Introduction on Background
1/3 Please read for our first class the following non-legal materials
- Flood Woman vs. Climate Doom (Part 1, courtesy of The Post and Courier)
- Carbonomics: The Future of Energy in the Age of Climate Change (Goldman Sachs Equity Research 12/11/19, as redacted)
2/3 Please study the maps and explanations at “Map of the Week: ‘Market Size By Gross Domestic Product, 1995’” (Mappenstance, U Richmond Blog 11/03/14) and biodiversitymapping.org. Then read and consider Climate Change and the 75% problem: The five areas where we need innovation (Bill Gates Blog 10/17/18) and A warmer world will hurt this group more than any other: We need to help the world’s poorest people adapt to climate change (Bill Gates Blog 03/16/21). Meanwhile, you will note that Bill Gates used as his guide worldwide averages, but the share of specific sectors like transportation is significantly greater in the United States (compare Sources of Greenhouse Gas Emissions, EPA 2019).
3/3 Please read the following legal (thought) materials
Sulistiawati & Linnan, “Covid- 19 offers preview of environmental threats” (Straits Times 05/02/20)
- Roston, Murray & Dottle, “Life and Death in Our Hot Future Will Be Shaped By Today’s Income Inequality” (Bloomberg, 08/03/20)
- Bressler, The mortality cost of carbon (nature communications 07/29/21)
- Can you beat my score on this climate change quiz? (Bill Gates Blog 10/17/18)
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