This course introduces students to frameworks for examining climate change impacts in urban settings, and communities’ mitigation/adaptation strategies and engagement initiatives. After a foundational review of climate science, the concepts of risk and uncertainty, the precautionary principle, and multidisciplinary analyses of sources of climate change denial, students explore how concepts of sustainable cities and urban resilience inform policy at the municipal level, issues associated with complex systems, and the influence of and prospects for citizen engagement with climate impacts. Student teams study cases of community initiatives and city-level policy applications and apply analytical frameworks to selected urban settings/systems. Ethical issues surrounding differential contributions to climate change, and impacts of climate change, are examined. Additionally, the course provides students the opportunity to participate in research and community engagement connected to the Leveraging “We Are Still In” initiative, an emerging national network of interdisciplinary higher education/community partnerships addressing climate change launched in Fall 2017. (The “We Are Still In” declaration is the response of thousands of mayors, along with governors, CEOs, and higher education presidents to the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris climate accords.) Climate change is altering the ways our cities are planned and managed; affecting more than half the world’s households and most firms. United Nations estimates that three billion people will be added to cities by 2050, predominantly in slums of Africa and Asia. In this course students learn about this critical global environmental challenge and explore city responses to climate change. The focus is on familiarizing the students with practical applications of frameworks for city climate risk assessment. The course provides an introduction to the importance of climate science, the tools to unpacking urban risks, adaptation and mitigation mechanism, and policy options for urban sectors like energy and transport, and their system-wide interactions through land use and governance. To develop problem solving strategies for environmental planning and management, students will learn the importance of including economic, social, and technical analyses that are spatially and temporally disaggregated, drawing on case studies from major cities around the world. Requirement for the MS, Environmental Policy and Sustainability Management and Advanced Certificate in Sustainability Strategies. Elective in the Milano School Global Urban Futures and Leading Sustainability Areas of Specialization, as well as the Cities and Social Justice Concentration for the Masters in International Affairs.