Climate Change 101: Simple, Serious, Solvable
In his entertaining style, Dr. Denning breaks down the reality of human-caused climate change into three points everyone should know: it’s simple, serious, and solvable, and one point especially relevant to climate communicators, including news professionals: story. This module consists of four videos. After you’ve watched the first, and looked at the explorations below it, scroll down to click on the next video.
Led by Scott Denning, PhD
By the end of this Module, you will:
Explain why CO2 traps heat (while most other gases in our air don’t)
List reasons why warming over the U.S. will continue to be greater than the global average
Compare timescales of fossil fuel emissions, CO2, and warming to explain why climate won’t cool as soon as emissions fall
Provide examples of major trends allowing CO2 emissions to fall quickly
Quantitatively compare costs of emissions reductions with other infrastructure costs in the global economy
Provide a compelling narrative about the feasibility of climate mitigation
