Lecture 1 - Wicked Problems and Climate Change

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Wicked Problems
Problems that occur when people are involved. Typically has symptoms that very much need to be addressed.
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Agglomeration
Another word for urbanization.
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Anthropocene
Term used to describe the current state in history, generally surrounding topics include human activity and the impacts on climate change.
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Planetary Boundaries
A set of boundaries and criteria made surrounding different elements of our world that when crossed, raise serious concerns about the overall wellbeing of the planet.
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Up to this point (2025), approximately how many planetary boundaries have been crossed?
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Subcategories
Planetary boundaries have been divided into _________ to highlight how bad things really are.
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Africa and Asia
What are the two continents that are set for urbanization and will drive the future of energy and climate change in the future?
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Safe Operating Spaces
The green part of the planetary boundaries that show a particular range we should be in for global wellbeing.
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Urban
(According to the UN) This shift has the potential for well-being, resource efficiency, and economic growth. However, this can bring waves of poverty and inequality in these areas.
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Sustainable Development Goals
Set by the UN, contains 17 tasks to accomplish by 2030.
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Millennium Development Goals
The set of 11 goals originally proposed by the UN to be accomplished by the year 2000.
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Climate Change

This is mainly caused by countries that have the highest income, and poor countries then suffer from this.

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The percent of Carbon Dioxide that is responsible for climate change.
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Ice Cores

The method used to measure Carbon Dioxide.
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Kealing Curve
The curve used to measure Carbon Dioxide levels and show how it has increased or decreased over time.
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The safe limit (In ppm) of Carbon Dioxide allowed in the atmosphere.
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The percentage of carbon dioxide that comes from fossil fuels.
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Greenhouse Effect
Due to the levels of pollution in the atmosphere, sunlight radiation gets trapped in the atmosphere and increases the temperature of the planet.