers, Coastal States Organization, National Association of Counties, National Estuarine Research Reserves Association, National States Geographic Information Council, The Nature Conservancy, Urban Land Institute, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office for Coastal Management. The Digital Coast website, sponsored by NOAA, provides tools and training materials for coastal management. The website provides a

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collection of software programs that enables visualization of climate change impacts. These programs are developed by NOAA, Florida International University, Oregon State University, The Nature Conservancy, U.S. Geological Survey, Clemson University Baruch Institute, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Forest Service’s Remote Sensing Application Center, Federal Emergency Management Agency, The Natural Capital Project, University of Connecticut Center for Land Use Education and Research, Duke University, Marine Map Consortium, University of Queensland Australia, Dauphin Island Sea Lab, NatureServe, Warren Pinnacle Consulting, Image Matters, and U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service. The Digital Coast also maintains access to dozens of planning and project design tools for coastal communities, ranging from software, interactive planning guide, to NOAA training courses. http://coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/

3. The Coastal Resilience Index. The Coastal Resilience Index is a tool for communities leaders to assess how prepared their communities are for storms and storm recovery and guide discussions about enhancing resilience to coastal hazards. The Index is developed by the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium (MASGC), which was created in 1972 to enhance the sustainable use and conservation of ocean and coastal resources to benefit the economy and environment in Alabama and Mississippi. MASGC was one of thirty-three Sea Grant College Programs, administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. MASGC members include Auburn University, Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Jackson State University, Mississippi State University, The University of Alabama, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, The University of Mississippi, The University of Southern Mississippi, and the University of South Alabama. http://masgc.org/coastal-storms-program/resilience-index

4. A Manual for Developing Community Initiatives on Climate Change. The peer-reviewed manual is developed by the Natural Capitalism Solutions. The manual features a five-step methodology that small municipalities can use to formulate and implement greenhouse gas (GHG) emission action plans. The Manual also includes case studies on cities’ emission reduction efforts in the United States. The Manual can be accessed at http://www.climatemanual.org/Cities/downloads/ClimateProtectionManual_Cities.pdf.

5. Town Energy and Climate Action Guide. This Guide is developed by the Vermont Energy and Climate Action Network, a project of the Alliance for Climate Action, New England Grassroots Environment Fund, Sustainable Energy Resource Group, Vermont Energy Investment Corporation, and Vermont Natural Resources Council. The Guide is to provide communities with tools to form volunteer town energy and climate action committees. Programs, strategies, and initiatives that could be formulated by town energy and climate action committees are also discussed. The Guide can be accessed at http://vnrc.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/VECAN-ActGuide-April2007.pdf.

6. Methodology to Calculate Entity-Scale Inventory of Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG). This U.S. Department of Agriculture report lays out methods for estimating changes in GHG emissions and increase carbon storage at a local level. These methods can be used to develop tools for farmers, ranchers and forest landowners to help them evaluate the effectiveness of

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conservation practices. The report can be accessed at http://www.usda.gov/oce/climate_change/estimation.htm.

7. The Adaptation Toolkit for New Hampshire Communities. The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services developed a toolkit to guide New Hampshire Communities through a local planning process. It includes tools for climate change and adaptation messaging, community conversations, assessment, planning, and identifying funding resources. The toolkit can be accessed at http://des.nh.gov/organization/divisions/air/tsb/tps/climate/toolkit/learn.htm.

8. Natural Hazard and Climate Change Adaptation Toolkit for Delaware Communities. The toolkit was developed as a component of Delaware Sea Grant’s resilient coastal communities initiative to assist local leaders in identifying means to improve community resilience through exiting planning, mitigation, response, and outreach mechanisms. The comprehensive toolkit covers aspects from choosing the right planning approach, establishing a dedicated committee, hosting workshops, prioritizing vulnerabilities, to developing potential actions. The toolkit offers a thorough model process for finding solutions for issues such as flooding in built areas. Appendix II also includes an overview of the methods that have been used to address flooding in U.S. communities. The report can be accessed at http://www.deseagrant.org/products/natural-hazard-and-climate-change-adaptation-tool-kit-delaware-communities.

9. A Tool to Set Local Targets for Annual CO2 Emissions. The Donella Meadows Institute was founded in 1996 by environmental leader Donella Meadows. This Tool was developed for use at the community level to set local targets for annual CO2 emissions based on global emissions scenarios. More information about the tool can be found at http://www.donellameadows.org/resources-and-reading/climate-change-mitigation-tool/.

10. New York State’s Climate Smart Communities Pledge. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation initiated the Climate Smart Communities (CSC) Pledge to promote proactive planning to tackle climate change impacts at the municipality level. The Climate Smart Communities Guide to Local Action provides overviews of possible community actions, guidelines, and case studies to help communities implement the CSC pledge. More information about the initiative and the Guide can be found at http://www.dec.ny.gov/energy/50845.html.

11. Roadmap Assessment Approach for Adapting to Coastal Risk. NOAA Office for Coastal Management offers a three-hour online training on the Roadmap assessment approach, which helps communities characterize their exposure to hazard and climate threats, and incorporate relevant data into decision-making. More information about the Roadmap approach and case studies of communities in Mississippi, Florida, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, and New York using the approach can be found at http://coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/training/roadmap?redirect=301ocm.

12. Promising Practices of Adapting to Climate Change for Local Leaders. The Institute for Sustainable Communities developed a guide for local leaders on how to design a process to plan for climate change adaptation. The Guide includes several case studies from Miami, New York City, Chicago, New Orleans, Seattle, and Toronto. The Guide can be accessed at

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http://www.sustainablecommunitiesleadershipacademy.org/resource_files/documents/Climate-Adaptation-Resource-Guide.pdf.

13. A Toolkit for Adapting to Urban Heat. This toolkit is to guide local governments in using a combination of four built-environment changes – tool roofs, green roofs, cool pavements, and urban forestry – to reduce the effects of increased heat caused by climate change by their communities and citizens. The toolkit is developed by Georgetown Climate Center and can be accessed at http://www.georgetownclimate.org/adaptation-tool-kit-urban-heat.

5.2 Teaching Tools 1. Bringing Ebola into Classrooms. Revealing and teaching the nexuses of different fields through the lens of extreme events is one of the challenges in climate change education. Stony Brook University President Samuel L. Stanley Jr., MD delivers a university-wide lecture on the Ebola threat on September 3, 2014. A recording of the lecture can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBQdzp0YGZ0. The lecture offers insights on what seemed to be a “new” problem in coping with Ebola at the time. This is one of the examples of educators’ effort to connect learning and current events, and bridging politics, ecology, and environmental science in teaching. A more in-depth discussion on the teachable moments of Ebola can be found at http://serc.carleton.edu/sencer/newsletters/92359.html.

2. Climate Academy. Climate Academy is a five-month online national course for natural resource managers and conservation professionals. This course is led by the National Conservation Training Center of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, in partnership with Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, National Park Service, and the Wildlife Society. Course participants are required to participate in webinars, read texts, discuss those readings online, and complete a final project on incorporating considerations on climate change issues into their day-to-day work. The website for this online course has a collection of publically accessible literature addressing issues including basic climate science, uncertainty, adaptation planning, adaptation action, and adaptation strategies and plans of major federal agencies. http://nctc.fws.gov/courses/ALC/ALC3193/resources/

3. A Topic Guide to Conflict, Climate, and Environment. The Overseas Development Institute and International Alert with the assistance of the UK Department for International Developed produced a peer reviewed Topic Guide for development professionals to conceptualize and approach conflicts in relation to natural resources and climate change. The Guide offers an extensive overview of the linkages between climate and conflict, including knowledge gaps and suggestions for sensitive and effective policy-making. The guide can be accessed at http://www.evidenceondemand.info/topic-guide-conflict-climate-and-environment.

4. Blog Post on How Not to Teach Climate Change. The article is based on a Washington Post piece by a professor at the University of Arizona, explaining how she used to teach her undergraduates about climate change and why she stopped. The professor’s experience shows instilling fear is not the most effective way to promote action and engagement when it comes to climate change. The blog post can be accessed at http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2014/09/15/348629576/how-not-to-teach-climate-change.

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5. Free e-Course on Climate Change and REDD+. The International Union for Conservation of Nature offers an online course on climate change and deforestation. This course provides a basic level of understanding of REDD+. It teaches background information on climate change and drivers of deforestation; the technical, political, financial, social and environmental issues related to REDD+; and the basics on implementing REDD+ activities at the national and sub-national levels. This course could be useful for educators who teach international schemes for reducing climate change impacts in developing nations. The course can be accessed at https://www.conservationtraining.org/mod/page/view.php?id=4254.

6. Amphibious Houses. Houses that float during floods are built in the Netherlands to address the tension between land use and climate change impacts in coastal communities. This factsheet summarizes this innovative way to climate change adaptation: http://www.sfrpc.com/Climate%20Change/1a.pdf.

5.3 Tools for Community Outreach and Engagement 1. Climate Researchers Lent Their Likeliness for Cartoons that Explain Climate Change. John Cook, a climate-communication fellow at the University of Queensland, started a project to deal with people who deny climate change: a series of hand-scrawled cartoons of real-life scientists, popping off word balloons loaded with climate facts. The playful series is called “97 Hours of Consensus,” a reference to the 97 percent of climate researchers who believe in anthropogenic global warming. John hopes to address the consensus gap between the climate researchers and the more than 90 percent of Americans who are unaware of or unconvinced by climate change. The likeliness of Penn State Professors Michael Mann and Richard Alley are used in this project. Because the cartoons are not copyrighted, they may be tweeted with the #97Hours tag. This artistic creation lends a useful example of fun ways for community outreach and public education on climate change. http://www.citylab.com/weather/2014/09/the-scientific-consensus-on-climate-change-illustrated-in-cartoons/379922/

2. Choice-DialoguesTM. Viewpoint Learning, Inc. developed Choice-Dialogues to engage representative samples of the public in working through their views on complex and difficult issues. Choice-Dialogues facilitates public learning of the issues at hand, which is proven to be an important factor that accelerates the resolution of the issues. It provides an alternative form of public participation other than polls and focus groups. In Spring 2013, Viewpoint Learning conducted two day Choice-Dialogues workshop with 35-40 residents of Richmond, Virginia and Tampa, Florida to explore how the public comes to terms with the tradeoffs in addressing climate change related issues. Results of the Choice-Dialogues on climate change can be found at http://www.viewpointlearning.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/UCS-Sea-Level-Rise-Web.pdf .

3. Climate Access’s Tip on How to Design and Facilitate a Dialogue Session on Climate Change in the Community. Climate Access is a global network of climate and clean energy communicators with more than 2,000 members in 57 countries. Climate Access tracks current public opinion and social science research, and incorporate them into public engagement tools and new framing approaches. Climate Access has issued a number of Tip Sheets that addresses design issues in stakeholder engagement, talking about seasonal impacts, framing dialogues, communicating summer climate impacts, discussing clean energy, just to name a few. The Tip Sheets can be accessed at http://www.climateaccess.org/tips-and-tools.

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4. Guidance Note on Diagnosing Climate-Induced Conflicts in Local Communities. Saferworld is an UK-based, international non-governmental organization working to prevent violent conflict and build safer lives. Saferworld works in nearly 20 countries and territories across Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Europe. The Guidance Note features a methodology of community consultation to identify underlying issues of climate-related conflict, which was applied in Saferworld’s project in Nepal. The methodology explains how to carry out a conflict analysis in communities, and how to integrate conflict analysis in to planning for climate change adaptation. The Guidance Note can be accessed at: http://www.saferworld.org.uk/downloads/pubdocs/Saferworld-CSCCA-guidance-English.pdf.

5. The Center for Rural Pennsylvania’s Handbook on Community Visioning. The Center for Rural Pennsylvania is a bipartisan, bicameral legislative agency that serves as a resource for rural policy within the Pennsylvania General Assembly. The Center sponsors research and participating in local, state, and national forums on rural issues. This Handbook is the Fourth Edition, covering a wide range of aspects of engaging community members in planning: community visioning, drafting vision statement, organizing community workshops, developing and implementing action plans, and preparing media release. The Handbook can be accessed at http://www.rural.palegislature.us/documents/reports/visioning_4th_edition_2013.pdf.

6. The Center for Rural Pennsylvania’s Guide on Developing Effective Citizen Engagement. The Center for Rural Pennsylvania is a bipartisan, bicameral legislative agency that serves as a resource for rural policy within the Pennsylvania General Assembly. The Center sponsors research and participating in local, state, and national forums on rural issues. This guide outlines the steps to design a citizen engagement plan, create local networks, and explains how communities can make better decisions. The Guide can be accessed at http://www.rural.palegislature.us/effective_citizen_engagement.pdf.

7. A Guide on the Psychology of Climate Change Communication. The Psychology of Climate Change was developed by the Center for Research on Environmental Decisions at Columbia University. Issues such as framing the issue, translating scientific data into concrete experience, and dealing with emotional appeals are addressed. The report can be accessed at http://guide.cred.columbia.edu/pdfs/CREDguide_full-res.pdf or http://cred.columbia.edu/guide/.

8. A Guide on Communicating Climate Change. This is a short guide with concrete example of how to draft a public message to raise awareness on climate change. The guide was developed by ecoAmerica is a non-profit governmental organization that grows the base of popular support for climate solutions in America with research-driven marketing, partnerships, and national programs. The guide can be accessed at http://ecoamerica.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Communicating-on-Climate-13-steps_ecoAmerica.pdf.

9. Innovative Techniques for Local Community Engagement on Climate Change. This is a short paper published at the People and the Planet 2013 Conference Proceedings. The experiences from applying several public engagement techniques in pilot projects among Australian communities are discussed. The paper can be accessed at http://global-cities.info/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Innovative-Technologies.pdf.

10. Participatory Action Research. Participatory Action Research is a tool for researchers and community residents to collaborate in investigating issues, such as housing, healthcare, and environmental conservation, to achieve positive social changes. The Center for Cultural Understanding and Change at the Field Museum is a Chicago based organization that uses

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problem-solving anthropological research to utilize the strengths and assets of communities. The seven-step model for Participatory Action Research can be accessed at http://archive.fieldmuseum.org/par/introduction.html.

11. A Guide on Designing Online Public Engagement Forums by the Institute for Local Government. The Institute for Local Government was founded in 1955 to promote good governance at the local level with practical and impartial tools for communities. The two parent organizations of the Institute are the California State Association of Counties and the League of California Cities. The Guide teaches how to choose and use online tools to expand public participation in local decision-making. The Guide can be accessed at http://www.ca-ilg.org/broadeningpublicparticipation.

12. An Overview of the Legal Issues in Using Social Media by Pubic Agencies. This guide was developed by the Institute for Local Government, an organization founded in 1955 to promote good governance at the local level with practical and impartial tools for California communities. The guide includes do’s and don’ts that local public agencies should follow when using social media to expand public engagement in development processes. The guide can be accessed at http://www.ca-ilg.org/document/legal-issues-associated-social-media.

13. A Guide on How to Deal with Emotional Audiences. This Guide was developed by the Institute for Local Government, an organization founded in 1955 to promote good governance at the local level with practical and impartial tools for California communities. A number of strategies to maximize the likelihood that public meetings will involve constructive exchanges are discussed. The Guide can be accessed at http://www.ca-ilg.org/dealing-emotional-audiences.

14. A Guide on Engaging Residents in Disaster Planning and Response. This Guide was developed by the Institute for Local Government, an organization founded in 1955 to promote good governance at the local level with practical and impartial tools for California communities. The Guide draws experiences from practices in cities and counties in San Francisco Peninsula. The Guide can be accessed at http://www.ca-ilg.org/sites/main/files/file-attachments/emergency_preparedness_report_final_4-23-09.pdf.

11. California’s Local Officials Experiment with New Ways to Engage the Public. Public Agenda is a nonprofit organization that helps leaders and citizens navigate divisive and complex issues. In 2013, Public Agenda issued a report to share the experiences of innovative approaches to public engagement through community networks and community-based organizations. The report can be accessed at http://www.ca-ilg.org/sites/main/files/file-attachments/testingwaters_publicagenda_2013.pdf.

12. Tools for Farmers to Mitigate and Adapt to Climate Change Impacts. Cornell Climate Change provides an interdisciplinary gateway to climate change events, initiatives, research, student courses, and public engagement resources. The website offers a collection of tools for farmers to better plan their businesses in a changing climate. The tools include Adap-N (a nitrogen management tool), Cornell Soil Health Assessment Program, Vineyard Site Analysis special and weather tools, and Willowpedia (guidance on use of shrub willow as a sustainable feedstock crop for bioenergy, biofuels, and bioproducts, environmental engineering, and horticultural applications). http://climatechange.cornell.edu/tools-resources/agriculture-resources/

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13. Historic Photo Hunt. Cal-Adapt is a website developed by UC Berkeley’s Geospatial Innovation Facility under the funding and advisory oversight by the California Energy Commission’s Public Interest Energy Research Program, and with the advisory support from Google.org. Cal-Adapt started the “Historic Photo Hunt” initiative to give users an opportunity to help scientists monitor changes in the landscape over time. More information about the project can be accessed at http://cal-adapt.org/page/photo-hunt/.

14. Enter Your Zip Code and Find Out How Your Local Area is Vulnerable to Climate Change. The Natural Resources Defense Council developed this online interactive Snapshot Tool to show the public how climate change could affect their health and local environment. The types of climate change vulnerabilities incorporated into the Snapshot Tool include extreme heat, air quality, flooding, drought, Dengue fever, wildfires, seal level rise, and extreme weather. The Tool can be accessed at http://www.nrdc.org/health/climate-in-your-community.asp.

5.4 National, Regional, and Global Strategies

1. National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy. The National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy is a collaboration of federal, state, and tribal representatives to help natural resource professionals and decision makers conserve the nation’s ecosystems and their human uses and values in a changing climate. The Steering Committee is co-chaired by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the New York Division of Fish, Wildlife, and Marine Resources. Five Technical Teams support the Steering Committee by focusing on freshwater systems, coastal systems, marine systems, forested systems, and grassland and shrubland systems, respectively. The Technical Teams are comprised of representatives from Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, tribal groups, and state agencies in charge of managing natural resources from California, Connecticut, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Nevada, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. The Strategy, issued in 2012, is the first nation-wide, joint strategy for climate change adaptation. The Strategy provides a framework for government agencies at various levels to enhance the resilience of natural resources and ecosystems for the next five to ten years. In September 2014, the working group issued the first progress report, reviewing recent efforts in habitat and landscape conservation, adaptive management, reducing non-climate stress on ecosystems, and capacity building for professionals. http://www.wildlifeadaptationstrategy.gov/about.php

2. Recommendations by Virginia Secure Commonwealth Sub-panel on Recurrent Flooding on Virginia’s Adaptation to Sea Level Rise. The Recurrent Flooding Sub-panel submitted its strategic recommendation on addressing the impacts of sea level rise in coastal Virginia to the Secure Commonwealth Panel of Virginia in a report issued on September 5, 2014. In addition to strengthening flood monitoring, planning framework, and collaboration with the federal government, the report recommends to establish an Incident Command System structure-style management structure that includes all primary and supporting agencies to manage the efforts at the state level. The Sub-panel is one of several groups in Virginia studying the impacts of sea level rise, including the new Climate Change and Resiliency Update Commission convened by

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Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe. The report can be accessed at: http://www.norfolk.gov/DocumentCenter/View/17786.

3. Recommendations by Georgetown Climate Center on Federal Actions to Remove Barriers That Discourage State Efforts at Climate Adaptation. Georgetown Climate Center released a report on September 4, 2014, pointing to more than 100 changes that could be made by the Obama Administration and Congress to national policies that often fail to acknowledge the potential impacts climate change, including rising sea levels and increased storm events. The recommendations focused on disaster relieve programs administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, community infrastructure development programs administrated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Environmental Protection Agency, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Agriculture, and the Fish and Wildlife Service. The report is a result of three workshops organized by Georgetown Climate Center with participants from federal and state government agencies, non-governmental organizations, and the private sector. The report can be accessed at: http://www.georgetownclimate.org/preparing-our-communities-for-climate-impacts-recommendations-for-federal-action or http://www.georgetownclimate.org/sites/www.georgetownclimate.org/files/GCC%20-%20Recommendations%20for%20Federal%20Action%20-%20September%202014.pdf.

4. Twenty Good Ideas for Promoting Climate Resilience by Georgetown Climate Center. A number of state and local governments are taking actions to address their growing vulnerability to climate change impacts, especially severe storms, persistent drought, worsening flooding, and devastating wildfires. Some are also developing plans and policies for building resilience. The 20 ideas contained in this report represent a collection of planning, funding, regulatory, and investment efforts already taking place across the U.S. to prepare for and reduce the risks of climate change. The report can be accessed at: http://www.georgetownclimate.org/20-good-ideas-for-promoting-climate-resilience, http://www.georgetownclimate.org/sites/www.georgetownclimate.org/files/GCC-20%20Good%20Ideas-July%202014.pdf.

5. Lessons from Managing Famine in Africa. Chatham House (The Royal Institute of International Affairs) in London issued a report in 2013 to lend insights on the food crisis based on the lessons learned in the Horn and Sahel regions of Africa. The report found that lack of early warning of famine is not the problem. The recommendations of the report are relevant for tackling other climate change impacts, such as droughts. The report can be accessed at: http://www.chathamhouse.org/sites/files/chathamhouse/public/Research/Energy,%20Environment%20and%20Development/0413r_earlywarnings.pdf.

6. Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2013. This 2013 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction, From Shared Risk to Shared Value: The Business Case for Disaster Risk Reduction, is the third biennial report coordinated by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction. The Assessment highlights the interdependence of the public and private sectors, and why business competitiveness, sustainability, and resilience will depend on governments’ ability to manage disaster risks. The report also identifies windows for integrating

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considerations on disaster responses in the private sector at the policy level. The report can be accessed at http://www.preventionweb.net/english/hyogo/gar/2013/en/home/download.html.

7. 2014 Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap. The Department of Defense released its 2014 Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap in June 2014. The report reflects U.S. military’s view of climate change as an immediate risk. The report can be accessed at http://www.acq.osd.mil/ie/download/CCARprint.pdf.

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Annex A. List of Penn State Faulty and Research Staff with Expertise on Social, Legal, Economic, and Health Issues Related with Climate Change The white paper uses a two-step methodology to evaluate Penn State’s expertise in climate change and conflict management. The first step was a baseline review of expertise based on publically available information, such as university departments’ staff listing and faculty’s personal websites. The baseline assessment was undertaken during the 2014-2015 academic year. The second step is consultation with faculty to verify the results of the baseline review. This consultation is currently ongoing; please send any comments or suggestions to Lara B. Fowler (lbf10@psu.edu) and Xiaoxin Shi (xzs105@psu.edu) by January 30, 2016.

4 The names under the same department are arranged alphabetically. 5 The column “Area of Focus” highlights primarily the individual’s expertise and affiliations related with climate change and conflict management as self-reported on their websites.

College/School Department Name4 Email Area of Focus5

Liberal Arts Philosophy Nancy Tuana ntuana@psu.edu Ethnic issues in determining historical responsibility for pollution in climate change negotiations;

Impact of ethical uncertainty in climate change integrated assessment modeling to address how uncertainty about potential climate threshold and future ethical value judgments affect climate risk management strategies;

Ethical-epistemic issues in climate science, such as geoengineering;

Incorporation of feminist philosophical approaches in the global climate justice movement;

Director of Rock Ethnics Institute; Co-Director of Penn State Center for Climate Risk Management

Liberal Arts Philosophy Sarah Clark Miller

scm24@psu.edu

Feminist approach to global responsibility and ethics; Leadership skills to solve complex moral problems Technological ethics; The global duty to care; Politics of peace and human security

Liberal Arts English Jennifer Wagner-Lawlor

jaw55@psu.edu Environmental communications; Creativity theory related with science, technology, engineering,

and math; Environmental catastrophe and the structured ignorance of risk

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Liberal Arts English Suresh Canagarajah

asc16@psu.edu

Activist for peace, social change, and justice; Empowerment of minority, remote, and under-resourced

communities in disseminating their local knowledge; The Migration Studies Project, which aims to unravel the

relationships in migratory processes across social and geographical domains, particularly in terms of skilled migration, knowledge transfer, development, and the role of English;

Translingual practice and cosmopolitan relations Liberal Arts Communication

Arts & Sciences John Gastil jgastil@psu.edu

Political deliberation and public opinion; Civic education in political processes; Group communication, behavior, and decision making; Inter-cultural communication and cultural cognition mechanisms

Liberal Arts Communication Arts & Sciences

Lee Ahern laa182@psu.edu

Media planning and public relations, particularly in relation to environmental advertisement;

Public communication of science and technology, primarily in the context of climate change and public health issues;

Influence of news narratives on public attitudes Liberal Arts Sociology and

Criminology Laurie Mulvey lauriemulvey

@psu.edu The World in Conversation Project, bringing open dialogues on

race and ethnic relations Liberal Arts Sociology and

Criminology Sam Richard iunlearn

@psu.edu

Facilitated dialogues to transform conflicts in cross-cultural relationships into collaboration;

Guided communication and interaction between people in examining complex subjects in groups;

The World in Conversation Project, brining open dialogues on race and ethnic relations

Liberal Arts History Bryan McDonald

blm26@psu.edu American environmental history and environmental studies, particularly in terms of the interactions between humans and the environment and how those interactions changed the landscape of political and national security challenges;

Global environmental change and human security; Food security, vulnerability, and multi-value considerations; Public perceptions of traumatic evidence and policy preferences; Professor at the Science, Technology, and Society Program

Liberal Arts History Jon Brockopp Brockopp @psu.edu

Religion and ethics in the context of concurrent global issues such as climate change;

Law and practice of Muslim environmentalism;

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Activist for raising awareness about the ethical dimensions of climate change

Liberal Arts Psychology Janet Swim jks4@psu.edu Suppression of concerns about discrimination in interpersonal conversations and in discussions about climate change and its impact on people, oceans, and wildlife;

Influence of femininity, religion, and other cultural drivers on pro-environmental behaviors;

Empowerment and motivation of individuals to engage in pro-environmental behaviors;

Psychological, societal adaptation to climate change; Individual’s climate change mitigating behaviors, especially in

terms of energy consumption; Professor at Penn State Center for Climate Risk Management

Liberal Arts Anthropology Douglas J. Kennett

djk23@psu.edu Human sociopolitical dynamics under environmental changes; Human impacts on ancient environments; Human behavioral response to abrupt climate change in the past; Behavioral ecology of coastal communities

Liberal Arts Archaeology Kirk French kdf146 @psu.edu

Maya water management; Mesoamerican culture history; Urbanization and public space; Human water usage; Paleoclimate; Human responses to climate change; Documentary film

Agricultural Sciences

Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education

Carolyn Sachs xyl@psu.edu Gender, agricultural production, and the environment; Gender, water, and sanitation; Sociology of agriculture; Food and Agriculture Organization’s project on gender and

climate change; Rural development, indigenous farming practices, and sustainable

agriculture Agricultural Sciences

Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education

Dave Abler d-abler @psu.edu

International food and agricultural trade; Climate change adaptation and mitigation; Agricultural and economic development, especially in developing

countries; Penn State Center for Climate Risk Management

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Agricultural Sciences

Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education

James Shortle jshortle @psu.edu

The design of economic incentives for managing environmental externalities, such as water quality trading;

Integrated assessment for environmental decision making, particularly concerning water resources, agri-environmental policy, and climate change;

Economic and policy design issues in controlling nutrient pollution and stormwater management;

Penn State Center for Climate Risk Management Member of the Environmental Economics Advisory Committee,

Environmental Protection Agency’s Science Advisory Board; Member of the National Research Council Committee on Science

for the Environmental Protection Agency’s Future Conewago Creek Collaborative Conservation Initiative

Agricultural Sciences

Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education

Karen Fisher-Vanden

kaf26@psu.edu Economic and integrated assessment of climate change policies; Market-based mechanisms for pollution control; Technology development in development countries, particularly in

China, and its implications for energy use and carbon emissions; Research and Development and climate response; Lead author of the Fifth Assessment Report Working Group III of

the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC); Member of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program Product

Develop. Advisory Committee; Researcher at Penn State Sustainable Climate Risk Management

(SCRiM) Agricultural Sciences

Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education

Kathy Brasier kbrasier @psu.edu

Collective action and public participation in agricultural and environmental issues;

Networks and adoption of on-farm conservation technologies; Rural and agricultural economic development; Community impacts of unconventional oil and gas development in

the Marcellus Shale; Watershed management and community engagement; Gender and agricultural production; Penn State Center for Climate Risk Management

Agricultural Sciences

Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and

Theodore Alter talter@psu.edu Agricultural economics and policy; Public sector economics; Comparative rural policy;

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Education Institutional and behavioral economics; Resource and environmental economics; Development economics; Public scholarship and civic engagement in higher education

Communications Media Studies Jeremy Cohen jxc45@psu.edu Democratic engagement; Public communication and education Activist for protecting marine and aquatic ecosystems

Education Education Policy Studies – Education Leadership

Kai Schaft kas45@psu.edu Social and special inequality; Rural education and development; Community impacts of oil and gas development in the Marcellus

Shale Health and Human Development

Health Policy and Administration

Patricia Miranda pym1@psu.edu Social and cultural determinants of public health; Citizenship and health insurance; Modifiable behaviors for cancer prevention among U.S- and

foreign-born vulnerable populations SMEAL College of Business

Management & Organization

Barbara Gray (ret'd)

b9g@psu.edu Conflict and negotiation; Team dynamics and sense making; Mediation of intractable environmental conflicts; Public-private partnerships and cross-sectoral collaboration; Organizational behavior; Public communication issues in stormwater management

SMEAL College of Business

Supply Chain & Info Systems

Charles Nicholson

cfn10@psu.edu Agricultural and food supply chains, especially in forecasting, inventory management, distribution, and strategic procurement;

Resilience of farm households to climate-related risks; International aid in developing agricultural systems

Earth and Mineral Sciences

Geography Brent Yarnal alibar@psu.edu Vulnerability of coastal communities to contemporary hurricane storm surge and sea level rise;

Techniques for inventorying local greenhouse gas emissions; Development of climate change mitigation plans by local entities; Integration of climate change considerations in water

management; Natural hazards and socioeconomic development; Penn State Center for Climate Risk Management

Earth and Mineral Sciences

Geography Brian King king@psu.edu Impacts of conservation and development in Southern Africa; Social and environmental justice; Intersections between livelihoods, health, and environment,

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especially in rural areas; Political ecology; Social and ecological effects of environmental variability, such as

flooding Earth and Mineral Sciences

Geography Petra Tschakert petra@psu.edu Human-environment interactions, in particular, rural livelihoods, environmental change, marginalization, and social learning;

Intersections of political ecology, environmental justice, and complex systems science;

Community engagement tools such as participatory mapping and environmental theatre;

Climate change and poverty; Climate change adaptation, resilience, and anticipatory learning; Forced migration due to environmental/climatic changes; Terrestrial carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation; Coordinating Lead Author of IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report

Penn State Center for Climate Risk Management Earth and Mineral Sciences

Geography William E. Easterling

wee2@psu.edu Potential for agriculture to adapt to climate change; Integrated regional assessment of climate change impacts; Food security; Weather information and economic planning; Former director of PSIEE

Earth and Mineral Sciences

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Erich W. Schienke

erich@psu.edu Ethics in environmental science; Ethics in integrated assessment models for climate management; Educational intervention on learning responsible conduct in

science research; Higher education in urban and regional carbon management; China and environmental decision making

Earth and Mineral Sciences

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Seth Blumsack sethb@psu.edu Energy, energy efficiency, and electric power systems; Environmental risk and decision making, especially in the context

of climate change; Regulatory economics and policy in the energy sector; Antitrust and competition policy; Transportation systems and infrastructure; Integrated design for zero or no net-energy buildings and

communities; Unconventional natural gas development;

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Infrastructure management and investment; Penn State Center for Climate Risk Management

Earth and Mineral Sciences

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Mort Webster mort@psu.edu Risk and uncertainty analysis in energy and environmental decision making;

Electric power systems planning and operations; Energy systems design under uncertainty; Environmental regulatory design; Programming framework for modeling climate change policy; Penn State Center for Climate Risk Manag. Penn State SCRiM

Earth and Mineral Sciences

Geosciences Ronald D. Redwing

rdr10@psu.edu Public education of scientific subjects; Scientific research and public engagement; Nanotechnology Penn State SCRiM

Earth and Mineral Sciences

Geosciences Tanya Furman tfl3@psu.edu Earth formation and internal structures; College and high school education of geosciences, and

controversial issues such as climate change and energy use; Geochemistry; Penn State SCRiM

Engineering School of Engineering Design, Technology, and Professional Programs

Khanjan Mehta khanjan @engr.psu.edu

Development of technology-based solutions to address infrastructure problems in resource-constrained communities;

Affordable design for communities; Social entrepreneurship pedagogy; Agricultural technologies and food value chains; Gender in rural entrepreneurship; Informal lending systems for micro-enterprises; Public health issues in rural communities; Director of the Humanitarian Engineering and Social

Entrepreneurship Program Engineering The Thomas D.

Larson Pennsylvania Transportation Institute

Darryl Farber df112@psu.edu Environmental technology management and policy; Multiple stakeholder decision making and negotiation processes; Sustainability of the transportation system and land use; Technology transfer and ethics; Environmental impact assessment of municipality infrastructures; Penn State Center for Climate Risk Management

Eberly College Biology Christopher F. cfu1@psu.edu Developing ecological consciousness/higher education;

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of Science Uhl Sustainability indicators; Climate change and global warming; Sustainable forest management

Arts and Architecture

Landscape Architecture

Larry Gorenflo Lgorenflo @psu.edu

Biodiversity conservation in the context of climate change; Relationship between human, land use, and conservation; Human settlement and the environment; Human dimensions in global biodiversity conservation

Arts and Architecture

Landscape Architecture

Ken Tamminga krt1@psu.edu Regeneration of degraded ecosystems; Ecosystem planning; Renascent city landscapes and green networks; Pedagogy of ecologically-informed design and planning; Climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies; Society, culture and behavior sustainability

Law Jamie Colburn jec38@psu.edu Environmental law and policy; Wildlife and habitat conservation; Legal aspects of business sustainability; Center for Climate Risk Management

Law Jonathan H. Marks

jhm20@psu.edu Bioethics, human rights, and law; Ethical challenges and policy implications of food research; Resolution of legal disputes between physician-researcher and

clinical trial sponsors; Director of the Bioethics Program at Penn State; Associate Direct of the Rock Ethics Institute

Law Lara Fowler lbf10@psu.edu Law and policy on environmental and natural resource issues, in particular, water rights, water quality, flood control, tribal law, Endangered Species Act, and climate change issues;

Public interest mediation, negotiation, and dispute resolution; Water resources planning

International Affairs

John Kelmelis jak115@psu.edu Geosciences and foreign policy; Estimation of population at risk from natural disasters and

complies humanitarian crises; Floodplain management; U.S. Antarctic Mapping Program; Reviewer of research proposals for the National Science

Foundation, the U.S. Geological Survey, and American Geographical Society

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International Affairs

Scott Gartner ssg13@psu.edu International conflict mediation, primarily in the context of national security issues;

Effectiveness of mediation strategies; Territorial disputes arising from Artic glacier melting

Information Sciences and Technology

Guoray Cai cai@ist.psu.edu Information retrieval; Geographical information science; Human-computer interaction and communication; Visual mediation of collaborative work

Economics Mark Roberts mroberts @psu.edu

Applied micro-economics; Industrial organization; Environmental economics; Professor at Penn State Center for Climate Risk Management; Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research

Sustainability Institute

Peter Dawson Buckland

pdb118 @psu.edu

Improving science of climate change and evolution education; University sustainability initiatives in the context of climate

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Annex B. List of Penn State Faulty and Research Staff with Expertise on Environmental Science and Engineering Issues Related with Climate Change

The white paper uses a two-step methodology to evaluate Penn State’s expertise in climate change and conflict management. The first step is a baseline review of expertise based on publically available information, such as university departments’ staff listing and faculty’s personal websites. The baseline assessment was undertaken during the 2014-2015 academic year. The second step is consultation with faculty to verify the results of the baseline review. This consultation is currently ongoing; please send any comments or suggestions to Lara B. Fowler (lbf10@psu.edu) and Xiaoxin Shi (xzs105@psu.edu) by January 30, 2016.

College Department Name Email Area of Focus Eric Barron

(Penn State President)

Climate stimulation; Impacts of climate change at regional level; Oceanography; Marine environment; Socio-economical responses to climate change; Climate adaptation and mitigation The next generation of environmental research and geosciences

education Agricultural Sciences

Ecosystem Science and Management

David A. W. Miller

dxm84@psu.edu Population ecology; Avian and amphibian ecology; Conservation decision analysis; Climate change ecology

Agricultural Sciences

Ecosystem Science and Management

David Eissenstat dme9@psu.edu Climate change biology; Plant carbon and nutrient economies; Woody plant physiology

Agricultural Science

Ecosystem Science and Management

Elizabeth Boyer ewb100 @psu.edu

Water quality of precipitation, groundwater, streams, rivers, and estuaries in response to stresses such as air pollution, land-disturbance, and climatic variability;

Hydrological and biogeochemical processes of wetlands; Atmospheric deposition; Impacts of unconventional oil and gas development on water

supply and water quality; Carbon cycling in watersheds

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Agricultural Sciences

Ecosystem Science and Management

Jason Kaye jpk12@psu.edu Nitrogen and carbon cycle; Forest ecosystems; Sustainable agriculture; Climate change ecology

Agricultural Sciences

Ecosystem Science and Management

Laura P. Leites lpl3@psu.edu Modeling forest ecosystem responses to climate change; Quantification and modeling of forest ecosystem attributes and

processes; Development of decision support tools for adaptive forest

management and conservation Agricultural Sciences

Ecosystem Science and Management

Marc David Abrams

agl@psu.eud Climate change ecology; Old-growth forests; Disturbance ecology

Agricultural Sciences

Ecosystem Science and Management

Margot Wilkinson Kaye

mwk12 @psu.edu

Global change ecology; Forest ecology; Dendrochronology; Community ecology; Intersections between climate, fire, and ecology

Agricultural Sciences

Ecosystem Science and Management

Matthew D. Hurteau

matthew.hurteau @psu.edu

Climate change mitigation and adaptation in forest systems; Intersections between forest carbon, wildfire, and growth

modeling, such as reduction of forest carbon emissions, wildfire risk mitigation treatments, forest carbon cycle

Agricultural Sciences

Ecosystem Science and Management

Patrick Drohan pjd7@psu.edu Soil use, land management and ecosystem stability; Urban soils; Impacts of oil and gas development on forest ecosystems; Climate change ecology

Agricultural Sciences

Ecosystem Science and Management

Tyler Wagner txw19@psu.edu Fisheries ecology; Macrosystems ecology; Limnology; Hierarchical modeling; Monitoring and assessment of natural resources

Agricultural Sciences

Entomology Lindsay Beck-Johnson

lmb404 @psu.edu

Impact of climate change on mosquito populations and malaria transmissions

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Agricultural Sciences

Entomology Matthew Thomas

mbt13@psu.edu Ecology and evolution of host-pathogen interactions; Impacts of climate change on infectious disease; Impact of invasive species; Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning; Pest control

Agricultural Sciences

Plant Science Armen R. Kemanian

akemanian @psu.edu

Development of agricultural and natural systems simulation models to improve productivity and environmental stewardship;

Quantitative analysis of vegetation, soil, and, landscape processes, including crop growth and yield, and the cycling of water, carbon, and nutrients;

Crop management; Penn State Center for Climate Risk Management

Agricultural Sciences

Plant Science Douglas Beegle dbb@psu.edu Soil fertility and testing; Nutrient management; Manure management; Climate change and diary farms

Eberly College of Science

Biology Didem Ikis dxi113@psu.edu Ecological consequences of climate change, in particular, the influence of environmental variation on life histories at the population and community level;

Territorial wildlife conservation; Wetland ecology, especially in Alaska

Eberly College of Science

Biology Eric Post esp10@psu.edu Climate change and its impact on the population and community dynamics of mammals and birds, especially in the Arctic;

Wildlife conservation in a changing climate; Director of the Polar Center

Eberly College of Science

Biology Farshid S. Ahrestani

fsa10@psu.edu Terrestrial wildlife population and community distribution; Biodiversity conservation; Global population dynamics and climate change; Quantitative ecology; Post doctoral fellow at the Polar Center

Eberly College of Science

Biology Iliana B. Baums ibb3@psu.edu Ecological and evolutionary processes of reef-building corals; Impacts of climate change on coral population and more broadly,

the survival and evolution of marine organisms; Director of Baums Laboratory

Eberly College of Science

Biology Isabella Cattadori

Imc3@psu.edu Effects of environmental conditions, especially climate change, on the risk of infection;

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Mechanisms of host-parasite interaction; Penn State Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics

Eberly College of Science

Biology Monica Medina mum55 @psu.edu

Coral-algal-microbial interactions; Ecological process of marine animals; Director of Medina Lab

Eberly College of Science

Biology Todd LaJeunesse

tcl3@psu.edu Evoluntary ecology of mutualistic symbioses, mainly coral-dinoflagellate associations;

Ecological dominance and genetic diversity of corals Eberly College of Science

Chemistry Miriam Freedman

maf43@psu.edu Air quality and atmospheric processes; Atmospheric chemistry

Earth and Mineral Sciences

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Brandi J. Robinson

brobinson @psu.edu

Energy and sustainability policy; Mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions at a local scale; Impacts of climate change on Mid-Atlantic region; Environmental offset project design; Human dimensions of global warming; Reducing methane emissions from farms and landfills

Earth and Mineral Sciences

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Caroline Burgess Clifford

ceb7@psu.edu Conversion processes of coal and biomass to liquid fuels and value-added materials;

Impacts of energy utilization and technological development on the local and global environment;

Alternative fuel production; Senior research associate at Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS)

Energy Institute Earth and Mineral Sciences

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Chunshan Song csong@psu.edu Chemical and energy engineering; Catalysis in fuel process for ultra-clean fuels and fuel cells; CO2 utilization; CO2 removal from fuel gas; Director of EMS Energy Institute; Associate Director of Penn State Institute of Energy and the

Environment; Member of advisory board of Energy Frontier Research Center, U.S.

Department of Energy Earth and Mineral Sciences

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Li Li lili @eme.psu.edu

Geological CO2 sequestration; Microbially enhanced oil recovery Environmental (Bio) remediation; The coupling of flow, transport, and multi-component

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(bio)geochemical reactions in heterogeneous natural systems; Assistant Professor at EMS Energy Institute Penn State Earth and Environmental Systems Institute

Earth and Mineral Sciences

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Ljubisa R. Radovic

lrr3@psu.edu Surface properties of carbon materials; Coal conversion and carbon gasification; Air pollution control and energy use; Physical chemistry of energy and geo-environmental engineering Public education on energy issues

Earth and Mineral Sciences

Energy and Mineral Engineering

M. Thaddeus Ityokumbul

mti1@psu.edu Mathematical modeling of multiphase reactors and contactor and application in design and scale-up of process equipment;

Column flotation and application in mineral, oil and hydrocarbon separations, and coal cleaning;

Environmental pollution control; By-product recovery from waste streams; Carbon dioxide sequestration

Earth and Mineral Sciences

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Sarma V. Pisupati

spisupati @psu.edu

Biomass fuel and air emission reductions; Energy and geo-environmental engineering; Combustion behavior of fossil fuels in fixed, fluidized, and

pulverized modes; Chair of Energy Engineering Program; EMS Energy Institute

Earth and Mineral Sciences

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Zuleima T. Karpyn

zkarpyn @psu.edu

Multi-phase flow in porous media; Capillary-driven flow; Unconventional reservoirs; Solid/liquid interfaces and wettability; X-ray Computed Tomography and image processing techniques

Earth and Mineral Sciences

Geography Alan Taylor aht1@psu.edu Landscape ecology; Fire ecology; Disturbance and climate effects on vegetation; Tree-ring analysis; Forest ecology; Ecological restoration; Director of Vegetation Dynamics Lab

Earth and Mineral Sciences

Geography Andrew Carleton

amc7@psu.edu Climatology Antarctic meteorology and climatology; Human impacts on the climate;

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Remote sensing

Earth and Mineral Sciences

Geography Denice Wardrop dhw110 @psu.edu

Landscape ecology; Wetland ecology and management; Effects of human disturbance on wetland ecosystems; Wetland condition assessment; Wetland and watershed ecosystem monitoring; Associate director of Penn State Cooperative Wetland Center; Associate director of RIPARIA, a research center on wetland

ecology, landscape hydrology, and wetland management; Penn State Earth and Environmental Systems Institute

Earth and Mineral Sciences

Geography Karl Zimmerer ksz2@psu.edu Land use and agricultural change, climate change Economic development/globalization/neoliberalism Nature-society and human-environment theory Environmental impacts (biodiversity/soils/water/conservation) Food, producer-consumer networks, and sustainability

Earth and Mineral Sciences

Geography Robert Crane rqc3@psu.edu Climatology; Climate change at regional scale; Global environmental change and small island countries; African climates; Earth system science; Remote sensing; Environmental justice; Director of Alliance for Education, Science, Engineering and

Development in Africa Earth and Mineral Sciences

Geosciences David Bice dmb53@psu.edu Paleoclimate cycles; Structural geology; Tectonics; Magnetostratigrapy and impact stratigraphy

Earth and Mineral Sciences

Geosciences James F. Kasting

kasting @essc.psu.edu

Evolution of Earth’s atmosphere and climate; Habitable zones around stars and extraterrestrial life;

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Earth and Mineral Sciences

Geosciences Katherine Freeman

khf4@psu.edu Paleoclimate; Microbial biogeochemistry; Signatures of life on Earth and other planets; Carbon, water, and climate

Earth and Mineral Sciences

Geosciences Klaus Keller klaus@psu.edu Designing scientifically sound, economically efficient, and ethically defensible climate risk-management strategies;

Earth system science; Climate change adaptation and mitigation Geoengineering Decision-making under uncertainty Decision support Coupled epistemic-ethical analysis Penn State Center for Climate Risk Management Penn State SCRiM

Earth and Mineral Sciences

Geosciences Lee Kump lrk4@psu.edu Atmospheric chemistry; Biogeochemistry; Atmosphere and ocean evolution

Earth and Mineral Sciences

Geosciences Richard Alley rba6@psu.edu Glaciology; Climate change, sea level rise, and climate change; Flow, stability, and climate records of ice sheets; Participant in Nobel-Peace-Price wining IPCC process on climate

change; Advisory service to federal agencies including National Oceanic

and Atmospheric Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, State Department;

Penn State Center for Climate Risk Management Earth and Mineral Sciences

Geosciences Timothy Bralower

bralower @psu.edu

Paleoceanography and paleoclimatology of past warm climate intervals;

Origin of Cretaceous black shales; Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum event; Nannofossil biostratigraphy, evolutionary dynamics of

nannoplankton; Mesozoic and Paleogene time scale and the Cretaceous/Tertiary

boundary event Earth and Mineral

Geosciences Todd Sowers Sowers @geosc.psu.edu

Polar climate; Climate change;

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Sciences Paleoceanograpy; Paleoclimatology

Earth and Mineral Sciences

Geosciences Mark E. Patzkowsky

mep12@psu.edu Biotic recovery and mass extinction; Evolutionary paleoecology; Biodiversity

Earth and Mineral Sciences

Geosciences Matthew Fantle Msf17@psu.edu Isotope geochemistry; Global geochemical cycles; Paleoclimate; Remote sensing and diagenetic modeling

Earth and Mineral Sciences

Geosciences Michael Arthur maa6@psu.edm Marine geology; Stable isotope geochemistry; Sedimentary geochemistry Climate change

Earth and Mineral Sciences

Geosciences Peter Wilf pwilf@psu.edu Biodiversity; Ancient ecosystems; Past environmental change and the evolution of plants; Plant-insect associations; Climate change

Earth and Mineral Sciences

Geosciences Sridhar Anandakrishnan

sxa17@psu.edu Reflection seismology; Glaciology; Antarctic ice sheet studies and Antarctic tectonics; Ice stream migration; Penn State Ice and Climate Exploration

Earth and Mineral Sciences

Meteorology Andrew N. Kleit ank1@psu.edu Weather risk management; Economic implications of weather on electricity markets; Impacts of regulations, especially in the transport sector; Energy and environmental economics; Antitrust; Penn State Center for Climate Risk Management

Earth and Mineral Sciences

Meteorology Chris E. Forest ceforest @psu.edu

Climate change, especially the uncertainty in climate protections and its impacts on climate response actions;

Integrate assessment model for climate change impacts; Climate modeling; Penn State Center for Climate Risk Management

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Earth and Mineral Sciences

Meteorology David Titley dwt12@psu.edu Climate change, the Arctic, and national security; Oceanography; Deputy under Secretary for Operations at the National Oceanic

and Atmospheric Administration; Director of Penn State Center for Solutions to Weather and

Climate Risk Earth and Mineral Sciences

Meteorology Eugene E. Clothiaux

eec3@psu.edu Atmospheric radiative transfer; Numerical weather prediction and climate models; Ground and satellite based remote sensing of clouds with an

emphasis to understand the impacts of clouds on the radiation budget of the earth

Earth and Mineral Sciences

Meteorology George S. Young

g3y@psu.edu Atmospheric dynamics; Boundary layer and turbulence; Mesoscale meteorology; Remote sensing; Weather risks and risk evaluation; Statistical meteorology; Weather forecasting

Earth and Mineral Sciences

Meteorology Jenni L. Evans evans @meteo.psu.edu

Climate dynamics; Tropical meteorology; Weather risks Professor at Earth and Environmental System Institute; Penn State Center for Climate Risk Management

Earth and Mineral Sciences

Meteorology Jose D. Fuentes jdfuentes @psu.edu

Atmospheric chemistry; Climate dynamics; Boundary layer and turbulence; Earth-atmosphere interaction, in particular, pollutant deposition

processes, biogenic hydrocarbons, and carbon sequestration; Director of Micromet Lab

Earth and Mineral Sciences

Meteorology Kenneth J. Davis

kjd10@psu.edu Boundary layer and turbulence; Climate dynamics; Earth-atmosphere interactions; Terrestrial carbon and hydrologic cycles; Penn State Center for Climate Risk Management

Earth and Mineral

Meteorology Marcelo Chamecki

chamecki @psu.edu

Boundary layer and turbulence; Earth-atmosphere interaction;

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Sciences Environmental fluid mechanics; Weather and climate dynamics

Earth and Mineral Sciences

Meteorology Martin Tingley mpt14@psu.edu Modernization of the statistical techniques used in the reconstruction of past climate from natural proxies;

Climate change Earth and Mineral Sciences

Meteorology Michael E. Mann

mann@psu.edu Use theoretical models and observational data to better understand Earth’s climate system;

Climate variability Earth and Mineral Sciences

Meteorology Natasha L. Miles

nmiles @met.psu.edu

Turbulence and carbon cycle; CO2 emission control; Mitigation strategies for climate change; Air quality and atmospheric processes

Earth and Mineral Sciences

Meteorology Paul G. Knight pgk2@psu.edu Weather forecast; Early warning system for weather hazards; Certified Broadcast Meteorologist

Earth and Mineral Sciences

Meteorology Steven B. Feldstein

Sbf1@meteo/psu.edu

Atmospheric dynamics and earth rotation’ Climate dynamics

Earth and Mineral Sciences

Meteorology Peter R. Bannon bannon @ems.psu.edu

Atmospheric dynamics; Climate change; Clouds and cloud physics; Oceanography; Waves and instabilities; Earth system science; Mesoscale meteorology

Earth and Mineral Sciences

Meteorology Raymond G. Najjar, Jr.

rgn1@psu.edu Impacts of climate change on coastal regions, especially estuaries of the Mid-Atlantic region of the U.S.;

Oceanography; Sea-air CO2 flux and CO2 distribution; Oxygen budget of ocean; Atmospheric dynamics

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Earth and Mineral Sciences

Meteorology Scott A. Isard sai10@psu.edu Biological and meteorological factors that govern the aerial movement of biota;

Aerobiology, integrated pest management, food safety, and biosecurity;

Applications of integrative aerobiology forecasting systems to resistance management, agriculture issues, and climate change

Earth and Mineral Sciences

Meteorology Steven Fieldstein

sbf1@ meteo.psu.edu

Atmospheric and climate dynamics; Earth rotation; Climate change

Earth and Mineral Sciences

Meteorology Sukyoung Lee sl @meteo.psu.edu

Atmospheric dynamics; Oceanography; Professor at Earth and Environmental Systems Institute

Earth and Mineral Sciences

Meteorology William H. Brune

whb2@psu.edu Atmosphere’s oxidation chemistry; Air quality and atmospheric processes; Atmospheric physics and dynamics

Earth and Mineral Sciences

Earth and Environmental Systems Institute

Thimothy White tswhite @eesi.psu.edu

Sedimentary geology; Paleoclimatoloty; Paleopedology; Organic Petrology; Hydrogeology

Eberly College of Science

Statistics Murali Haran mharan @stat.psu.edu

Climate science; Disease modeling; Penn State Center for Climate Risk Management; Penn State SCRiM

The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences

Eugene Lengerich

ejl6@psu.edu Chronic disease epidemiology; Public health surveillance; Community-based research; Rural health

The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences

Ottar BjØrnstad onb1@psu.edu Population dynamics; Spatial ecology; Ecology of infectious disease; Computational biology Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics

The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences

Peter Hudson pjh18@psu.edu Wildlife diseases; Consequences of individual infections on host population

dynamics;

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Climate change and infectious disease dynamics Earth and Environmental Systems Institute

David Pollard

pollard @essc.psu.edu

Numerical modeling of the Earth’s climate, including the atmosphere, ocean, vegetation, and ice sheets;

Paleoclimates; Ice sheet-climate interactions; Continental hydrology; Vegetation-climate feedbacks; Penn State Center for Climate Risk Management Penn State SCRiM

Sustainable Climate Risk Management (SCRiM)

Patrick Applegate (Research Associate)

patrick.applegate @psu.edu

Ice sheets and their contributions to sea level; Estimation of the ages of glacial deposits; Application of statistical methods to problems in the geosciences

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Joshua Kollat jkollat@psu.edu Long-term groundwater monitoring; Impacts of extreme floods on flood insurances; Impacts of climate change and population growth on flood

discharges; Quantification of climate change effects; Global sensitivity analysis; Software design and interactive data visualization

Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics

Kim Pepin kmp29@psu.edu Mechanisms of viral adaptation and disease emergence, especially due to host jumps, escape from host immunity, and climate change;

The role of health care facilities in immune escape evolution of nonviruses

Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics

Raina K. Plowright

rplowright @gmail.com

Infectious disease dynamics in wildlife; Climate change and infectious disease dynamics; Emerging diseases that occur in wildlife but may infect domestic

animals and humans; Effects of infectious disease on wildlife conservation

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Thorsten Wagener

thorsten @engr.psu.edu

Watershed hydrology; Integrated assessment and modeling; Impacts of land-use and climate change; Uncertainty analysis; Conceptual rainfall-runoff modeling

Penn State Bernd J. Haupt bjhaupt@psu.edu Oceanography;

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Institutes of Energy and the Environment

Paleooceanography; Climate history Climate modeling; Water mass and sediment transport; Ocean-atmosphere interaction; Meteorology

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Annex C. List of Undergraduate Degree Courses Related with Climate Change and Conflict Management

No.6 College/ Department Course Title7 Highlight of Course Content

1 College of Agricultural Sciences

AGCOM 463W Advanced Agricultural Writing

Journalistic writing to report scientific and technical information in the agricultural/environmental sciences to general audiences

2 College of Agricultural Sciences

A S M 310 (E R M 309) Measurement & Monitoring of Hydrologic Systems

Introduction to measurement and monitoring equipment/techniques commonly used in analyses and design of hydrologic systems

3 College of Agricultural Sciences

A S M 327 Soil and Water Resource Management

Soil and water management systems and practices including hydrology, surface drainage, open channels, and erosion, subsurface drainage, impoundments and irrigation

4 College of Agricultural Sciences

AEE 440 Communication Methods and Media

Mass media techniques for reporting and promoting extension and related programs, including message preparation, presentation, and strategy development

5 College of Agricultural Sciences

AGECO 122 (METEO 122) Atmospheric Environment: Growing in the Wind

The dynamic effects of weather on ecosystems and habitation of the Earth

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College of Agricultural Sciences

AGECO 134 (R SOC 134) Sustainable Agriculture Science and Policy

The science, socio-economics, and politics of managing food and fiber production systems Sustainability implications of current practices and future

options.

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College of Agricultural Sciences

AGECO 418 (SOILS 418, AN SC 418) Nutrient Management in Agricultural Systems

Review of nutrient flow in animal agricultural systems, environmental regulations, and environmental stewardship practices.

8 College of Agricultural Sciences

AYFCE 211 (CAS 222, CIVCM 211)

Conceptual foundations of public scholarship and orientation to contemporary themes and issues in civic and community

6 Courses that are marked with “*” before their numbers are dedicated to teaching climate change issues. 7 Courses are listed alphabetically according to their abbreviations and numbers under each department category. Courses numbered in 1 to 399 are general courses accepted in fulfillment of requirements for the bachelor’s degrees. Courses numbered in 400 to 499 are open to graduate students and to juniors and seniors and, with special permission, to qualified students in earlier semesters. Courses numbered in 500 to 699, 800 to 899 are restricted to students registered in the Graduate School, seniors with an average of at least 3.50, and other students who have been granted permission to enroll by the dean of the Graduate School. Courses numbered in 700 to 799 are restricted to students registered in the College of Medicine. Finally, courses numbered in 900-999 are restricted to students registered under Penn State Law unless special permission is granted.

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Foundations: Civic and Community Engagement

engagement

9 College of Agricultural Sciences

BRS 300 Introduction to Biorenewable Products

Overview of bioproducts and their related industry sectors, including forest products, biocomposities, biofuels, bioenergy, bio-based adhesives, biochemicals, and bioplastics

10 College of Agricultural Sciences

BRS 422 Energy Analysis in Biorenewable Systems

Energy management, energy conversions, renewable energy alternatives, engineering economic analyses, national and international perspectives on energy resources

11 College of Agricultural Sciences

CEDEV 452 Community Structure, Processes and Capacity

Social organization, processes and change in communities; use of sociological principles in analysis of community problems and development

12 College of Agricultural Sciences

CED 201 Introductory Environmental and Resource Economics

Apply principles of economics to analyze environmental protection policies and natural resource use decision

13 College of Agricultural Sciences

CED 309 Land Use Dynamics

Theory of land use and land use decision-making

14 College of Agricultural Sciences

CED 375H Community, Local Knowledge, and Democracy

Understanding community decision-making, citizen-expert interactions and methods for resolving seemingly intractable conflicts associated with public issues

15 College of Agricultural Sciences

CED 417 Power, Conflict, and Community Decision Making

Impact of institutions on human interdependence and behavior, the structure of power, and community decision making and public policy

16 College of Agricultural Sciences

CED 427W (S T S 427W) Society and Natural Resource

Analysis of the relationships between societal development and enhancement and natural resources

17 College of Agricultural Sciences

CED 429 Natural Resource Economics

Optimal management of resources; roles of markets and other institutions; resources and economic development; public policy

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College of Agricultural Sciences

CED 431 W Economic Analysis of Environmental and Resource Policies

Economic analysis of environmental and natural resource policies, benefit-cost analysis, non-market valuation techniques; resource damage assessment.

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College of Agricultural Sciences

CED 450 International Development, Renewable Resources, and the Environment

Theories of agricultural and economic development, with particular attention to interactions between development, renewable resources, and the environment

20 College of Agricultural Sciences

CED 496A Community of Practice: Special

A student-led course with a focus on co-creation. Subject matter will center around “community, environment and development”

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issues in Community, Environment, and Development

21 College of Agricultural Sciences

CED 497A Practicum in Facilitation & Community Engagement

Community process skills, such as brainstorming, SWOT, and facilitation, often are of unsung importance to successful Community, Environment, and Development work

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College of Agricultural Sciences

CED 497B Professional Practice of Community, Environment & Development

This course is the first in the four-course 'Scholarship Sustainability and Civic Engagement Program' (SSCEP). Students learn the practical and professional skills required to practice community development in a professional setting, preparing them for their summer professional internship. The course focuses on how communities function, different perspectives on sustainability, and applied skills for successfully working at the community level.

23 College of Agricultural Sciences

E R M 210 Environmental Factors and Their Effect on Your Food Supply

An exploration of how urban environmental problems influence our ability to obtain food and natural resources

24 College of Agricultural Sciences

E R M 309 Measurement & Monitoring of Hydrologic Systems

Introduction to measurement and monitoring equipment/techniques commonly used in analyses and design of hydrologic systems

25 College of Agricultural Sciences

E R M 430 (PPEM 430) Air Pollution Impacts to Terrestrial Ecosystems

Overview of the direct and indirect effects of air pollutants on terrestrial plants and ecosystems

26 College of Agricultural Sciences

E R M 447 Stream Restoration

Stream restoration including fluvial geomorphology, stream classification, impairment, sediment transport, stable stream design, and watershed assessment

27 College of Agricultural Sciences

E R M 450 Wetland Conservation

Wetland types, classification, functions and values; hydrology, soils, and plants; introduction to wetland identification and delineation; wetland regulations

*28 College of Agricultural Sciences

FOR 201 Global Change and Ecosystems

Understanding of the climate system, ecosystems, and feedbacks between the two

29 College of Agricultural Sciences

FOR 266 Forest Resources Measurements

Measurement systems used in forest and wildlife management and urban forestry

30 College of Agricultural Sciences

FOR 450W Human Dimensions of Natural Resources

Addresses human needs and desires, from individuals to nations, for social, ecological, and economic benefits derived from natural resource decisions

31 College of Agricultural FOR 470 Management of wild land watersheds for control of the amount

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Sciences Watershed Management and timing of water yield, water quality, erosion, and sedimentation

32 College of Agricultural Sciences

FOR 488Y Global Forest Conservation

Ecological, economic, technological, and political aspects of forested ecosystems in a global context, emphasizing tropical and developing countries

33 College of Agricultural Sciences

SOILS 071 Environmental Sustainability

An introduction to environmental science, exploring sustainable human- environment interactions with examples from environmental soil science

34 College of Agricultural Sciences

SOILS 422 Natural Resources Conservation and Community Sustainability

Conservation, land-use, and community (soil, water, air, plants, animals, and humans) impacting quality of life and sense of place

35 College of Agricultural Sciences

SOILS 499A Soil, Civilization, and Collapse

This course examines this question and focuses particularly on the role natural resource management has played in the evolution of culture, society, and civilization. Readings examine the role that forms of government have had in shaping culture and land tenure, management of natural resources with population growth, and the stability of long-term civilizations. Finally, this course examines our current civilization in the context of past ones, and evaluates its future stability.

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W F S 209 Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation

Survey of current and historical issues in wildlife and fisheries conservation; emphasis on vertebrate biodiversity, habitat management and protection, and populations

37 College of Agricultural Sciences

W F S 430 Conservation Biology

The application of biological principles to issues in the conservation of biodiversity

38 College of Agricultural Sciences

W F S 440 Natural Resources Public Relations

Integration of public relations concepts with principles of natural resources management at the community level

39 College of Agricultural Sciences

W F S 450 Wetland Conservation

Wetland types, classification, functions and values; hydrology, soils, and plants; introduction to wetland identification and delineation; wetland regulations

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College of the Liberal Arts ANTH 412 Settlement Demography

Examination of the demography and ecology of human settlement systems in the preindustrial past Basic landscape ecology; Fundamentals of geostatistical analysis

41 College of the Liberal Arts ANTH 432

Environmental Archaeology Introductory course in Environmental Archaeology, with

emphasis on method and theory in the subfields archaeobotany, pedoarchaeology, and zooarchaeology;

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Relationships among humans, cultural systems, and the natural world

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College of the Liberal Arts ECON 415, 415W The Economics of Global Climate Change

Evidence on climate change; Economic models of the environment and market failure; Cost-benefit analysis of policy options; Carbon markets

43 College of the Liberal Arts ECON 427

Economics of Energy and Energy Security

Energy economics studies topics related to the supply, energy markets, and environmental impacts of energy use

44 College of the Liberal Arts ECON 428

Environmental Economics Environmental pollution, the market economy, and optimal

resource allocation; alternative control procedures; Levels of environmental protection and public policy

45 College of the Liberal Arts PHIL 403, 403H

Environmental Ethics Examines ethical theories, justice, rights, community, and human values revolving around such issues as preservation, conservation, pollution, sustainability, and population

46 College of the Liberal Arts SOC 449 Environmental Movements

Comparative exploration of environmental movements within the context of classical and new social movement theory

47 College of the Liberal Arts SOC 450

Justice and the Environment Considers notions of justice in relation to environmental philosophy, environmental movements, and general environmental concerns

48 College of the Liberal Arts SOC 497D

Health, Disease, and Society Health and disease by variation of age, gender, race/ethnicity, disability status, socioeconomic status and neighborhood and community

49 College of Engineering A E 211

Introduction to Environmental Control Systems

Qualitative study of humans in macro- and micro-architectural environmental systems, in particular, thermal environmental and building mechanical issues

50 College of Engineering A E 424

Environmental Control Systems I Fundamental principles and applications of environmental

systems in buildings; A E 211 is a prerequisite for this course

51 College of Engineering AE T 113

Site Planning Energy conservation through optimum site utilization, contours, cut and fill calculations, storm drainage, spot grading, and finish grading

52 College of Engineering AE T 229

Analysis of Building Environmental Systems

Comprehensive analysis and application of building environmental systems with focus on selected areas; calculation and layout; computer modeling of systems

53 College of Engineering B E 477 Analysis, design, and management of land-based systems for

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Land-Based Waste Disposal recycling and disposal of municipal, industrial, and agricultural wastes

54 College of Engineering B E 487

Watershed Modeling for Water Quality Design

Application of common watershed models used to investigate design alternatives for flow and quality effects

55 College of Engineering C E 370

Introduction to Environmental Engineering

Nature and scope of environmental issues; air, water, land impacts; fundamentals and processes of pollution control

56 College of Engineering C E 371 Water and Wastewater Treatment

Water treatment; water storage; design of water distribution and wastewater systems; pumping stations

57 College of Engineering C E 410W

Sustainable Residential Subdivision Design

Residential subdivision process; site selection; conservation and neo-traditional design; utility design and layout; best management practices for erosion and stormwater

58 College of Engineering C E 437

Engineering Materials for Sustainability

Environmental impact of materials; life-cycle assessment; material selection to optimize performance; design, evaluation, and production of green construction materials

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College of Engineering C E 461 Water-resource Engineering

Qualitative and quantitative description of the hydrologic cycle, flood and drought frequency analysis, climate and land use change impacts, risk analysis and uncertainty, water resource management at regional, national and global scale

60 College of Engineering C E 472W

Environmental Engineering Capstone Design

Principles and design of unit operations for water; domestic and industrial wastewater treatment; equipment selection and application

61 College of Engineering C E 475 Water Quality Chemistry

Chemistry applicable to the understanding and analysis of water quality, pollution, and treatment

62 College of Engineering C E 476 Solid and Hazardous Wastes

Characteristics and treatment of solid wastes and hazardous wastes

63 College of Engineering C E 497A Ecological Engineering

Design, construction, and operation of wetland systems for water pollution control

64 College of Engineering ENVE 411

Water Supply and Pollution Control Water supply, wastewater characteristics, design of unit processes for water and wastewater treatment, sludge processing, and related new technologies

65 College of Engineering ENVE 415 Hydrology

Watershed response to rainfall events; hydrologic systems; ground water flow

66 College of Engineering ENVE 470 Air Quality

Overview of air quality issues with regard to the sources, measurements, effects, transport and control of potential air

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contaminants

67 College of Arts and Architecture

ARCH 412 Integrative Energy and Environmental Design

Concepts and strategies for the environmentally conscious design of the built environment

68 Eberly College of Science BI SC 003, 003H Environmental Science

Kinds of environments; past and present uses and abuses of natural resources; disposal of human wastes; prospects for the future

69 Eberly College of Science BIOL 110, 110H, 110L, 110P, 110S

Biology: Basic Concepts and Biodiversity

A study of the evolution of the major groups of organisms including the fundamental concepts of biology

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Eberly College of Science BIOL 419 Ecological and Environmental Problem Solving

Overview of processes involved in solving environmental problems; Provides students with toolkit for understanding ecological and

environmental problems

71 Eberly College of Science BIOL 435

Ecology of Lakes and Streams Physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of freshwater environments, with special emphasis on factors regulating productivity in freshwater ecosystems

*72 Eberly College of Science BIOL 435

Population Ecology and Global Climate Change

Ecological responses of individuals, populations, and communities to environmental variation, with emphasis on climate change

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Eberly College of Science BIOL 438 Theoretical Population Ecology

Theoretical discussions of demographics, population and metapopulation growth models, life histories, and species interactions such as competition, predation, host-parasitoid relationships

74 Eberly College of Science BIOL 463

General Ecology Illustrates science of ecology, from individual, population, and community- level perspectives, discusses applications of this science to issues of conservation of biodiversity

75 Eberly College of Science BIOL 464

Sociobiology The study of the adaptive function of social behavior, the comparative analysis of social organization, and the ecology of sociality

76 Eberly College of Science BIOL 482 Coastal Biology

Marine organisms, their interactions with each other, and their relationships with several coastal habitats

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Eberly College of Science BIOL 497B Biological Oceanography

Organisms, from microbes to animals, living in the open ocean; Organisms survive in aquatic environments, their physiology,

ecology and evolution; How life in the ocean is affected by depth range from the

shallow photic zone to the deep seafloor as well as by ocean

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currents and continents; Biological-physical interactions and the different

methodological approaches to study biological oceanography

78 Eberly College of Science CHEM 020

Environmental Chemistry Applications of chemistry to environmental problems, including air, water, thermal pollution; pesticides; drugs and birth control agents; food additives; etc.

79 Eberly College of Science CHEM 021

Environmental Chemistry Laboratory

Introduction of basic laboratory techniques and data analysis used in environmental chemistry

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College of Business Administration

B A 342 Socially Responsible, Sustainable and Ethical Business Practice

Actions taken by corporations that impact global citizenship, environmental sustainability, and the economic stability of international societies;

Relationships, rights, and responsibilities between businesses, business decision-makers and their stakeholders

81 College of Business Administration

B A 441 Strategies for Enterprise Sustainability

An understanding and analysis of how environmental and sustainability issues are impacting business strategies and ultimately profits

82 College of Business Administration

B A 442 Sustainable Behavior of Consumers, Firms, and Societies

Strategies to influence sustainable behavior considering consumer response and marketing communications

83 College of Business Administration

BA 497B Sustainable Marketing strategy for Consumers, Firms, and Societies

The role of sustainability in the marketplace and marketing strategies to effectively engage customers and stakeholders around sustainable issues

84 Smeal College of Business B LAW 243

Business and Environmental Regulation

Examines the interplay between environmental regulation and commercial activities, including property interests

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Smeal College of Business R M 320W Risk Management and Insurance

Goals and methods of risk management Commercial insurance and alternative risk transfer (ART)

methods in addition to the characteristics of insurance markets and intermediaries used by risk managers

86 Abington College CC 401

Corporate, Non-Profit, and Government Public Relations

Explores issues affecting profit and non-profit public relations, including crisis management, consumer and employee affairs, environmental problems and global concerns

*87 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

EARTH 002 The Earth System and Global Change

An interdisciplinary introduction to the processes, interactions and evolution of the earth's biosphere, geosphere and hydrosphere

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College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

EARTH 100 Environment Earth

Natural processes and their relationship to anthropogenic influences; General principles of global cycles and the role they play in

natural hazards, global warming, ozone depletion, etc.

*89 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

EARTH 100H Environment Earth: Environment and Energy

Examination of climate change and energy issues

90 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

EARTH 101, 101U Natural Disasters: Hollywood vs. Reality

Analysis of the causes and consequences of natural disasters; Comparison of popular media portrayal of disasters with

perspective from scientific research

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College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

EARTH 103 Earth in the Future: Predicting Climate Change and Its Impacts Over the Next Century

Climate predictions for the coming century are utilized to examine potential impacts on regions, sectors of society, and natural ecosystems

*92

College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

EARTH 105 Environments of Africa: Geology and Climate Change

Significant natural features of Africa as related to human endeavor; Case studies include the Nile, climate change, and natural

resources

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College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

EARTH 240 Coral Reef Systems

The geography, geology, biology ecology and chemistry of coral reef ecosystems; Threats to reef environments; Techniques for reef surveying and monitoring; with local

geologic and distant modern field studies

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College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

EARTH 297A Coastal Processes, Hazards and Society

Global perspective of coastal landscapes, the processes responsible for their formation, diversity, and change over time, as well as societal responses to current changes in the coastal zones around the world

*95 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

EARTH 297B Fundamentals of Climate Science

Meaning, variability and change of climate over time as a result of natural and man-made processes

96 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

EARTH 400 Earth Sciences Seminar

Interdisciplinary study of environmental problems in the earth sciences

97 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

EM SC 101 Resource Wars

Analysis of natural resources and how competition for them shapes national and international cultures and geopolitics

98 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

EM SC 302 Orientation to Energy and

Orientation to goals of the Energy and Sustainability Policy program and resources available to help students succeed

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Sustainability Policy

99 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

EGEE 101, 101A, 101H Energy and the Environment

Energy utilization and technological development, energy resources, conversion and consequences on the local and global environment, and future energy alternatives

100 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

EGEE 102 Energy Conservation for Environmental Protection

Exposure to energy efficiency in day-to-day life to save money and energy, and thereby protect the environment

101 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

EGEE 401 Energy in a Changing World

Energy transition in the context of increasing international demand and environmental pressures; Energy transitions, approaches, and outcomes are addressed

102 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

EGEE 412 Green Engineering & Environmental Compliance

Material and energy flows as they relate to industrial systems, environmental concerns, pollution prevention, and the development of clean technologies

103 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

EGEE 437 Design of Solar Energy Conversion Systems

Fundamental concepts in solar energy conversion including photovoltaic (PV) and solar thermal conversion systems

104 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

EGEE 439 Wind and Hydropower Energy Conversion

Principles of sustainability and renewable energy conversion with emphasis on wind and hydrokinetic energy resources

105 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

EGEE 439 Alternative Fuels from Biomass Sources

Chemistry of technologies of bio-based sources for power generation and transportation fuels

106 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

EGEE 470 Air Pollutants from Combustion Sources

Generation of pollutants in combustion chambers; Reduction by combustion control; Pre- and post-combustion treatment of fuels and effluents

107

College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

EME 466 Energy and Sustainability in Society

Energy technology and policy options for reduced-carbon communities Agent/stakeholder relations, sustainability, communication and

public engagement

108 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

GEOG 001 Global Parks and Sustainability

Introduction to U.S. and global protected areas, with a focus on historical and emerging trends in conservation, sustainability, and socio-ecological systems

109

College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

GEOG 030 Geographic Perspectives on Sustainability and Human-Environment Systems

Introduction to theory, methods, history and contemporary issues in global and regional relationships between human activity and the physical environment

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*110 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

GEOG 110 Climates of the World

Introduction to climatology, including principal processes of the global climatic system and their variation over space and time

111 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

GEOG 128 Geography of International Affairs

Contemporary international affairs in their geographical setting; Geographic elements in the development of national power,

political groupings, and international disputes

112 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

GEOG 130 Environment, Power, and Justice

Contemporary themes in human-environment relations through the lens of political ecology

113 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

GEOG 297H Geographics of Sustainability and Food

Examination of food and agriculture through geographic lenses, focusing on human-environment systems, resources, nutrition/health, and social-ecological sustainability and resilience

*114 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

GEOG 310W Introduction to Global Climatic Systems

Introduction to global atmospheric circulation, including tropical, midlatitude and polar subsystems; ocean, land, cryospheric and urban climatic systems and interactions

115 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

GEOG 311 Landscape Ecology

Examines the ways in which spatial patterns and spatial processes operate in an ecological context

116 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

GEOG 333 Human Dimensions of Natural Hazards

An introduction to natural hazards, integrating physical and social science perspectives

117 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

GEOG 397A Energy Futures

Explores changing geography of energy production/distribution/use to understand dynamics among policy, technology, and regional geography in energy transitions

*118 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

GEOG 412W Climate Change and Variability

Theories and observations of past, present, and future climatic change and variability; introduction to techniques used in climatic change research

119 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

GEOG 414 Principles and Applications in Landscape Ecology

Introduction to the ways in which spatial patterns and processes operate in an ecological context

120 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

GEOG 431 Geography of Water Resources

Perspectives on water as a resource and hazard for human society; water resource issues in environmental and regional planning

*121 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

GEOG 436 Global Change and Sustainability - Bulgaria

Sustainability in the context of climate change, global socioeconomic change and regional transformation in Bulgaria; embedded foreign fieldwork

122 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

GEOG 438W Human Dimensions of Global Warming

Human dimensions of climate change: human causes, human consequences, and policy implications of global warming

123 College of Earth and Mineral GEOG 498F Introduces students to South Africa's physical landscape by

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Sciences Managing Our Earth’s Natural Resources

focusing on the various biomes found within South Africa. Students will learn about, experience and discuss the climate, soil, vegetation, biodiversity, primary human impacts associated with each biome and the environmental services that are provided by these systems

124

College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

GEOSC 002 Historical Geology

History of the earth and its life; fundamentals of evolution, correlation, and paleogeography; practicum includes field trips, study of geologic maps, geologic problems, and fossils, with emphasis on Appalachian geology

125

College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

GEOSC 020, 020L Planet Earth

Nontechnical presentation of earth processes, materials, and landscape;

Practicum includes field trips, study of maps, rocks, and dynamic models, introduction to geologic experimentation

126 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

GEOSC 040, 040L, 040P The Sea Around Us

Introduction to marine sciences and the world ocean, including physical, chemical, biological, and geological aspects of oceanography

*127 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

GEOSC 320 Geology of Climate Change

Geologic evidence for climate change and mechanisms of change, especially from the Ice Age through the near future

128 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

GEOSC 402Y Natural Disasters

Case studies of the causes and consequences of natural disasters; analysis of disaster impact in different economic, cultural, and social conditions

129 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

GEOSC 450 Risk Analysis in the Earth Sciences

An introduction to concepts and methods of quantitative risk analysis with focus on water, climate, and energy related risks

130 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

MATSE 101, 101A Energy and the Environment

Energy utilization and technological development, energy resources, conversion and consequences on the local and global environment, and future energy alternatives

131 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

METEO 002 Our Changing Atmosphere: Personal and Societal Consequences

A survey of meteorology emphasizing how the nature of our lives, individually/societally, depends upon atmospheric structure, quality, and processes

132

College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

METEO 004 Weather and Risk

Non-technical introduction to the science and historical development of meteorology, and the role of weather forecasting as a tool for risk management by individuals, businesses, and societies

133 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

METEO 112 (AGECO 122) Atmospheric Environment: Growing in the Wind

Effect of weather on plants, animals, and humans

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134 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

METEO 466 Planetary Atmospheres

A survey of planetary atmospheres and the chemical and physical processes by which they form and evolve

*135 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

METEO 469 From Meteorology to Mitigation: Understanding Global Warming

Introduction to global warming and climate change: the basic, science, projected impacts, and approaches to mitigation

*136 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

METEO 470 Climate Dynamics

Fundamental principles that govern Earth's climate and their relevance to past and future climate change

137 Altoona College ENVST 100

Vision of Nature An interdisciplinary introduction to environmental studies, including perspectives from ethics, economics, public policy, art, literature, history, geology, biology, and ecology

138 Penn State World Campus PHP 410 (HLS 410)

Public Health Preparedness for Disaster and Terrorist Emergencies

Analyzes the history of terrorism and explores the preparation and response to specific terrorist threats, natural disasters, and conventional catastrophes

139 School of Public Affairs, Penn State Harrisburg

PUBPL 306 Introduction to Crisis and Emergency Management

An introduction to emergency management in mitigating, preparing for, responding to and recovering from hazards

140

School of Public Affairs, Penn State Harrisburg

PUBPL 481 Seminar in Environmental Policy

Fundamentals of evolution; impacts on natural resources; Interaction of environmental issues, current decision-making

process policy, enforcement mechanisms; Future actions

141 College of Education S PSY 497H

Human Development, Health & Education

Socio-cultural influences on human development from an ecological perspective

*142 College of Education SCIED 297B (EARTH 297B) Fundamental of Climate Science

Address the meaning, variability and change of climate over time as a result of natural and man-made processes

143 Science, Technology, & Society Program

S T S 135 (PL SC 135) The Politics of the Ecological Crisis

Political implications of the increasing scarcity of many of the world's resources

*144 Science, Technology, & Society Program

S T S 201, 201H Climate Change, Energy, and Biodiversity

Studies of global warming, energy options, and biodiversity; their interrelations as sciences and as societal issues

145 Science, Technology, & Society Program

S T S 420 (EM SC 420, SOC 420) Energy and Modern Society

Technology and economics of energy resources, production, and consumption; environmental factors, exhaustion, new technology

146 Science, Technology, & Society Program

S T S 427W (CED 427W) Society and Natural Resources

Analysis of the relationship between societal development and enhancement and natural resources

147 Science, Technology, & Society Program

S T S 430 (NUTR 430) Global Food Strategies: Problems

Technological, social, and political solutions to providing basic food needs; food resources, population, and the environment;

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and Prospects for Reducing World Hunger

current issues

148 Science, Technology, & Society Program

S T S 460 (PL SC 460) Science, Technology, and public Policy

The all-pervasive importance of science and technology policy in modern societies and mechanisms and processes by which it is made

149 Information Sciences and Technology

SRA 231 Decision Theory and Analysis

Overview of decision theoretical and analytical concepts and tools in the security risk analysis field

150 Information Sciences and Technology

SRA 311 Risk Management: Assessment and Mitigation

Assessment and mitigation of security vulnerabilities for people, organizations, industry sectors, and the nation

151 Wildlife Technology, Penn State DuBois

WILDL 101 Introduction to Wildlife Management

Basic principles of wildlife management. Introduction to general ecology and wildlife population dynamics

152 Wildlife Technology, Penn State DuBois

WILDL 106S Wildlife Management Techniques

Overview of laboratory and field techniques for natural resource research and management

153 Wildlife Technology, Penn State DuBois

WILDL 213 Wetlands and Fisheries Management

Introduction to basic limnology. Ecology and management of swamp, marsh, pond, and stream habitats and their animal populations

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Annex D. List of Graduate Degree Courses Related with Climate Change and Conflict Management No. College/

Department Course Title Highlight of Course Content

1 College of Agricultural Sciences

AEREC 519 Resource and Environmental Economics I

Theories and methods for economic analysis of natural resource and environmental policies with applications to current issues

2 College of Agricultural Sciences

BRS 422 Energy Analysis in Biorenewable Systems

Energy management, energy conversions, renewable energy alternatives, engineering economic analyses, national and international perspectives on energy resources

3 College of Agricultural Sciences

BRS 502 Human Behavior in Management and Technology

The relationship between human behavior and professional activities including ethical leadership and decision-making

4 College of Agricultural Sciences

FOR 430 (W F S 430) Conservation Biology

Application of biological principles to issues in the conservation of biodiversity

5 College of Agricultural Sciences

FOR 450W Human Dimensions of Natural Resources

Addresses human needs and desires, from individuals to nations, for social, ecological, and economic benefits derived from natural resource decisions

6 College of Agricultural Sciences

FOR 470 Watershed Management

Management of wild land watersheds for control of the amount and timing of water yield, water quality, erosion, and sedimentation

7 College of Agricultural Sciences

FOR 488Y Global Forest Conservation

Ecological, economic, technological, and political aspects of forested ecosystems in a global context, emphasizing tropical and developing countries

8 College of Agricultural Sciences

FOR 508 Forest Ecology

The forest ecosystem, variations in space and time, classification, ordination techniques, dynamic aspects such as energy flow and nutrient cycling

9 College of Agricultural Sciences

FOR 570 Watershed Stewardship Practicum I

Application of integrated community-based watershed planning for water resources management

10 College of Agricultural Sciences

FOR 571 Watershed Stewardship Practicum II

Application of integrated community-based watershed planning for water resources management

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College of Agricultural Sciences

HDNRE 574 Integrated Perspectives in Human Dimensions of Natural Resources and the Environment

Introduction to the integration and application of interdisciplinary concepts to contemporary natural resource and environmental issues

12 College of Agricultural Sciences

HDNRE 575 Ethical Issues in Human Dimensions

Introduction to ethical issues in human dimensions of natural resources and the environment

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of Natural Resources and the Environment

13 College of Agricultural Sciences

W F S 422 Ecology of Fishes

Role of fishes in aquatic communities and general ecosystems; Environmental factors influencing fish as individuals,

populations, and communities

14 College of Agricultural Sciences

W F S 430 (FOR 430) Conservation Biology

The application of biological principles to issues in the conservation of biodiversity

15

College of Agricultural Sciences

W F S 450 (E R M 450) Wetland Conservation

Wetland types, classification, functions and values; Hydrology, soils, and plants; Introduction to wetland identification and delineation; Wetland regulations

16 College of Agricultural Sciences

W F S 440 Natural Resources Public Relations

Integration of public relations concepts with principles of natural resources management at the community level

17 College of Agricultural Sciences

W F S 525 Communications in Natural Resources

Communications of research results through manuscripts for peer reviewed journals, presentations at professional meetings, and articles for the general public

18 College of Agricultural Sciences

W F S 530 Conservation Ecology

Application of ecological principles to conservation and management of biological diversity, landscapes, and ecosystems

19

College of Agricultural Sciences

W F S 536 Freshwater Field Ecology

Organisms and physical/chemical factors that affect them in the aquatic environment; Basic water chemistry; Identification of aquatic organisms

20 College of the Liberal Arts ANTH 412 Settlement Demography

The demography and ecology of human settlement systems in the preindustrial past

21 College of the Liberal Arts ANTH 455

Global Processes and Local Systems Ethnographic, comparative, historic, evolutionary treatment of global economic, political, and cultural processes and their consequences for local systems

22 College of the Liberal Arts PHIL 403, 403H

Environmental Ethics Ethical theories, justice, rights, community, and human values revolving around such issues as preservation, conservation, pollution, sustainability, and population

23 College of the Liberal Arts PL SC 409 Democratic Deliberation

The theory and practice of democratic deliberation in elections, town meetings, juries, legislatures, and other public institutions

24 College of the Liberal Arts PL SC 411W

Principles of International Cooperation

Exploration of the forces that make conflict, or cooperation, more likely in international relations

25 College of the Liberal Arts SOC 448 Relationship between the physical environment and society

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Environmental Sociology

26 College of the Liberal Arts SOC 449 Environmental Movements

Comparative exploration of environmental movements within the context of classical and new social movement theory

27 College of the Liberal Arts SOC 450

Justice and the Environment Considers notions of justice in relation to environmental philosophy, environmental movements, and general environmental concerns

28 College of Engineering A E 424 Environmental Control Systems I

Fundamental principles and applications of environmental systems in buildings. This course is intended for Architecture students

29 College of Engineering C E 410W

Sustainable Residential Subdivision Design

Residential subdivision process; site selection; conservation and neo- traditional design; utility design and layout; best management practices for erosion and stormwater

30 College of Engineering C E 472W

Environmental Engineering Capstone Design

Principles and design of unit operations for water; Domestic and industrial wastewater treatment; Equipment selection and application

31 College of Engineering C E 497A, 497B, 596A Ecological Engineering

Design, construction, and operation of wetland systems for water pollution control

32 College of Engineering C E 552

Coastal and Nearshore Processes Hydrodynamics of the near-shore environment, including waves,

currents, and storm surges; Coastal response, sediment transport, engineering structures

33 College of Engineering C E 555

Groundwater Hydrology: Analysis and Modeling

Groundwater resource analysis, model formulation, simulation, and design of water resource systems using symbolic and numerical methods

34 College of Engineering C E 597E

Geoenvironmental Engineering Soil physics, groundwater flow principles, mass transport/transfer in soils, environmental regulations, landfills, site contamination and treatments

35 College of Engineering ENVE 411

Water Supply and Pollution Control Water supply, wastewater characteristics, design of unit processes for water and wastewater treatment, sludge processing, and related new technologies

36 College of Engineering ENVE 415 Hydrology

Watershed response to rainfall events; hydrologic systems; ground water flow

37 College of Engineering ENVE 430 Sustainable Engineering

A course on engineering which uses ecological principles to minimize waste and maximally use input materials

38 College of Engineering ENVE 460 Environmental Law

A survey of Federal and State environmental laws, including statutory, common and administrative law

39 College of Engineering ENVE 470 Air Quality

Overview of air quality issues with regard to the sources, measurements, effects, transport and control of potential air

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contaminants

40 College of Engineering ENVE 569

Environmental Risk Assessment Overview of ecological and human risk, including hazard identification, dose response, exposure assessment, and risk characterization

41 College of Arts and Architecture

ARCH 412 Integrative Energy and Environmental Design

Concepts and strategies for the environmentally conscious design of the built environment

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College of Health and Human Development

BB H 497A Environmental Health and Wellness

Relationship of people to their environment and the relationship affects their physical, mental, and social well-being; The impact of environmental issues on community, regional and

global health; How environmental factors impact the health of people and the

community; Overview of prevention efforts to minimize negative impacts

43 Eberly College of Science BIOL 412 Ecology of Infectious Diseases

The impacts of ecological processes upon the epidemiology of infectious diseases

44 Eberly College of Science BIOL 419, 519

Ecological and Environmental Problem Solving

Overview of processes involved in solving environmental problems

45 Eberly College of Science BIOL 435

Ecology of Lakes and Streams Physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of freshwater environments, with special emphasis on factors regulating productivity in freshwater ecosystems

*46 Eberly College of Science BIOL 436

Population Ecology and Global Climate Change

Ecological responses of individuals, populations, and communities to environmental variation, with emphasis on climate change

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Eberly College of Science BIOL 497B Biological Oceanography

Organisms, from microbes to animals, living in the open ocean; Organisms survive in aquatic environments, their physiology,

ecology and evolution; How life in the ocean is affected by depth range from the

shallow photic zone to the deep seafloor as well as by ocean currents and continents;

Biological-physical interactions and the different methodological approaches to study biological oceanography

48 Department of Economics ECON 406, 406W

The Economics of Social Conflict Economic theory of the resolution of social conflicts: social choice theory, voting, non-cooperative games, voluntary trade, and allocation by force

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*49 Department of Economics ECON 415, 415W

The Economics of Global Climate Change

Evidence on climate change; economic models of the environment and market failure; cost-benefit analysis of policy options; carbon markets

50 Department of Economics ECON 427

Economics of Energy and Energy Security

Energy economics studies topics related to the supply, energy markets, and environmental impacts of energy use

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Department of Economics ECON 428 Environmental Economics

Environmental pollution, the market economy, and optimal resource allocation; Alternative control procedures; Levels of environmental protection and public policy

52 Department of Economics ECON 443

Economics of Law and Regulation An economic analysis of property rights, contractual arrangements, illegal activities, and regulation; competitive problems due to externalities and market failure

53 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

EGEE 401 Energy in a Changing World

Energy is in transition, with increased international energy demand and increasing environmental pressures. Energy transitions, approaches, and outcomes are addressed.

54 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

EGEE 412 Green Engineering & Environmental Compliance

Material and energy flows as they relate to industrial systems, environmental concerns, pollution prevention, and the development of clean technologies

55 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

EGEE 438 Wind and Hydropower Energy Conversion

Principles of sustainability and renewable energy conversion with emphasis on wind and hydrokinetic energy resources

56 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

EGEE 439 Alternative Fuels from Biomass Sources

The chemistry of technologies of bio-based sources for power generation and transportation fuels

*57 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

EME 466 Energy and Sustainability in Society

Capstone course in energy technology and policy options for reduced-carbon communities, covering agent/stakeholder relations, sustainability, communication and public engagement

58 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

EME 802 Renewable and Sustainable Energy Systems

An overview of renewable energy technologies and sustainable energy system analysis

59 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

ENGMT 511 Engineering for Energy and the Environment

Engineering analysis of new technologies with environmental consideration leading to alternative energy sources and sustainable development

60 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

GEOG 411, 411W Forest Geography

Processes that control spatial and temporal change in forests

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*61 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

GEOG 412W Climate Change and Variability

Theories and observations of past, present, and future climatic change and variability; Introduction to techniques used in climatic change research

62 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

GEOG 414 Principles and Applications in Landscape Ecology

Introduction to the ways in which spatial patterns and processes operate in an ecological context

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College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

GEOG 430 Human Use of Environment

Human use of resources and ecosystems and social causes and consequences of environmental degradation in different parts of the world; Development of environmental policy and management

strategies

64 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

GEOG 430 Geography of Water Resources

Perspectives on water as a resource and hazard for human society; Water resource issues in environmental and regional planning

65 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

GEOG 432 (EME 432) Energy Policy

Analysis, formulation, implementation, and impacts of energy-related policies, regulations, and initiatives

66 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

GEOG 434 Politics of the Environment

Politics related to the use, transformation, valuation, and representation of the environment

*67 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

GEOG 435H Global Change and Sustainability – Bulgaria

Sustainability in the context of climate change, global socioeconomic change and regional transformation in Bulgaria

68 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

GEOG 436 Ecology, Economy, and Society

Analyses of major themes in ecology and economic development, poverty- alleviation, and sustainability

*69 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

GEOG 438W Human Dimensions of Global Warming

Human dimensions of climate change: human causes, human consequences, and policy implications of global warming

70 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

GEOG 439 Property and the Global Environment

Theoretical and empirical relationships between multiple legal, economic, and cultural approaches to property, and environmental quality and conflicts

71 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

GEOSC 402Y Natural Disasters

Case studies of the causes and consequences of natural disasters; analysis of disaster impact in different economic, cultural, and social conditions

72 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

GEOSC 451 Natural Resources: Origins, Economics and Environmental

Geologic, economic and environmental issues related to exploitation of non-renewable natural resources (metals, minerals, rocks, and fossil fuels)

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Impacts

73 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

METEO 419 Air Quality Forecasting

The prediction and dispersion of air pollutants

*74 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

METEO 421 Atmospheric Dynamics

Balanced and unbalanced flows, vorticity, circulation and potential vorticity, an introduction to wave dynamics and stability analysis, and a quantitative discussion of the general circulation

*75 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

METEO 422 Advanced Atmospheric Dynamics

Survey of advanced dynamical topics including instabilities, numerical modeling, and others of current interest

*76 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

METEO 435 Radiation and Climate

Elements of earth-sun geometry, radiative transfer, photochemistry, remote sensing of the atmosphere, physical climatology, climate forcing

77 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

METEO 451 Introduction to Physical Oceanography

Air-sea interaction, wind-driven and thermohaline circulations, upwelling, El Nino, waves, and tides

78 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

METEO 455 Atmospheric Dispersion

Basic principles of atmospheric flow, introduction to the modeling of turbulent diffusion, and the use of EPA dispersion models

79 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

METEO 460 Weather Risk and Financial Markets

The role that weather plays as a source of financial and operational risk for businesses, market and other institutions

80 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

METEO 466 Planetary Atmospheres

A survey of planetary atmospheres and the chemical and physical processes by which they form and evolve

*81 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

METEO 469 From Meteorology to Mitigation: Understanding Global Warming

Introduction to global warming and climate change: the basic, science, projected impacts, and approaches to mitigation

*82 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

METEO 470 Climate Dynamics

The fundamental principles that govern Earth's climate and their relevance to past and future climate change

*83 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

METEO 511 The Weather from Global to Micro Scales

Conceptual models and underlying physics for weather phenomena on scales from the global general circulation to turbulence

*84 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

METEO 523 Modeling the Climate Systems

Introduction to the mathematical description and modeling of atmospheric and oceanic motions

85 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

METEO 554 Atmospheric Turbulence

Introduction to the physics, structure, modeling, representation, and measurement of atmospheric turbulence

86 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

METEO 563 Bioclimatology

Climatic phenomena in their relation to life

87 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

METEO 588 Oceans and Climate Seminar

A focused discussion on some aspect of the ocean's role in the climate system. Theme to vary from semester to semester

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88 College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

METEO 597C Global Carbon Cycle

The terrestrial, oceanic, and anthropogenic processes governing atmospheric CO2

89 School of International Affairs

INTAF 501 Water and Sustainable Development

The scientific theory and practical considerations necessary to manage water resources in an international sustainable development context

90 School of International Affairs

INTAF 503 Hazards, Disasters, and International Affairs

Hotspots, tipping points, and international approaches to prepare for, respond to, and recover from hazards, disasters and complex humanitarian emergencies

91 School of International Affairs

INTAF 505 Strategy, Conflict, peace

the principal solution concepts to the analysis of strategic interaction in static and dynamic contexts, and under incomplete information

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School of International Affairs

INTAF 597A U.S. National Security

Underlying processes and patterns of national security: 1) how states fights wars and use force; 2) how the characteristics of nuclear and conventional weapons affect strategic thinking; 3) the manner in which the states match interests with capability and domestic politics, 4) the civil military relations and 5) how wartime assessment influences policy.

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School of International Affairs

INTAF 597B Experimental Studies of Mediation

Examines a wide range of advanced international affairs concepts, approaches, arguments, methods, and debates, especially those that relate to conflict (both international and domestic) and conflict management.

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School of International Affairs

INTAF 597C Conflict and Resolution in Cross Cultural Contexts

This course combines perspectives from communications, psychology, sociology, political science, law and legal studies, human rights, identity-based studies, media studies, and cultural studies to engage questions of how cultural difference and discrimination play a role in conflict and resolution

95 School of International Affairs

INTAF 810 Energy, International Security, and the Global Economy

The economic, political, and strategic implications of ongoing trends in global energy markets, particularly oil and gas markets

96 School of International Affairs

INTAF 813 International Environmental Negotiations

Major international environmental negotiation issues with considerable controversy, uncertainty, and/or immediacy

97 Penn State World Campus AGBIO 520

Agricultural Biosecurity: Protecting a Key Infrastructure

Intentional and unintentional threats to the agriculture- food system, history and current approaches for safeguarding this key infrastructure

98 Penn State World Campus PHP 410 (HLS 410) Analyzes the history of terrorism and explores the preparation and

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Public Health Preparedness for Disaster and Terrorist Emergencies I

response to specific terrorist threats, natural disasters, and conventional catastrophes

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Penn State World Campus PHP 510 Public Health Preparedness for Disaster and Terrorist Emergencies II

A public health perspective on the preparation necessary to develop a coordinated response to a disaster or terrorist emergency

100 Penn State World Campus PHP 553 Disaster Communication

The multifaceted nature of disaster communication across phases of a disaster

101 Penn State World Campus PHP 558

Disaster Psychology Psychological impact of disasters and terrorist attacks on victims, families, rescuers, and society and methods of reducing negative effects

102 College of Health and Human Development

NUTR 425 Global Nutrition Problems: Health, Science, and Ethics

Causes of malnutrition and health problems in low-income countries; International cultures and ethical issues related to hunger

103

College of Health and Human Development

NUTR 430 Global Food Strategies: Problems and Prospects for Reducing World Hunger

Technological, social, and political solutions to providing basic food needs; Food resources, population, and the environment

104

Penn State Law RP&EL 960 Environmental Law

Concepts, issues, and statutes in environmental law; The economic and ethical bases for environmental law; The National Environmental Policy Act, the Endangered species

Act, and the Clean Air Act

105 Penn State Law RP&EL 962 Environmental Litigation

Various aspects of litigation, client counseling, and regulatory work that arise in the day to day practice of environmental law

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Penn State Law RP&EL 988 Natural Resources Law

Overview of federal and state regulations and the common law affecting title to and exploitation of such resources as water, coal, oil, gas, and public lands. Common mineral leasing provisions are given particular emphasis

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Penn State Law RP&EL 997A Law and Policy of Shale Gas Development

Current legal and policy aspects of shale oil and gas development. Students will focus on the major policy issues that are shaping - and have shaped - the development of the law in the early years of the so-called "Shale Revolution"

108

Penn State Law RP&EL 997B Water Law and Policy

Allocation of water supplies under the riparian and prior appropriation doctrines, as well as the federal reserved rights doctrine, the Endangered Species Act; Water quality concerns under the Clean Water Act, with a

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specific focus on the Chesapeake Bay; Flooding, drought, and climate change; Drinking water, wastewater, and infrastructure; Energy and the development of Marcellus Shale; Trans-boundary/international water issues

109 Science, Technology, & Society Program

S T S 420 (SOC 420, EM SC 420) Energy and Modern Society

Technology and economics of energy resources, production, and consumption; Environmental factors, exhaustion, new technology

110 Science, Technology, & Society Program

S T S 427W (CED 427W) Society and Natural Resources

The relationship between societal development and enhancement and natural resources

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Annex E. Penn State’s Research Institutes Related with Climate Change and Conflict Management Institute Names8 Description: organization, leadership, mission, facilities Degree

Granting? Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS) Earth and Environmental Systems Institute http://www.eesi.psu.edu/people.shtml#organizational-chart-and-questions

Organized as part of the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences and the Penn State Institutes of Energy and the Environment Director: Susan Brantley (sxb7@psu.edu) Mission: to serve as a portal to environmental research, education, and outreach programs

offered by EMS and is one of the leading earth and environmental sciences research institutes in the United States Facilities: Environmental Computing Facility, Laboratory for Isotopes and Metals in the

Environment

No

EMS Energy Institute http://www.energy.psu.edu

Organized as part of the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences and the Penn State Institutes of Energy and the Environment Director: Chunshan Song (csong@psu.edu) Mission: to produce advanced energy research, enable the development of novel energy

technologies, to engage graduate and undergraduate students in energy research, and promote energy-related outreach by providing technical support to industries in the United States and abroad Facilities: Analytical Research Group, Carbon Material Facilities, Center for Quantitative

Imaging, Clean Fuels and Catalysis Facilities, PSU Coal Sample Bank, Argonne Coal Sample Bank, Electrochemical Technologies Laboratory, Fuel Preparation/Processing Equipment, Hydrocarbon Recovery Circuit, Stationary Power Facilities

Yes

Engineering Energy and Environmental Institute (E3I) http://www.engr.psu.edu/e3i/index.html

Organized under the College of Engineering Director: Bruce Logan (blogan@psu.edu) Mission: to stimulate innovations in energy and environmental research by providing

increased visibility of the Penn State engineering programs and providing guidance in new research directions in these areas Facilities: Penn State Facilities Engineering Institute, which provides facility engineering

services to eleven Pennsylvania state agencies and the federal government

No

Environment and Natural Resources Institute http://agsci.psu.edu/enri

Organized under the College of Agricultural Sciences Faculty: James Shortle (jshortle@psu.edu), Matthew Royer (mzr154@psu.edu), Robert

Shannon (rds13@psu.edu) Mission: to improve understanding and management of living systems, landscapes, and

human-environment interactions with the objective of sustaining and enhancing ecosystem

Yes

8 Institutes’ names are organized alphabetically.

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services and human well-being Huck Institutes of the Life Science http://www.huck.psu.edu

Organized under the Eberly College of Science Director: Peter Hudson (pjh18@psue.du) Mission: to strengthen research in the life sciences, preparing students for successful

careers, and encouraging new perspectives across disciplinary boundaries Facilities: Automated Biological Calorimetry Facility, Genomics Core Facility, High Field

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Facility, Metabolomics Core Facility, Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry Core Facility, Shared Fermentation Facility, Transgenic Mouse Facility, X-Ray Crystallography Facility, Hershey-based facilities (listed at http://www.huck.psu.edu/content/instrumentation-facilities/find-facility/hershey)

Yes

Infectious Disease Institute http://www.huck.psu.edu/content/research/infectious-disease-institute

Organized under the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, comprising the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics and the Center for Molecular Immunology and Infectious Disease Director: ? Mission: to bridge theoreticians and empirical scientists in a wide range of disciplines to

collaborate in the area of infectious disease research

Yes

Institute for the Arts and Humanities http://iah.psu.edu

Organized under the Office of the Vice President for Research, under the sponsorship for the College of Arts and Architecture and the College of the Liberal Arts Director: Michael Bérubé (mfb12@psu.edu) Mission: The Institute commits to bridging various disciplines from philosophy to music,

from history to dance, from comparative literature to landscape architecture. In 2014, the Institute received a $260,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for a two-year project, “The Boundaries of the Human in the Age of the Life Sciences.” This project will take on inquires that challenge the division of labor between the natural and human sciences in the context of climate change.

No

Penn State Institutes of Energy and the Environment http://www.psiee.psu.edu/default.asp

Organized under the Office of the Vice President for Research Directors: Tom Richard (trichard@psu.edu), Jenni Evans (jle7@psu.edu) (Acting) Mission: to expand Penn State's capacity to pursue the newest frontiers in energy and

environmental research by encouraging cooperation across disciplines and the participation of local, state, federal, and international stakeholders

No

Rock Ethics Institute http://rockethics.psu.edu

Organized under the College of the Liberal Arts Director: Nancy Tuana (ntuana@psu.edu) Mission: to promote ethical awareness and inquiry across the University, and in the public

and professional sectors, through a three-fold emphasis on teaching, research, and outreach

No

Social Science Research Institute

Organized under the Office of the Vice President for Research Directors: Susan McHale (x2u@psu.edu), Keith Aronson (kra105@psu.edu), Joshua Smyth No

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http://www.ssri.psu.edu

(jms1187@psu.edu), Margaret Gray (mng10@psu.edu) Mission: to foster research that addresses critical human and social problems at the local,

national, and international levels by bringing together researchers from different disciplines around emerging areas of study, and by providing consultation, financial support, shared, accessible infrastructure, and services to social scientists at Penn State

Sustainability Institute http://sustainability.psu.edu/sustainability-institute

Created to lead Penn State towards the university’s sustainability mission Director: Denice Wardrop (dhw110@psu.edu) Mission: a comprehensive integration of sustainability into the University’s research,

teaching, outreach, and operations that prepares students, faculty, and staff to be sustainability leaders in their professional, personal, and civic lives

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Annex F. Penn State’s Research Centers Related with Climate Change and Conflict Management Center Names9 Description: organization, leadership, mission, facilities

Agriculture and Environment Center http://agsci.psu.edu/aec

Founded in 2008 by the College of Agriculture Science’s Environment and Natural Resources Institute in collaboration with Penn State Extension and the Penn State Experiment Station Director: Matthew Royer (mzr154@psu.edu) Mission: to catalyze integrated research and engagement related to the impacts of land use and land

management on water and the environment. Astrobiology Research Center http://psarc.weebly.com

Organized as part of the NASA Astrobiology Institute Director: Christopher House (chrishouse@psu.edu) Mission: to enable the recognition of signatures of life on the early earth, in extreme environments, and in

extraterrestrial settings, by focusing on developing new biosignatures, biosignatures in ancient rocks, biosignatures in relevant microbial ecosystems, and biosignatures in extraterrestrial settings

Biomass Energy Center http://www.bioenergy.psu.edu

Organized as part of the Environment and Natural Resources Institute of the College of Agricultural Sciences and the Penn State Institutes of Energy and the Environment Director: Tom L. Richard (trichard@psu.edu) Mission: is to coordinate and facilitate research and outreach across the university, building teams to

address the complete value chain of biomass energy systems by focusing on biomass production, sustainable bioenergy systems, bioconversion technologies, and technology transfer

Center for Climate Risk Management (CLIMA) http://www.clima.psu.edu

Funded by the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, the Rock Ethics Institute, the Penn State Institutes of Energy and the Environment, and the Environment and Natural Resources Institute Directors: Klaus Keller (klaus@psu.edu), Chris Forest (ceforest@psu.edu), Nancy Tuana

(ntuana@psu.edu), Murali Haran (muh10@psu.edu), Karen Fisher-Vanden (kaf26@psu.edu), Janet Swim (jks4@psu.edu), and Mort Webster (mdw18@psu.edu) Mission: CLIMA advances coupled scientific, economic, and ethical analyses of climate risk management

strategies by sustaining a foundation for a synergistic network of externally funded research, education, and outreach activities, catalyzing new synergies and proposal writing, and providing longer-term name recognition and development opportunities

Center for Energy and Environmental Economics and Policy http://www.eesi.psu.edu/research/ee

Organized under the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, co-funded by the Penn State Institutes of Energy and the Environment Director: Karen Fisher-Vanden (kaf26@psu.edu), Seth Blumsack (sethb@psu.edu) Mission: to provide a focal point for a faculty and student group of mainly economists working on energy

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si-centers-proposals-2014/ceeep.shtml

and natural resource problems scattered around campus

Center for Environmental Geochemistry and Genomics http://www.essc.psu.edu/CECG/

Supported by the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute; Director: Jenniner L. Macalady (jlm80@psu.edu) Mission: to promote research and teaching in the area of environmental geochemistry and genomics; to

promote interdisciplinary exchange of ideas among the areas of chemistry, geochemistry, genomics, hydrology, meteorology, biology, agronomy, environmental engineering, and geology; to provide funding for interdisciplinary research in environmental chemistry, genomics, and geochemistry; to promote interaction among faculty, staff, and students; to provide support for environmental speakers and sabbatical visitors

Center for Environmental Informatics http://apps.cei.psu.edu/cei_wp/

Organized under the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute Directors: Douglas Miller (miller@eesi.psu.edu), Brain Bills (bbills@eesi.psu.edu) Mission: to produce high quality environmental information resources, in usable forms and formats, that

serve the needs of individuals, communities, and organizations at all levels of society by focusing on agricultural decision support, environmental data tools, habitat conservation tools, and geo-informatics

Center for Global Studies http://cgs.psu.edu

Organized as part of the Social Science Research institute; funded by the National Resource Center grants awarded by the Department of Education Director: Sophia McClennen (sam50@psu.edu) Mission: to create a truly cross-disciplinary center for the creative and innovative study of the many

complex facets of globalization by offering the university an impact-oriented vision for facilitating and coordinating faculty and student research, promoting globally-relevant graduate and undergraduate education (especially language skills), and introducing new outreach programs

Center for Green Infrastructure and Stormwater Management http://agsci.psu.edu/aec/research-extension/research-centers/center-for-green-infrastructure-and-stormwater-management; http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncer_abstracts/index.cfm/fuseaction/display.highlight/abstract/9687

Organized under the College of Agricultural Sciences, funded by the Environmental Protection Agency Director: Stuart Patton Echols (spe10@psu.edu) Mission: to provide integrated, interdisciplinary research to understand and influence how decisions are

made at multiple levels to improve planning, design, adoption, and the successful and sustainable implementation of innovative stormwater management systems to protect and restore the Chesapeake Bay; research focuses on 1) decision making and the cognitive and institutional barriers that prevent adoption of green infrastructure measures for stormwater management; 2) green infrastructure design and visualization for human perception in decision making; 3) hydrologic and water quality modeling for source control, infiltration, harvesting, and pollution retention; 4) nonhydrological benefits and citizen preferences for costs, ordinances, and values in comparison of green- and gray infrastructures; and 5) the critical nexus of public engagement and outreach in targeted regions

Center for Infectious Disease Organized under the Infectious Disease Institute, sponsored by the College of Agriculture, the Eberly

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Dynamics http://www.cidd.psu.edu

College of Sciences, the Hick Institutes of the Life Sciences, and Penn State Institutes of Energy and the Environment Director: Andrew Read (a.read@psu.edu) Mission: to provide a "virtual" center bringing together theoreticians and empirical scientists in a wide

variety of disciplines to collaborate and innovate in the area of infectious disease research Center for Solutions to Weather and Climate Risk http://solutions2wxrisk.psu.edu

Organized under the Penn State University, established under the leadership of the Department of Meteorology Director: David W. Titley (dwt12@psu.edu) Mission: to leverage and integrate the capabilities of the University, in particular those found in

Meteorology, Engineering, Statistics, e-Education and Communications, along with external partners, to advance the science of exploiting environmental opportunities and understanding environmental impacts to manage risk

Earth System Science Center http://www.essc.psu.edu

Founded within the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, supported by the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute Directors: Michael Mann (mann@psu.edu) Mission: to research the climate system, its components (e.g., the oceans, atmosphere cryosphere,

biosphere), and the interactions between them Geographic Information Analysis Core http://www.ssri.psu.edu/services/geographic-information-analysis-core

Organized under the Social Science Research Institute; Director:? Mission: to facilitate the use of geospatial data and a spatial perspective in social science research by

emphasizing spatial statistics, advanced spatial analysis methods, exploratory spatial data analysis, and customized GIS/spatial analysis programming

Initiative for Energy and Environmental Economics and Policy http://www.eesi.psu.edu/research/eesi-centers/eeep.shtml

Organized under the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute Directors: Seth Blumsack (sethb@psu.edu), Karen Fisher-Vanden (kaf26@psu.edu) Mission: to promote policy-relevant economics research that lies at the boundary between economic

sciences and the study of natural or engineered systems by focusing on the union between energy systems and environmental management and the development of quantitative tools to address decision challenges in these areas

Landscape Ecology and Ecological Prediction http://www.eesi.psu.edu/research/eesi-centers-proposals-2014/leep.shtml

Organized as part of the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute Director: Erica A. H. Smithwick (smithwick@psu.edu) Mission: to provide the “go-to” center for landscape & decision-making by focusing on how climate

change and land use affect the temporary and magnitude of disturbances, social and ecological factors that govern landscape resilience, and using scientific knowledge to guide conversations in decision-making

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Penn State Ice and Climate Exploration http://www.psice.psu.edu

Organized within the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences; Director: Sridha Anandakrishnan (sak@essc.psu.edu) Mission: to unite Penn State’s polar researchers under one roof, encourage new interdisciplinary projects,

and act as an interface to the CReSIS (Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets), a Science and Technology Center of the National Science Foundation

Population Research Institute http://www.pop.psu.edu

Organized as part of the Social Science Research Institute, supported by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Directors: Jennifer Van Hook (jxv21@psu.edu), Michelle Frisco (mlf112@psu.edu) Mission: to deliver resources that support innovative population research by focusing on five areas,

including communities, neighborhoods, and spatial processes, families in changing context, health and inequality, cumulative disadvantage across the life course, immigration and immigrant integration

RIPARIA http://www.wetlands.psu.edu/home.asp

Administered by the Penn State Institutes of Energy and the Environment; organized under the Department of Geography in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences Directors: Robert P. Brooks (rpb2@psu.edu), Denice Heller Wardrop (dhw110@psu.edu) Mission: to understand and protect the linages among wetlands, streams, riparian areas, and their

surrounding landscapes; to conduct, facilitate, and coordinate interdisciplinary research, monitoring, and training regarding wetlands and related resources with an emphasis on Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern states

Survey Research Center http://www.survey.psu.edu

Organized as part of the Social Science Research Institute Directors: Kurt Johnson (kdj11@psu.edu), Eric Plutzer (exp12@psu.edu), Joshua Smyth

(jms1187@psu.edu) Mission: to provide research methodology assistance and data collection services to faculty and students;

to facilitate interdisciplinary research and proposals for external funding

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Annex G. Penn State’s Networks and Initiatives Related with Climate Change and Conflict Management

Names of Research Networks and Initiatives10 Description: organization, leadership, mission, facilities

Census Bureau Research Data Center http://www.psurdc.psu.edu

Established under Social Science Research Institute Director: Mark Roberts (mroberts@psu.edu) Mission: to provide researchers with a secure connection to data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau and

the National Center for Health Statistics, and to provide a vital resource for research at the University in the fields of economics, demography, statistics, sociology, and health services

Green Teams Program http://sustainability.psu.edu/live/what-faculty-staff-can-do/green-teams-program

One of the initiatives of Penn State’s Sustainability Institute Mission: to establish a platform to enable faculty, staff, and students volunteering to take specific actions

to help their organization (college, department, building, etc.) operate in a more efficient, innovative, and healthy way

Green Paws Program http://sustainability.psu.edu/greenpaws

One of the initiatives of Penn State’s Sustainability Institute Mission: to provide four levels of certification that signify an office's progression towards higher and

higher levels of efficiency, health, and environmental sustainability; to create a baseline of stewardship best practices and working towards the University's goal, outlined in its Sustainability Strategic Plan to "Incorporate sustainability learning opportunities into daily life across the University, including the built environment and service and program delivery"

Greenhouse Gas Reduction Initiative http://www.ghg.psu.edu/redStrat.asp

One of the initiatives of Penn State Sustainability Mission: to reduce greenhouse reduction at the university campuses; to provide sustainability education

and awareness to the university community

Joint Center for Energy Research http://www.energy.psu.edu/jcer/about

Coordinated by the EMS Energy Institute; a research endeavor between Penn State and Dalian University of Technology in China Directors: Chunshan Song (csong@psu.edu), Jieshan Qiu (jqiu@dlut.edu.cn) Mission: to facilitate collaborative and multi-disciplinary research in energy sciences and technology; to

serve as a hub for innovative research and global education and provides an institutional umbrella for interacting with industry, the U.S. and Chinese governments, and local communities in the area of clean energy

Marcellus Center for Outreach and Organized as part of the Penn State Earth and Environmental Systems Institute; internally funded by the

10 The names are listed alphabetically.

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Research http://www.marcellus.psu.edu/index.php

College of Agricultural Sciences, the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, Penn State Institutes of Energy and the Environment, and Penn State Outreach Directors: Thomas B. Murphy (tbm1@psu.edu), Michael A. Arthur (maa6@psu.edu)

Migration Studies Project http://www.migrationstudiesproject.psu.edu

Funded by an Institute for the Arts and Humanities Interdisciplinary Project grant Director: Suresh Canagarajah (asc16@psu.edu) Mission: to focus on the study of professional migration, knowledge transfer, and development and bring

together graduate students and faculty from the following five colleges in the University: Liberal Arts, Education, Health and Human Development, Art and Architecture, and the School of International Affairs; to provide scholarly forums in these research area through monthly lunch hour seminars, the distinguished lecture series, and collaborations with other university institutes in holding events that promote an awareness of multiculturalism, language diversity, and transnational relations

Pennsylvania Women’s Agricultural Network (PA WAgN) http://agsci.psu.edu/wagn

Organized under the College of Agricultural Sciences Director: Patricia Neiner (prn103@psu.edu) Mission: supports women in agriculture by providing positive learning environments, networking, and

empowerment opportunities Sustainable Climate Risk Management (SCRiM) http://scrimhub.org/people.php

Centered at Penn State; supported by the National Science Foundation under its Sustainability Research Network initiative Directors: Klaus Keller (klaus@psu.edu), Robert Nicholas (rob.nicholas@psu.edu) Mission: SCRiM links a transdisciplinary team of scholars at 19 universities and 5 research institutions

across 6 nations to answer the question, “What are sustainable, scientifically sound, technologically feasible, economically efficient, and ethically defensible climate risk management strategies?”

Sustainable Communities Collaborative http://sustainability.psu.edu/sustainable-communities

One of the initiatives of Penn State’s Sustainability Institute Mission: connects University Park faculty, students, and staff with local communities to address

sustainability challenges through an engaged, collaborative effort

The Alliance for Education, Science, Engineering Development in Africa https://aeseda.psu.edu

Operates within the Office of Vice Provost for Global Programs and is a component of the University’s Global Penn State initiative Director: Robert Crane (rqc3@psu.edu) Mission: to serve as a coordinating body that promotes Penn State engagement in Africa; to help build

partnerships with African institutions that develop and foster collaboration and mutually beneficial programs

The Polar Center Supported by Penn State Eberly College of Science and Penn State Institutes of Energy and the

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http://polar.psu.edu/index.html

Environment Director: Eric Post (esp10@psu.edu) Mission: to fosters creative, ground-breaking, and synergistic collaboration by catalyzing exchange among

members with a unique breadth of expertise at Penn State, representing the life-, physical-, and social sciences; provide a platform for powerfully forward-thinking scientific exchange with other national and international institutions through workshops and conferences focusing on polar science, and with the local community through public events and lectures communicating the unique beauty and scientific and cultural value of the polar regions

World in Conversation http://www.worldinconversation.org

Grew out of SOC 119 “Race and Ethnic” course Directors: Laurie Mulvey (lauriemulvey@psu.edu), Sam Richards (iunlearn@psu.edu) Mission: to encourage facilitated dialogue to revolutionize cross cultural relationships and transform

conflicts into collaboration

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Annex H. Research and Education Programs, Institutes, and Centers on Climate Change in Other Major Universities

No.

University Where the Program/

Institute/Center is Anchored11

Program/Institute/Center Funded by Universities or

Governmental Grants Program Overview

1 Arizona State University

Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability https://sustainability.asu.edu/research/theme/climate-change-and-adaptation [research; network; degree granting]

The Institute advances research, education, and business practices for an urbanizing world. Its School of Sustainability offers trans-disciplinary degree programs focused on finding practical solutions to environmental, economic, and social challenges.

2 Brown University Climate Change and Environmental Justice Lab, Swearer Center for Public Service http://www.brown.edu/academics/college/special-programs/public-service/tri-lab-brown-teaching-research-and-impact/climate-change-and-environmental-justice-lab [research; offering fellowships, internships]

The Lab, beginning in Spring 2015, will investigate the potential impacts of climate change and sea level rise on vulnerable communities in Rhode Island. The ultimate goal of the Lab is to reduce the climate change-related public health risks to individuals in several targeted communities in Rhode Island, and increase the capacities of these communities to respond to climate change threats. The Lab will draw on Brown faculty and partner organizations' significant strengths around climate modeling, environmental sociology, and public health.

3 Brown University The Climate and Development Lab, Watson Institute for International Studies http://watson.brown.edu/research/projects/cdl [research; degree granting]

The Institute is a community of scholars in the fields of globalization, economic uncertainty, security threats, environmental degradation, and poverty. The Institute focuses on three main areas – development, security, and governance. Research areas include Latin America, China, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia.

4 Carnegie Mellon Climate Decision Making Center The Center is anchored at Carnegie Mellon University's Department of

11 University names are listed alphabetically.

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University http://cdmc.epp.cmu.edu [research]

Engineering and Public Policy. It was founded in 2004 with a five-year, $6.9 million grant from the National Science Foundation. Investigators and graduate students are from the University of British Columbia, the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Calgary, Oxford University, Stanford University, Pacific Risks, and The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. The Center’s investigators are developing methods to characterize uncertainties about climate and technologies for mitigation. They are also creating decision strategies and tools for policy makers that incorporate such uncertainties. Penn State Professor Klaus Keller currently serves on the advisory board of the Center.

5 California Institute of Technology

Ronald and Maxine Linde Center for Global Environmental Science http://www.lindecenter.caltech.edu [research]

The Center is housed in the Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences at the California Institute of Technology and is guided by a Director and a Steering Committee. Graduate students are affiliated with the Center through Caltech's Environmental Science and Engineering Program and other graduate programs, and special partnerships exist with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory with its expertise in remote sensing. Researches at the center focus on: How has Earth's climate varied in the past and how will it change in the future? What is the relationship between cloud formation and global warming? How does pollution affect air quality locally and far from its sources, and how does it affect climate change? What happens to carbon dioxide after it enters the atmosphere?

6 Colorado State University

Adapting Livestock Systems to Climate Change Collaborative Research Support Program http://lcccrsp.org [research]

Colorado State University received a five-year, $15 million Leader-with-Associate Award from the U.S. Agency for International Development in 2010 to manage the Collaborative Research Support Program, Adapting Livestock Systems to Climate Change. In 2013, USAID mandated a name change from CRSP to Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on Adapting Livestock Systems to Climate Change. The Feed the Future Innovation Lab on Livestock receives funding under the authorization of Title XII of the International Development and Food Assistance Act of 1975 in areas of food security, human health, agricultural growth, trade expansion, and the wise and sustainable use of natural resources.

7 Colorado State University

Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere http://www.cira.colostate.edu

The Cooperative Institute is a research department within CSU's College of Engineering, in partnership with the Department of Atmospheric Science. Its vision is to conduct interdisciplinary research in the atmospheric sciences by entraining skills beyond the meteorological disciplines, exploiting advances in engineering and computer science, facilitating transitional activity between pure

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[research] and applied research, leveraging both national and international resources and partnerships, and assisting NOAA, Colorado State University, the State of Colorado, and the Nation through the application of our research to areas of societal benefit.

8 Colorado State University

Colorado Climate Center http://ccc.atmos.colostate.edu [research]

The Center is part of the Department of Atmospheric Science. The primary focus of the Center’s research is climate monitoring.

9 Colorado State University

Environmental Governance Working Group http://egwg.colostate.edu [network]

The Group was created in 2008 as a joint project of the Department of Political Science and the School of Global Environmental Sustainability at Colorado State University. Its network includes faculty, researchers and graduate students from across the Colorado State University campus; decision-makers working for federal, state, and local agencies and non-profits; and scholars based at institutions around the world. The Group provides intellectual space for multidisciplinary dialogue on environmental governance research through study groups, seminars, e-mail updates, and conferences.

10 Colorado State University

North Central Climate Science Center http://revampclimate.colostate.edu [research]

The Department of Interior (DOI) North Central Climate Science Center (NC CSC) is part of a federal network of eight DOI Climate Science Centers all created to provide scientific information, tools, and techniques that DOI and other resource managers can use to anticipate, monitor, and adapt to climate change in their region. The North Central Climate Science Center is hosted by a consortium of nine institutions which provide expertise in climate science, ecology, impacts assessment, modeling, urban environments, and advanced information technology.

11 Columbia University

Columbia Climate Center, The Earth Institute http://climate.columbia.edu [research; degree granting; offering courses, research projects for students]

The Center was launched in 2009 by the Earth Institute at Columbia University with the goal of meeting the climate challenge by building upon the many climate-related research conducted throughout the university. The Center has engaged in a variety of research and educational projects, and has recently begun to develop novel educational tools for climate change science education. By integrating basic and applied research in climate science, engineering, public health, economics, social science and political science conducted throughout Columbia University, the Center will develop strategies for adaptation to and mitigation of climate change, while communicating the science and impacts of climate change to society and providing policy analysis and advising to stakeholders and decision makers.

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12 Cornell University

Cornell Climate Change Program Work Team http://cce.cornell.edu/learnAbout/pcs-pwts/Pages/ActiveProgramWorkTeams.aspx [research]

The Team was formed in 2010 and currently has more than sixty five members comprised of Cornell faculty, staff, extension educators from around New York State, and external stakeholders who are working to advance climate change research and outreach programs. The Team provides a mechanism through which faculty and extension educators connect with stakeholders to identify the needs surrounding climate change impacts and opportunities in New York State, create educational materials, and design learning experiences that address these needs.

13 Cornell University

Cornell Institute or Climate Change & Agriculture http://climateinstitute.cals.cornell.edu [research]

The Institute is focused on supporting farmers of New York and beyond with decision tools for strategic adaptation to climate change so that they are better able to cope with potential negative effects of climate change. The Institute serves as an interactive clearinghouse of information about climate change impacts on agriculture for farmers, researchers, decision-makers, officials, and the public; fosters collaborations and helps to increase funding to address needs related to climate change and agriculture; helps assess farm-level impacts, knowledge gaps and needs, about warming trends and extreme weather; promotes the development of policies and decision-tools for farmers, through work with the Northeast Regional Climate Center and others; and provides research-based educational tools and outreach about climate change and agriculture to help encourage adoption of climate change adaptation or mitigation measures.

14 Cornell University

The Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future, Climate Change Focus Group http://climatechange.cornell.edu/about/acsf-climate-change-focus-group/ [research; offering courses]

The Group began in 2008 and currently has 14 faculty members from across campus, representing disciplines such as climate science, ecology, agriculture, economics, history, and social sciences. The Group advises the Atkinson Center and the university at large on research priorities, and campus strengths and needs related to climate change; initiates or engages in university climate change initiatives, such as conferences, new courses and faculty searches; and provides a focal point for Cornell climate change activities and information, including teaching and outreach efforts.

15 Duke University Center on Global Change http://nicholas.duke.edu/cgc/index.html [research; offer courses]

The Center was created in 2001 as a university-wide initiative in response to rapid change in society's demands on science and a consequent shift in the way environmental science is done. In 2005, the Center, Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, and the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions initiated the Climate Change Policy Partnership. This initiative conducts climate change and energy policy research in partnership with

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industrial sponsors. 2005 also saw the Center established as the Southeastern Regional Center of the Department of Energy's National Institute for Climate Change Research program. Under this program, the Center administers a 5-year, $10 million climate change research program for Universities in the southeastern United States.

16 Florida International University

PACE – The Program for Adaptation to Climate Change & Extreme Events http://climate.fiu.edu [research]

PACE is a newly launched research program at the Department of Environmental Studies and the Laboratory for Social and Behavioral Research at the International Hurricane Research Center of the university.

17 George Mason University

Center for Climate Change Communication http://www.climatechangecommunication.org [research]

The Center’s experts use social science research methods such as experiments, surveys, in-depth interviews and other methods to find ways of effectively engaging the public and policy makers in problem solving and solution development.

18 George Mason University

The Center for Climate and Society http://climate.society.gmu.edu [research]

The Center involves nearly all colleges, schools and institutes of George Mason University, as well as national and international partners to deliver this mission through balanced analysis including science, technology, economics, ethics, policy and public health. Research spans the scientific, technical, social science, policy and ethics questions surrounding climate security.

19 Harvard University

Center for the Environment http://environment.harvard.edu/research-teaching/search?taxonomy_vocabulary_2%5B0%5D=8 [research; network]

The Center is made up of an intellectual community from across the university to solve complex environmental problems. The Center’s Future of Energy initiative is concerned with the areas of energy and climate. Climate-related programs at Harvard University include Atmosphere, Ocean, and Climate Dynamics; Atmospheric Sciences; China Project; Environment and Natural Resources Program; Harvard Environmental Economics Program; Harvard Graduate School of Design Executive Education; Harvard Forest; Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements; Working Group for Sustainable Cities.

20 Indiana University, Bloomington

Climate, Land, and Environmental Change Program, College of Arts & Sciences

The Program has research themes covering areas such as instrumentation; measurement of momentum, energy, carbon, water and particle exchange between forest and atmosphere; climate historical trends and projections.

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http://www.indiana.edu/~climate/ [research; degree granting; offering courses]

21 Iowa State University

Climate Science Program http://climate.engineering.iastate.edu/AboutCSP.html [research]

The Program aims to make Iowa State a nationally and internationally acknowledged leader in the science of regional climate change and climate variability, and in transforming this scientific information into tools usable by decision-makers. The Program has a broad range of to provide authoritative, scientific information for short-term and long-term decision-making to enhance long-term resilience to climate change and climate variability.

22 John Hopkins University

Krieger School of Arts & Sciences, Master of Science in Energy Policy and Climate http://advanced.jhu.edu/academics/graduate-degree-programs/energy-policy-and-climate/ [degree granting]

The program was originally designed by members of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Johns Hopkins, in conjunction with experts in applied science at regional and federal institutes and agencies. Students are trained in climate change science and the potential impacts of climate change. They also develop substantial expertise in energy law and policy making, as well as a working understanding of primary energy technologies, including both fossil fuel-based systems and renewable energy options.

23 Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change http://globalchange.mit.edu [research; network; offering courses, research projects for students to participate]

The Program's integrated team of natural and social scientists studies the interactions between human and Earth systems to aid decision-makers in coping with challenges of future food, energy, water, climate and air pollution, among others. This mission is accomplished through: quantitative analyses of global changes and their social and environmental implications, achieved by employing and constantly improving an Integrated Global System Modeling (IGSM) framework; independent assessments of potential responses to global risks through mitigation and adaptation measures; outreach to analysis groups, policymaking communities, and the public; and cultivating a new generation of researchers to tackle complex global challenges.

24 Montana State University

Landscape Climate Change Vulnerability Project http://www.montana.edu/lccvp/ [research]

The collaborative team of NPS, NASA, and academic scientists and managers will develop and apply decision support tools that use NASA and other data and models to assess the vulnerability of ecosystems and species to climate and land use change and evaluate management options. The Project focuses on national parks in two distinct regions of the United States, the Rocky Mountain region and the Appalachian Mountain region.

25 Northern Arizona Tribal Climate Change Program of This program offers training, technical assistance, educational resources, and

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University the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals http://www4.nau.edu/itep/climatechange/ [degree granting]

tools to build capacity of tribes to address climate change impacts. The development of the program has been guided by a steering committee that includes tribal environmental professionals who are actively working on climate change issues.

26 North Carolina State University

Climate Change & Society Program http://climate-psm.meas.ncsu.edu [degree granting; research]

This is a one-year degree provide courses on climate change science and climate-sensitive social-economic sector information for the development of sound decisions on climate change adaptation to and mitigation.

27 Pace University Theodore W. Kheel Center on the Resolution of Environmental Interest Disputes

The Center was created in 2008 with the support of a grant by the well-known labor arbitrator and mediator Theodore W. Kheel. The Center’s work focuses on environmental interest disputes of critical importance to communities, states, and regions that require innovative resolution strategies and forums. Its mission is to train law students and lawyers in the skills that practicing attorneys need to address conflicts arising from climate change and other critical environmental and land use issues that may not be amenable to resolution by traditional means of adjudication.

28 Princeton University

Carbon Mitigation Program http://cmi.princeton.edu/about/ [offering courses, certificates, internship programs]

The Initiative is a 15-year partnership between Princeton University and BP with the goal of finding solutions to the carbon and climate problem. Experts from the Princeton Geosciences, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Civil and Mechanical Engineering Departments, the Princeton Energy Systems Analysis Group, and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, along with their international collaborators, work together in four main research groups: (1) the Low-Carbon Energy Group assesses technologies for capturing CO2 emissions from fossil fuels and also studies alternative fuels and electricity sources; (2) the Storage Group uses computer models, laboratory experiments and field studies to investigate potential risks of injecting CO2 underground for permanent storage; (3) the Science Group collects data from the oceans, the atmosphere, ice cores, and the land biosphere to study natural sources and sinks of carbon and impacts of emissions on future climate; (4) the Policy & Integration Group synthesizes research discoveries and explores the policy implications of carbon mitigation strategies.

29 Purdue Purdue Climate Change Research The Center was established in April 2004 to support interdisciplinary research

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University Center http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/climate/ [research; offering courses, fellowships]

on climate change and its ecological, social, economic, and political impacts. The Center’s work focuses on: (a) Human Dimensions: integrating a broad range of human dimensions into the global climate system of feedbacks. (b) Regional Scale: emphasis on developing a credible and reliable capability to quantitatively assess future climate states and the associated impacts, focusing primarily on regional scales. (c) Quantitative Integrative Modeling: integrating all aspects of the climate change issue in a modeling framework that optimally combines observations and mechanistic understanding.

30 San Diego State University

Global Change Research Group http://gcrg.sdsu.edu [research; offering courses]

The Group is a research group in the Department of Biology, at San Diego State University. The Group is conducting research on the responses of plants and ecosystems to elevated atmospheric carbon in order to aid the understanding of environmental changes, so that politicians can make informed decisions that affect the world’s biological future.

31 Stanford University

Global Climate & Energy Project https://gcep.stanford.edu [research; network]

The Project's mission is to conduct fundamental research on technologies that will permit the development of global energy systems with significantly lower greenhouse gas emissions. Sponsors include private companies with experience and expertise in key energy sectors. In December 2002, four sponsors – ExxonMobil, GE, Schlumberger, and Toyota – helped launch the Project at Stanford University with plans to invest $225 million over a decade or more. DuPont and Bank of America joined the Project partnership in 2011 and 2013, respectively, bringing new perspectives and insights about the global energy challenge.

32 The Florida State University

Florida Climate Center http://climatecenter.fsu.edu/topics/climate-change [research]

The Center is part of three-tiered system that serves to provide climate data, information, and services for the United States. Affiliated with the National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, North Carolina and the Southeast Regional Climate Center in Columbia, South Carolina, the Florida Climate Center should be the first stop for climate data and information for citizens, organizations, educational institutions and private businesses in the state of Florida. The Center provides climate data (historical weather observations for weather stations throughout the state of Florida. We are able to provide data for most stations from 1948-present); climate Information (long-term historical averages for various stations, climate divisions, and the entire state); extreme events (information and analyses on extreme events such as storms, freezes, droughts, floods and hurricanes); special analysis (with his vast knowledge of El Niño, La

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Niña and climate variability, the State Climatologist and staff can offer expert insight into Florida's climate trends); outreach (inform and educate the people of Florida about current and emerging climate issues).

33 The George Washington University

Climate Change Management and Policy, College of Professional Studies http://www.gwu.edu/graduate-programs/climate-change-management-and-policy [degree granting]

The six-course, 18 credit graduate certificate in Climate Change Management and Policy offers instruction in technological approaches to solving key planning issues. It focuses on the technical side of sustainability; the building requirements, design demands, and energy technologies needed to create a sustainable urban area. The Certificate is designed to provide returning students or mid-career professionals with valuable technological skills and entry-level students with an area of specialization in technology for sustainability.

34 The Ohio State University

Climate Change Outreach Team http://changingclimate.osu.edu [network]

The OSU Climate Change Outreach Team is a partnership among multiple departments within The Ohio State University to help localize the climate change issue by bringing research and resources to Ohioans and Great Lakes residents. Participating Ohio State departments include Ohio Sea Grant College Program & Stone Laboratory; University Extension; Department of Agricultural, Environmental, & Development Economics; Byrd Polar Research Center; School of Environment and Natural Resources; Department of Geography; Department of Evolution, Ecology & Organismal Biology; Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center.

35 The State University of New York

The Rutgers Climate Institute http://climatechange.rutgers.edu [research; offering fellowships]

The Institute is a university-wide effort to understand the causes of climate change; understand the human and social dimensions of climate change; study the impacts of climate change, particularly its effects on densely populated, coastal regions; and inform consequences of climate change. The Institute co-host the New Jersey Climate Adaptation Alliance with the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy,.

36 The University of Arizona

Center for Climate Adaptation Science and Solutions http://www.ccass.arizona.edu [research; network; community outreach]

The Center brings together expertise at the University of Arizona to support sound management choices in the context of this change, linking science, information needs of managers, and decision-making.

37 The University of Center for Global & Regional The Center is a state-funded institute devoted to research in the flowing areas:

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Iowa Environmental Research http://cgrer.uiowa.edu [research; offer research grants]

regional effects on natural ecosystems, environments, and resources, and effects on human health, culture, and social systems. The Center awards seed grants, fosters interdisciplinary courses, provides state-of-the-art research facilities, and holds seminars and symposia.

38 The University of Maine

Climate Change Institute http://climatechange.umaine.edu/about/overview [research; degree granting; offering courses]

The Institute is an interdisciplinary research unit organized to conduct research and graduate education focused on variability of Earth’s climate, ecosystems, and other environmental systems, and on the interaction between humans and the natural world.

39 The University of Vermont

Vermont Climate Collaborative (VCC) http://www.uvm.edu/~vtcc/ [network]

University of Vermont President Daniel Mark Fogel and Vermont Governor Jim Douglas signed the VCC Charter on October 1, 2008. The Collaborative is a hub for research, information, and activity related to climate change in Vermont. The Collaborative created connections between people and projects to build on our research strengths statewide; encourage researchers working together; and develop funding sources for worthwhile projects, and prioritize research needs.

40 Texas A&M University

Center for Climate Studies http://texasclimate.tamu.edu [research; community outreach]

The mission of the Center is to initiate and support climate-related programs in research, education, service, and outreach, particularly as they relate to improving the quality of life and economic health of residents of the State of Texas. The Center advances understanding of climate change and its implications for the State of Texas. It also promotes research that translates knowledge related with climate models into actionable information for those who need it. the Center also takes an active role in communicating information about climate change and its potential impacts to the public.

41 Tufts University Institute of the Environment http://environment.tufts.edu/what-we-do/climate-change-climate-justice/ [offering fellowships, course development grants, and research funds]

The Institute sponsors a number of projects, programs, events, and initiatives on water, climate change, climate justice, and energy.

42 Tulane The National Institute for Climate The NICCR is sponsored by the Office of Biological and Environmental

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University Change Research (NICCR) Coastal Center http://www.tulane.edu/~NICCR/about.html [research]

Research (BER) of the U.S. Department of Energy. The goal of NICCR is to mobilize university researchers, from all regions of the country, in the support of climatic change research objectives of BER. The School of Science and Engineering hosts the Coastal Center of NICCR. The Center funds research that aims at reducing scientific uncertainty about the response of coastal ecosystems to changes in climate and sea level during the next 50-100 years. The spatial coverage includes all the seaboards of the United States.

43 University of Alaska

Alaska Climate Science Center https://csc.alaska.edu [research; community outreach]

The vision of the Center is to improve the understanding of the potential future responses of Alaska's high latitude ecosystems and species to changing climate regimes in support of effective adaptive management, sustainable use, and sustainable communities. The science activities undertaken by the Center are driven principally by the Alaska Climate Science Center's Strategic Plan.

44 University of California, Berkeley

Energy and Climate Institute http://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/energy [research; degree granting; offering courses]

The Center provides a coordinating hub for all of Berkeley's energy and climate efforts to ensure the integration of science, engineering, social science, market, and policy research. Signature programs include the Philomathia Center and the Cal Energy Corps.

45 University of Central Florida

Florida Climate Institute http://ucf.floridaclimateinstitute.org [network]

The Institute is a multi-disciplinary network of universities in Florida working together and with external partners in the public and private sectors to achieve a better understanding of climate variability and change, impacts, and societal response. The Institute has six member universities: Florida Atlantic University, Florida State University, University of Central Florida, University of Florida, University of Miami, and University of South Florida. It is supported by relevant colleges, centers, and programs at these universities.

46 University of Connecticut

Connecticut Institute for Resilience & Climate Adaptation http://circa.uconn.edu [research; community outreach]

The Institute is a collaboration between the University, the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. It is a multi-disciplinary, center of excellence that brings together experts in the natural sciences, engineering, economics, political science, finance, and law to provide practical solutions to problems arising as a result of a changing climate.

47 University of Florida

Florida Climate Institute http://www.floridaclimateinstitute-uf.orgtitute

The Institute has seven member universities: Florida Atlantic University, Florida International University, Florida State University, University of Central Florida, University of Florida, University of Miami, and University of South Florida. It is supported by relevant colleges, centers, and programs at these universities.

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[network] 48 University of

Georgia Georgia Initiative for Climate & Society http://climateandsociety.ovpr.uga.edu [network]

The Initiative is a network of University of Georgia’s scientists and experts who have joined together to understand the changing climate on a global and local scale and to develop strategies, solutions, information, and tools that address the climate. GICS hosts periodic lectures and offers relevant resources for students, educators, and the general public.

49 University of Idaho

Professional Master Degree in Climate Change http://www.uidaho.edu/cogs/envs-wr/academics/professional-science-masters/degree-tracks/climate-change [degree granting]

This Program includes graduate courses in biogeography, bioregional planning, watershed science, climatology, land use, climate and water resources, spatial analysis and modeling, carbon cycle, energy systems, and global environmental change. Select graduate courses related to mitigation and adaptation are taken from curricula in geography, forestry, plant science, soil science, business, and agricultural economics.

50 University of Maryland

Joint Global Change Research Institute http://www.globalchange.umd.edu [research]

Staff at the Joint Institute are developing new opportunities to train university students in five different research programs: The Global Change Assessment Model; The Global Energy Technology Strategy Program; Carbon Cycle Science; Climate Impacts and Adaptation; and Energy Efficiency and Mitigation. In addition, the Joint Institute focuses on developing dialogues around global change issues, across disciplines and national boundaries, and among diverse socio-economic stakeholders. Staff of the Institute are part of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, with Research Affiliate status at the University of Maryland.

51 University of Maryland

Center for Environmental Science http://www.umces.edu/research-discovery/climate-change [research; offering courses]

The Center’s research seeks to broaden the understanding of climate change’s effects on coastal ecosystems, specifically their sensitivity and adaptability to those changes. The Center is looking for answers to question critical to the region’s future: How will increased climate variability and its increase of “wet years” and “dry years” impact Chesapeake Bay restoration? How will climatic cycles like the El Niño Southern Oscillation or the North Atlantic Oscillation impact coastal ecosystems across the country? How can the State of Maryland adapt to these changes?

52 University of Massachusetts Amherst

Northeast Climate Science Center https://necsc.umass.edu [research; network]

The Center is part of a federal network of eight Climate Science Centers created to provide scientific information, tools, and techniques that managers and other parties interested in land, water, wildlife and cultural resources can use to anticipate, monitor, and adapt to climate change. The University of Massachusetts Amherst, College of Menominee Nation, Columbia University,

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Marine Biological Laboratory, University of Minnesota, University of Missouri Columbia, and University of Wisconsin-Madison formed the Northeast Climate Consortium to host the Center, working with USGS and partners to provide deep and diverse resources for successfully meeting the regional needs for climate impact science assessment, education and stakeholder outreach throughout the northeast region.

53 University of Michigan

Climate Center, Graham Sustainability Institute http://graham.umich.edu/knowledge/climate [research]

The Center is currently undertaking research for two projects: Great Lakes Integrated Sciences and Assessments (sponsored by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration); and Great Lakes Adaptation Assessment for Cities.

54 University of Minnesota

Understanding Climate Change http://climatechange.cs.umn.edu/people.php [research]

This 5-year, $10 Million project is funded by an award from the National Science Foundation's Expeditions in Computing program. The program, established in 2008, aims to push the boundaries of computer science research. The project team, led by the University of Minnesota, includes faculty and researchers from Minnesota's College of Science and Engineering, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences, College of Liberal Arts, and the Institute on the Environment, as well as researchers from North Carolina A&T State University, North Carolina State University, Northwestern University, and Northeastern University.

55 University of Missouri

Missouri Climate Center, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources http://climate.missouri.edu [research]

The Center, established in July 1995, is a section of the Atmospheric Science program of the Department of Soil and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia. The center is an integrated unit of atmospheric and climate research and service in the University's College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources. The primary functions of the center are: 1) develop advanced databases containing atmospheric conditions, climate variations, and ecosystem changes in the State of Missouri, 2) produce value-added products from available weather data and disseminate the products to statewide users, 3) continuously monitor and document the climate change, and 4) apply the atmospheric research tools to assess and predict the climate change and its effects on regional atmospheric environment and ecosystem response. The center provides needed information for effective planning and management of state agriculture, industry, and natural resources.

56 University of Climate Change Studies Program, The program is the first undergraduate degree program of its kind in the nation.

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Montana College of Forestry & Conservation http://www.cfc.umt.edu/ccs/ [degree granting; offer courses]

The program offers multi-disciplinary coursework, field studies, and study abroad and service learning opportunities. The minor and all courses are open to students from all majors.

57 University of New Hampshire

Climate Change Research Center, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space http://www.eos.unh.edu/resctr/ccrc.shtml [research; degree granting]

The Center studies the chemical and dynamical processes in the Earth’s atmosphere. Faculty members have associations with the Department of Earth Sciences and Chemistry. They offer graduate level courses in various areas of atmospheric sciences.

58 University of New Orleans

Laboratory for Coastal Restoration Science http://labs.uno.edu/restoration/index.htm [research; offering courses]

The Laboratory assists with the planning, implementation and monitoring of coastal restoration projects throughout the United States. The lab’s expertise includes developing and evaluating restoration approaches, application of state of the art practice for coastal wetland restoration, and experience with implementing restoration projects in an adaptive management context. Recent projects have addressed the value of spoil bank management for restoration function to Louisiana coastal wetlands, evaluating time-trajectories of tidal marsh development in California, and an evaluation of models used to assess wetland mitigation projects.

59 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Institute for the Environment http://www.ie.unc.edu [research; offering courses, field study and internship opportunities]

The Institute focuses on four areas of study: the sustainability of communities, energy and environment, watershed science and management, and environmental modeling. Researchers at the Institute have engaged in research on adaptation planning under uncertainties; interactions between climate change, biomass, forest fires and air quality; impacts of climate change on vegetative cover and fuel characteristics; climate change effects on spatiotemporal distribution of allergenic pollen.

60 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Center for Law, Environment, Adaptation and Resources http://www.law.unc.edu/centers/clear/ [research]

The Center anchors at UNC School of lawThe center aids development of the next generation of environmental attorneys through innovative and meaningful environmental law experiences. The center also helps inform policymakers, leaders, and practitioners about the circumstances brought about by environmental disruption, options for legal change given this disruption, and it provides a forum for educating the North Carolina and national legal and business communities about opportunities related to these changes. Current

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projects are funded by the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and North Carolina SEA Grant.

61 University of North Texas

Institute of Applied Science https://ias.unt.edu [network]

The Institute aims to foster, facilitate and conduct science-based interdisciplinary environmental research that seeks to understand how human actions impact the environment, and to use that knowledge to suggest scientific, engineering, policy and/or educational solutions to environmental problems.

62 University of Notre Dame

Climate Change Adaptation Program, Environmental Change Initiative (ECI) http://environmentalchange.nd.edu/programs/climate/ [research; network; community outreach]

The ECI is one of several Strategic Research Investments that have been made by the University of Notre Dame totaling $80 million of Notre Dame’s own money to advance the scope, excellence and visibility of the University’s research enterprise. The ECI is dedicated to globally significant multidisciplinary research and a commitment to making that research applicable and directly relevant to policymakers, businesses, the nonprofit community, and the general public.

63 University of Oregon

Tribal Climate Change Project http://tribalclimate.uoregon.edu [research; network]

The Project is a collaboration between the University of Oregon Environmental Studies Program and the USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station. The project focuses on understanding needs and opportunities for tribes in addressing climate change, examining the government-to-government relationship in a climate context and exploring the role of traditional knowledge in climate change studies, assessments and plans. Key research areas include tribal adaptation and mitigation planning, management of off-reservation resources, and tribal consultation in the context of climate change.

64 University of Pennsylvania

The Ocean Biogeochemistry and Climate Change Group https://climate.sas.upenn.edu [research; offering courses]

The Group researches the oceanic controls on atmospheric pCO2 and global climate from inter-annual to millenial time scales and wishes to improve understanding and prediction of oceanic uptake, storage and release of CO2 and other gases; climate-sensitivity of ocean biogeochemical cycles and interactions with ecosystem structure; feedbacks between ocean carbon cycle, ocean ecosystem structure, ocean circulation and climate.

65 University of San Diego

Climate Education Partners http://www.sandiego.edu/climate/ [research; network; community outreach]

The partners include the University of San Diego, California State University San Marcos, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, The San Diego Foundation, The Steve Alexander Group, and University of California San Francisco. The partners are working on a project that is one of fifteen nationwide selection to receive National Science Foundation funding to develop climate change education strategies.

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66 University of Southern California

The Urban Ocean Program, University of Southern California (USC) Sea Grant http://www.usc.edu/org/seagrant/research/climatechange.html# [research; community outreach; offering fellowships]

The USC Sea Grant Program is staffed by seven professionals, an information technology specialist, and a financial and administrative coordinator. Sea Grant is housed in the Allan Hancock Foundation building on USC's main campus, which also houses faculty and labs in the Marine Environmental Biology program and the Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies.

67 University of Texas at Austin

Climate Change Working Group, Environmental Science Institute http://www.esi.utexas.edu/faculty/research-working-groups/climate-change [research; degree granting; network]

The Group brings together researchers from across the University and the greater scientific community to investigate the nature, causes, extent, and ramifications of global climate change through a variety of overlapping areas of focus: climate history, climate change impacts, climate modeling, climate process, climate change remediation.

68 University of Utah

Global Change & Sustainability Center http://environment.utah.edu [network]

The Center aims to provide an interdisciplinary nexus for addressing challenges in global environment and sustainability issues at the University of Utah; to develop the links between research, education, and outreach in order to unite faculty across University departments; to facilitate communication, to foster interdisciplinary education, and create opportunities for campus and community engagement in sustainability.

69 University of Washington

The Climate Impacts Group http://cses.washington.edu/cig/ [research; offering courses]

The Group is an interdisciplinary research group studying the impacts of natural climate variability and global climate change. Research at the Group considers climate impacts at spatial scales ranging from local communities to the entire western U.S. region, with most work focused on the Pacific Northwest. The Group’s assessment examines climate impacts on four diverse, yet connected, natural systems of the Pacific Northwest - water, forests, salmon and coasts - and the human socioeconomic and/or political systems associated with each. The Group is part of the College of the Environment.

70 University of Wisconsin-Madison

Center for Climate Research http://ccr.aos.wisc.edu [research]

The Center was founded in 1962 and is part of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and includes more than 50 faculty members, scientists, staff, and graduate students. The Center brings together leading climate scientists with researchers in geography, botany, oceanography, and other disciplines to investigate our past, present, and future climate and their implications. Funding sources include National Science Foundation,

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Department of Energy, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Wisconsin Focus on Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, National Institute for Health, United States Department of Agriculture, Wisconsin Sea Grant, and private donors.

71 Vanderbilt University

Climate Change Research Network, Vanderbilt Law School http://law.vanderbilt.edu/academics/academic-programs/environmental-law/climate-change-network/ [research; network]

The Network includes faculty and graduate students who are conducting theoretical and applied research on one of the most widely overlooked sources of greenhouse gases: individual and household behavior. The Climate Change Research Network is affiliated with the Vanderbilt Institute for Energy and Environment.

72 Washington State University

Climate and Rural Energy Development Center, Washington State University Extension Energy Program http://www.energy.wsu.edu/RenewableEnergy/ClimateCenter.aspx [research]

Operating similar to a consulting firm, the Washington State University (WSU) Energy Program is a self-supported department within the university. Its staff of close to 70 people (energy engineers, energy specialists, technical experts, software developers, energy research librarians and more) works out of the Olympia, Spokane and satellite offices in the state of Washington. In 2002, the Washington State Legislature authorized the WSU Energy Program to establish the Climate and Rural Energy Development Center.

73 Washington University in St. Louis

International Center for Advanced Renewable Energy and Sustainability (I-CARES) https://icares.wustl.edu/about/Pages/default.aspx [research; network]

The Center was created in June 2007 to encourage and coordinate University-wide and external collaborative research on energy, environment, and sustainability that cannot be done by single disciplines alone. I-CARES fosters research on the development and production of biofuels from plant and microbial systems; the exploration of sustainable alternative energy; and the exploration of environmental systems and practices. Research also focuses on the region’s coal resources and efforts to mitigate carbon dioxide accumulation; improve combustion processes; and reduce emissions.

74 Yale University Yale Project on Climate Change Communication http://environment.yale.edu/climate-communication/about [research; network]

The Yale Project on Climate Change Communication (originally the Yale Project on Climate Change) grew out of a conference on “Americans and Climate Change” convened by the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies in 2005. The Project conducts research on public climate knowledge, risk perceptions, decision-making and behavior; designs and tests new strategies to engage the public in climate science and solutions; and empowers educators and communicators with the knowledge and tools to more effectively engage their audiences.

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