1. Copyright © 2015 University of Maryland. This material may not be reproduced or redistributed, in whole or in part, without written permission from Ross Salawitch. 1 HONR 229L: Climate Change: Science, Economics, and Governance Possible Solutions Your name here 16 November 2015

2. Copyright © 2015 University of Maryland. This material may not be reproduced or redistributed, in whole or in part, without written permission from Ross Salawitch. 2 As always, I suggest working the admission ticket questions into the presentation. While this not essential, it does provide a common point of reference for everyone.

3. Copyright © 2015 University of Maryland. This material may not be reproduced or redistributed, in whole or in part, without written permission from Ross Salawitch. 3 According to the reading: a) what two countries rank third and fourth, behind China and the US, in greenhouse gas emissions and why do these countries rank so high? b) what type of carbon credit trading has been proposed to address the reason GHG emission is so high, from the countries that rank third and fourth in GHG emission? c) would the cost of emitting a ton of carbon, under the present RGGI program, have an impact on the resource that is the subject of this question (note: this cost was discussed by Ross in a recent lecture and can be found in one of the archived PDF files). Parts a) & b) are straightfoward Part c) could invoke some serious discussion. The RGGI cost of emitting carbon was of course described at the end of the previous lecture, on-line at http://www.atmos.umd.edu/~rjs/class/honr229L/lectures/HONR_229L_2015_l ecture19.pdf

4. Copyright © 2015 University of Maryland. This material may not be reproduced or redistributed, in whole or in part, without written permission from Ross Salawitch. 4 If you’d like to spend more time on global efforts to avoid deforestation, you are more than welcome to browse these websites: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reducing_emissions_from_deforestation_and_forest_degradation http://www.climatefriendly.com/carbon-management http://www.climatefriendly.com/australian-carbon-farming/avoided-deforestation https://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2015L00347/Explanatory%20Statement/Text or of course whatever other resources you’d like, to provide additional info on this topic. The first URL was in the AT; no one else has been given the other 3 URLs. Australia is the world leader in this topic … perhaps some discussion of this country’s effort would be of interest to the class. --- Deforestation is a rich topic

5. Copyright © 2015 University of Maryland. This material may not be reproduced or redistributed, in whole or in part, without written permission from Ross Salawitch. 5 Deforestation is a rich topic! I remember after class on Mon you mentioned to me and Walt a particular interest in forest behavior. You are really welcome to spend a lot of time on this topic next Mon. Here are a few links to the exciting new Univ of Md (!!!) space-base mission on this topic: http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/new-nasa-probe-will-study-earth-s-forests-in-3-d/#.VkQrW7-OWYc http://www.geog.umd.edu/feature/gedi-lidar-piralph-dubayah-selected-earth-ventures-instrument-program http://www.space.com/27795-space-lasers-3d-forest-map.html http://www.geog.umd.edu/facultyprofile/Dubayah/Ralph This instrument, as far as I can tell, is scheduled to launch in 2019. Perfect timing for your doctoral research! I think the students would be fascinated about a local, campus project with far-reaching global implications. Again, if you have any questions, concerns, etc about this suggestions for the presentation, please email me between now and Mon. And if you were able to take a class in GEOG, either from Prof. Dubayah or a close colleague of his, perhaps this would facilitate a chance to work on GEDI Finally … feel free to have fun with Jedi / GEDI

6. Copyright © 2015 University of Maryland. This material may not be reproduced or redistributed, in whole or in part, without written permission from Ross Salawitch. 6 The reading discusses numerous companies, as is the style of the KH book. For better or worse, the book is written in a manner highly focused on events that occurred around 2007. Here is a list of companies (or division) that, as far as I can tell, are still intact and functioning quite well: CalStar, IBM Big Green Innovations, Interface, Nextek Power Systems, PAX, URLs to the companies are: http://calstarproducts.com/sustainability http://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/us/en/green_buildings/overview/index.html http://www.nextekpower.com/#smart-power-smart-light http://www.interfaceglobal.com/sustainability.aspx http://paxscientific.com/fansblowers Please pick one of these companies and write a 2 paragraph essay that in the first paragraph summarizes the mission of the company (or division) and in the second paragraph summarizes what the company is now, doing according to the appropriate URL given above. Your call if you’d like to do this, but I think this is a fascinating array of entrepreneurial efforts: I realize this is a fair amount of work, but you could prepare a slide for each company summarizing in bullet form, and using images from the websites, what the company does and what has happened since 2007. If you’d like to do this and need help, please let me know. Rationale for this chapter and these AT questions is that, in my heart of hearts, I think it will be essential for the business community to be engaged in the “solutions”. I think exploring these companies, together with the last AT, will be a wonderful way to explore this topic.

7. Copyright © 2015 University of Maryland. This material may not be reproduced or redistributed, in whole or in part, without written permission from Ross Salawitch. 7 KH are advocates of cap and trade, due to the successful implementation of cap and trade to solve what had been vexing air quality issues in the US. They also highlight two “more localized market failures” that need to be addressed, regardless (my words) of whether the driving market force is a carbon tax or cap and trade. Name and briefly explain these two local market forces? While the next AT question is simple: You could lead an extended discussion of both factors, asking folks to relate their personal experiences. Indeed, should you want (you can call on me!), I’ll gladly relate my deep frustrations with lack of campus action due to “principal-agent problems” Also, since the ‘tragedy of the commons” is used in the reading, welcome to work this into the material should you so desire.

8. Copyright © 2015 University of Maryland. This material may not be reproduced or redistributed, in whole or in part, without written permission from Ross Salawitch. 8 A significant part of the chapter is devoted to automobiles. Write a 4 to 8 sentence essay summarizing why KH favor electric that also explains the promise of a V2G system. In the essay, should you so desire, you are welcome to update me on the progress of the Telsa, the Chevy Volt, or any other electric car of your choosing, since 2007 (time the book was written) and the present time. Given the amount of space in the reading devoted to automobiles, could spend some time to this AT question: I’ve place the only figure in the chapter on the next page, should you want to use. Also, FYI, I am on a wait list for the 2016 Chevy Volt. http://www.chevrolet.com/2016-volt I’ve going for the Silver Ice Exterior, Cloth Light/Dark Ash Interior (photos 2 slides hence). I can not wait to be able to drive 53 mile on a charge, with no “range anxiety” (i.e., once the batteries are discharged, the gas engine allows the car to go further than nearly all other cars, because the engine output goes to keeping the batteries charged, rather than driving the turbine). If you are comfortable talking about your Professor’s next car … you can even call it my “mid-life crisis” … I’d be 100% A-OK with this! Can even refer to Julian’s comment about American car culture, car envy, etc. Let’s have some fun with this last presentation!

9. Copyright © 2015 University of Maryland. This material may not be reproduced or redistributed, in whole or in part, without written permission from Ross Salawitch. 9 A significant part of the chapter is devoted to automobiles. Write a 4 to 8 sentence essay summarizing why KH favor electric that also explains the promise of a V2G system. In the essay, should you so desire, you are welcome to update me on the progress of the Telsa, the Chevy Volt, or any other electric car of your choosing, since 2007 (time the book was written) and the present time. Given the amount of space in the reading devoted to automobiles, could spend some time to this AT question: If you want to pursue the e-vehicle theme, with a little research you can learn of the benefits our Univ provides for those who bring e-vehicles onto campus. OK, I know e- cars are out of the price range of most students, and also that most students in the class do not have cars on campus. Still we are all part of the Univ of Md community, so relating campus policies on e-cars to the reading is perfectly fine!

10. Copyright © 2015 University of Maryland. This material may not be reproduced or redistributed, in whole or in part, without written permission from Ross Salawitch. 10 Here is the figure:

11. Copyright © 2015 University of Maryland. This material may not be reproduced or redistributed, in whole or in part, without written permission from Ross Salawitch. 11 photos from http://www.chevrolet.com/volt-electric-car/build-your-own.html#http://www.chevrolet.com/volt-electric-car/build-your-own.html# Here is the 2016 Chevy Volt

12. Copyright © 2015 University of Maryland. This material may not be reproduced or redistributed, in whole or in part, without written permission from Ross Salawitch. 12 As noted above, the KH book is written in a manner highly focused on events around year 2007, the time the book was written. Even though the book is a bit dated, I chose it for class because it is optimistic, provocative, and invokes the entrepreneurial spirit (over and over!) that IMHO will be needed for society to significantly reduced combustion of fossil fuels. For the this last AT question, provide a few words of some type of entrepreneurial enterprise that you believe can be important to reducing society’s reliance on fossil fuels. In other words, if KH were to write a new addition, what new effort should they include in an update to Chapter 9.. It is my sincere hope we’ll get some great answers for this last AT question of the semester. You could prepare a single slide with your own suggestion, but first, literally call on anyone who would like to share their suggestion. If everyone took a minute to speak, we’d fill 20 mins time. I would be willing to not stand up at the end … i.e., no “last word” on Mon, if you’d like to lead this round table. Perhaps to be safe I’ll have some back-up material to fill time, if the class shows up without suggestions … but I expect you could easily fill 20 mins, or more, on this question.

13. Copyright © 2015 University of Maryland. This material may not be reproduced or redistributed, in whole or in part, without written permission from Ross Salawitch. 13 As I write to all of the students: a)your call on how to use the ~45 mins b)I like using some AT questions, to facilitate discussion, but I can tell from the feedback sheets that some students think this has been over done c)If you send me a draft before noon on Mon, I can review and send comments. If you end up not emailing final copy, then please aim to be present with final copy available either on laptop or memory stick at 4:45 pm Feel free to bring in material from the web (students usually appreciate a little bit of extra material), steer in whatever direction you’d like, etc. Good luck!