Climate governance
Etablissement : ESPOL European School of Political and Social Sciences
Langue : Anglais
Formation(s) dans laquelle/lesquelles le cours apparait :
Période : S1
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The physical science is resoundingly clear. We must act immediately and collectively to address climate change. However, our global community has greatly struggled to do so. Moreover, addressing climate change cannot be isolated as a simple question of greenhouse gas emissions. Rather, it involves asking important and difficult questions about how we structure our societies, economies, and relationships with the environment. In this course, we will examine the challenges our global community faces in addressing climate change and the politics behind it. The course will serve as an introduction to climate change, related governance processes, and the role of different stakeholders therein. We will study the key concepts and tools used to make sense of how we can govern our changing world. In doing so, students will be exposed to the factors that have shaped and continue to shape global climate governance, established barriers to cooperation, and strategies for overcoming them.
By the end of the course, students will be able to:
(1) identify the economic, ideational, and political dynamics shaping cooperation on climate change and related environmental problems
(2) identify the main types of stakeholders in global climate governance and their roles therein
(3) understand the link between “climate change” and other environmental problems and governance issues
(4) explain the functioning of and role of multilateral negotiations in addressing climate change, including the limits of such a state-based system of cooperation
(5) critically assess the potential for transnational and other means of cooperation for addressing climate change
Overview of sessions
Session 1: Introduction to course and key concepts
Session 2: Climate Fresque
Session 3: Climate Fresque
Session 4: History and structure of international cooperation on climate
Session 5: International cooperation: From Copenhagen, to Paris, and beyond
Session 6: Climate negotiation simulation
Session 7: Moving beyond the ‘states’: polycentric climate governance
Session 8: Climate governance and global energy politics
Session 9: The role of cities in climate governance
Session 10: The role of businesses (guest speaker TBC)
Session 11: Climate governance in turbulent times and wrap-up
