Class Schedule, Materials & Recordings

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Session 1: December 3, 2020

• Presentation Slides: Climate Change Fundamentals and Implications (updated)
  Resources Referenced in this Module:
  > RCP Concentration Pathways
  > Fourth National Climate Assessment
  > IPCC Report
  > American Meteorological Society Extreme Events & Climate Change Bulletin
  > NOAA Billion Dollar Disasters
  > NOAA Global & Regional Sea Level Rise Scenarios for the United States
  > NOAA Climate at a Glance Web Site
  > U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit
  > NEMAC Climate Explorer

• Presentation Slides: The Interdependencies of Critical Infrastructure & Natural Resources
  Resources Referenced in this Module:
  > EIA Residential Energy Consumption Survey
  > CERES Feeding Ourselves Thirsty Report
  > WRI Global Food Challenge Graphics
  > U.S. Department of Energy Water-Energy Nexus Report (2014)
  > EPA Sustainable Management of Food
  > U.S. Food Loss & Waste Reduction Goal (EPA)
  > PWC Global Megatrends Report
  > WRI Business Case for Reducing Food Loss & Waste

Session 2: December 9, 2020

• Presentation Slides: The Public Health & Equity Implications of Climate Change
  Resources Referenced in this Module:
  > Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health (USGCRP)
  > Case Study: Floods and Socioeconomic Inequality
  > Virginia Commonwealth University Center on Society and Health
  > Mental Health and Our Changing Climate (APA)
  > Environmental Public Health Tracking Network (CDC)
  > Climate Data Initiative (Data.gov)
  > Climate & Health Reports (CDC)
  > Communicating Climate & Public Health (APHA)
  > A Physician’s Guide to Climate Change, Health and Equity
  > Climate & Health Posters (U.S. Climate & Health Alliance)
  > The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change (Lancet Commission)

• Presentation Slides: Evaluating the Economic & Budget Implications (updated)
  Resources Referenced in this Module:
  > COVID-19 Economic Vulnerability Index
  > Life’s a Beach (Freddie Mac)
  > Flood Factor (First Street)
  > Actuarial Risk Index
  > FEMA National Risk Index
  > XDI Asset Risk Tool
  > Task Force for Climate-Related Financial Disclosures

• Presentation Slides: Governance, Human Resources & Workforce Implications
  Resources Referenced in this Module:
  > DHS Critical Infrastructure Sectors
  > ACCO Research for DHS on Workforce Capacity in Critical Infrastructure Sectors
  > Roadmap to Elevating and Advancing the Field of Climate Change
  > Proceedings from the Global Congress for Climate Change & Sustainability Professionals

Session 3: December 17, 2020

• Presentation Slides: Taking an Enterprise Risk Management Approach to Climate Change
  Resources Referenced in this Module:
  > Understanding Stationarity
  > Surging Seas Risk Finder (Climate Central)
  > Drought.gov
  > About the Enterprise Risk Management Framework (COSO)
  > Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures
  > Our World in Data - Natural Disasters
  > Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters

• Presentation Slides: Conceptualizing Organizational Transformation

• Presentation Slides: Engaging Stakeholders and Building Public Will on Climate Change
  Resources Referenced in this Module:
  > Path to Positive Communities (EcoAmerica)
  > Global Warming’s 6 Americas (Yale Program on Climate Communication)

Presenters/Faculty:

• Jennifer Roberts — Former Mayor, City of Charlotte (North Carolina)

• Dick White — Former Mayor & Councilmember, City of Durango (Colorado)

• David Herring — Chief, NOAA Climate Program Office

• Daniel Kreeger — Executive Director, Association of Climate Change Officers

• Lindene Patton — Principal, Earth & Water Law Group