CEVE 421/521 Schedule
Check the page for each reading to see discussion questions. You will often be encouraged to focus only on part of relevant papers.
Final Project: Climate Plan Audit in prep — Deliverables are due throughout the semester (see schedule below).
CEVE 521 students: You will lead one Paper Discussion session. See Graduate Seminar Requirements.
| Week | Date | What |
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| 1 | Mon., Jan. 12 | Lecture: Intro to Climate Risk Management [ ] |
| Wed., Jan. 14 | Topical Discussion: Frank (2022) and Crawford (2025) | |
| Fri., Jan. 16 | Lab 1: Julia Setup & Hello World |
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| 2 | Mon., Jan. 19 | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (No Class) |
| Wed., Jan. 21 | Lecture: Hazard, Exposure, Vulnerability [ ] |
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| Fri., Jan. 23 | Lab 2: Hazard-Damage Convolution |
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| 3 | Mon., Jan. 26 | Lecture: Climate Variability, Extremes, and Change [ ] |
| Wed., Jan. 28 | Paper Discussion: Climate Extremes (IPCC) |
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| Fri., Jan. 30 | Lab 3: Sea-Level Rise Scenarios and Uncertainty / Project: Topic Proposal Due | |
| 4 | Mon., Feb. 2 | Lecture: Uncertainty, Monte Carlo & Risk Metrics [ ] |
| Wed., Feb. 4 | Paper Discussion: ICOW Framework [ ] |
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| Fri., Feb. 6 | Lab 4: Monte Carlo & Risk Metrics |
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| 5 | Mon., Feb. 9 | Lecture: Valuation & Benefit-Cost Analysis [ ] |
| Wed., Feb. 11 | Paper Discussion: Discounting & BCA |
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| Fri., Feb. 13 | No Class | |
| 6 | Mon., Feb. 16 | Lecture: Optimal Static Decisions [ ] |
| Wed., Feb. 18 | Exam 1 (Covers Weeks 1-4) | |
| Fri., Feb. 20 | Lab 5: Simulation-Optimization in prep |
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| 7 | Mon., Feb. 23 | Lecture: Sensitivity & Value of Information [ ] in prep (Remote) |
| Wed., Feb. 25 | Paper Discussion: Sensitivity & Value of Information in prep |
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| Fri., Feb. 27 | Lab 6: Value of Partial Information in prep / Project: Memo 1 Due in prep | |
| 8 | Mon., Mar. 2 | Lecture: Robustness & Deep Uncertainty [ ] in prep |
| Wed., Mar. 4 | Paper Discussion: Robustness & Deep Uncertainty in prep |
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| Fri., Mar. 6 | Lab 7: Robustness Metrics in prep |
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| 9 | Mon., Mar. 9 | Lecture: Trade-offs & Values [ ] in prep (Remote) |
| Wed., Mar. 11 | Paper Discussion: Trade-offs & Values in prep |
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| Fri., Mar. 13 | Exam 2 (Covers Weeks 5-8) | |
| Mar. 16-20 | Spring Break | |
| 10 | Mon., Mar. 23 | Lecture: Exploratory Modeling & Scenario Discovery [ ] in prep |
| Wed., Mar. 25 | Paper Discussion: Exploratory Modeling & Scenario Discovery in prep |
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| Fri., Mar. 27 | Lab 8: Scenario Discovery in prep / Project: Memo 2 Due in prep | |
| 11 | Mon., Mar. 30 | Lecture: Sequential Decision Making [ ] in prep |
| Wed., Apr. 1 | Paper Discussion: Sequential Decision Making in prep |
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| Fri., Apr. 3 | Lab 9: Real Options & Dynamic Policy Search in prep |
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| 12 | Mon., Apr. 6 | Lecture: Multi-Objective Optimization [ ] in prep |
| Wed., Apr. 8 | Paper Discussion: Multi-Objective Optimization in prep |
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| Fri., Apr. 10 | Lab 10: Pareto Fronts in prep / Project: Memo 3 Due in prep | |
| 13 | Mon., Apr. 13 | Lecture: Case Studies [ ] in prep |
| Wed., Apr. 15 | Paper Discussion: Case Studies in prep |
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| Fri., Apr. 17 | Project: Slides Due in prep |
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| 14 | Mon., Apr. 20 | Final Project Presentations in prep (Teams 1 & 2) |
| Wed., Apr. 22 | Final Project Presentations in prep (Teams 3 & 4) | |
| Fri., Apr. 24 | Final Project Presentations in prep (Teams 5 & 6) | |
| Finals | TBD | Exam 3 (Covers Weeks 9-13) / Project: Written Report Due in prep |