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About the Site and the Lessons

This site offers an education in climate change philosophy. Why philosophy? Because climate change is a tangle of science, values, machines, politics, and stories. It requires thinking that is both deep and broad — it takes philosophy.

Climate change is a defining challenge for the 21st century. Unfortunately, it is often absent in school curricula. Those learning on their own face a blizzard of information: thousands of peer-reviewed papers are published on climate change every year, not to mention millions of news stories and social media posts. It’s confusing and overwhelming. My job is to filter through all of this and make sense of it.

The goals are to offer:

  1. A solid foundation from which to continue your own studies in climate change.
  2. Tools for mapping and thinking through the climate politics landscape.

So, start exploring! Check out The Course for the main classes, each with video, slides, and notes with resources for further study. The Course offers a systematic overview of climate science-politics designed to give a solid foundation and a broad overview. And head to more lessons (coming soon) for additional educational resources featuring in-depth looks at various aspects of climate change. I’ll also be posting some guest lectures and conversations with experts and explorers in various facets of climate change. This site is being built during the fall semester 2020, so new material will be posted on a weekly basis.

Or browse all the videos.

About the Instructor: Adam Briggle

I have a PhD in Environmental Studies and work in the Philosophy Department at the University of North Texas — one of the leading places in the world for Environmental Ethics. You can check out my faculty page at UNT and find many of my publications on Google Scholar. I am the author of A Field Philosopher’s Guide to Fracking.

Any opinions expressed in the materials on this site are mine alone and do not represent the position of UNT or any other organization.

If you want to check out more of my current thoughts, follow me on Twitter or Facebook. My most recent book is Thinking through Climate Change (2021)