Academic Program
Climate Mitigation and Adaptation CONCENTRATION
Concentration Director:
Director of Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Concentration
Associate Faculty
Concentration Description:
The Climate Mitigation and Adaptation concentration provides an interdisciplinary approach for students to advance their career by providing the knowledge and skills necessary to assess the impacts of climate change and vulnerability, and to develop climate change mitigation and adaptation measures for both developed and developing nations. The concentration explores the contemporary perceptions, attitudes, and beliefs associated with the climate debate by defining the issues and framing the localized nature of impacts. Analysis of different regions around the globe will provide insight on climate change mitigation policy, climate change impacts and vulnerabilities, adaptation planning, and societal resilience. The concentration emphasizes the translat