CS/INFO 6702 Topics in Computational Sustainability

Computer Science and Information Science

Spring 2010

Cornell University

Instructor: Carla Gomes

Faculty Team: Jon Conrad,� Steve Ellner, Carla Gomes, and� Mary Lou Zeeman

Teaching Assistants: Bistra Dilkina and Georgios Piliouras

Web page: http://www.cs.cornell.edu/Courses/cs6702/2010sp/

Suggested Readings

� Background Info on the State of the planet

(United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Publications, EPA)

Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (2005)�����

Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (Synthesis report) ��

Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (Overview) ��

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPCC) Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) (Synthesis report) (2007)

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPCC) Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) (Synthesis report - Summary) (2007)

Global Environment Outlook 4 (2007)�� Global Environment Outlook 4 Fact Sheets (2007)

Climate Change: Science Compendium (2009)

Kick the habit: A UN Guide to Climate Neutrality (2009)

EPA Sustainability Research Strategy

� Natural Resource Protection

� Economics and Human Behavior

� Energy Resources

� Human-Built Systems and Land Use

� Books