This cource focuses on modeling on global environmental issue such as global warming and economic growth. Topics include IAM (Integrated Assessment Model), its component models such as bottom-up model, top-down model, population projection, demand estimation), and future scenario. The course enables students to understand the characteristics of models through lectures. The models introduced in this cource have been used in discussion such as future CO2 emission target and corbon tax. Students will be interested in global environmental issue and think about the issue by themselves after this cource.
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) Understand characteristics of the models which are used in global environemental issues.
2) Think and propose about appropriate model framework.
3) Have a appropriate presentation about 2).
Global environmental issue, economic grouwth, model analysis, IAM (Integrated Assessment Model)
✔ Specialist skills | Intercultural skills | ✔ Communication skills | ✔ Critical thinking skills | Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
Class 1 - Class 12: Each topics are explained.
Class 13 - Class 15: Students have presentations on model framework about a certain given issue.
Course schedule | Required learning | |
---|---|---|
Class 1 | Introduction of modelling | Understand the cource aims |
Class 2 | Intoroduction of AIM (Asia-pacific Integrated Model) | Understand AIM |
Class 3 | Introduction of future scenarios | Understand future scenarios |
Class 4 | Introduction of AIM/Enduse | Understand AIM/Enduse (bottom-up model) |
Class 5 | Introduction of AIM/CGE | Understand AIM/CGE (top-down model) |
Class 6 | Introduction of AIM/ExSS | Understand AIM/ExSS (Accounting model) |
Class 7 | Introduction of population and household projection | Understand popuplation and household projection |
Class 8 | Introduction of household consumption activity | Understand demand estimation in residential sector |
Class 9 | Introduction of demand estimation (1) | Understand demand estimation in residential sector |
Class 10 | Introduction of demand estimation (2) | Understand demand estimation in transport and industrial sector |
Class 11 | Setting challenge to solve global environmental issue and collection of data for modeling (1) | Understand how to set challenge to solve global environmental issue |
Class 12 | Setting challenge to solve global environmental issue and collection of data for modeling (2) | Understand how to collect data for modeling |
Class 13 | Student presentation (1) | Appropriate model framework |
Class 14 | Student presentation (2) | Appropriate model framework |
Class 15 | Student presentation (3) | Appropriate model framework |
Cource matereals are distributed in each class.
Reference books are shown in each class.
Student presentation (50%)
Report about the presentation (50%)
There is no prerequisite for this course.