1. introduction
2. physical aspects/ geography
   1. Irreversible
   2. far-reaching consequences
      1. 5000 generations
   3. climate trends over millennia
      1. warm periods
      2. ice ages
      3. Topic
   4. Subtopic 6
   5. How it works
      1. CO2, IR absorbtion
      2. like sleeping bag
   6. Effects
      1. sea level rise
      2. ice cap melting
      3. species extinction
      4. extreme weather
3. decision making frameworks
   1. market based cost-benefit analysis
      1. conclusions
         1. small percentage drop in world GDP
      2. problems
      3. improvements
      4. replacements
   2. other frameworks
      1. Subtopic 1
   3. risk management
      1. give more weight to low risk, catastrophic possibilities
         1. seatbelts
         2. Subtopic 2
4. coal
   1. fossil fuels
      1. coal
         1. lots left
            1. enough to 2x or 8x CO2 in atmosphere
      2. oil/gas
         1. will sort themselves out
         2. peak oil
            1. price signals
   2. power plants
      1. Old coal plants
         1. eg. Crawford
            1. Chicago since 1958
            2. still running
         2. Subtopic 2
         3. last for 50 years+
      2. new coal power plants
         1. 850 planned
            1. 681 tonnes CO2 annually
         2. dirty burning
            1. pulverised coal
         3. alternative ways
            1. IGCC
            2. coal->gas->burn
            3. ~no polutants
            4. preferred tech
            5. CSS
   3. alternatives
      1. 'keep the coal in the hole'
      2. interim
         1. nuclear
      3. long term
         1. renewables
5. international institutions
   1. Task
      1. international policing
      2. how?
         1. moral imperitive
         2. self-interest
   2. Current orgs
      1. IPCC
         1. Information broker
         2. not advocacy/policy formulation
      2. WTO
      3. GATT
      4. UN EP
         1. Kyoto
      5. Ozone hole agreement?
      6. successful - nations have ceded some sovereignty to these
   3. Challenges
      1. USA
   4. New orgs?
   5. Inspiration
      1. religious institutions
         1. long term work
         2. many generations
         3. notre dame