Climate Change Governance: From Global Treaties to Local Innovation

Subject:

Geog & Env. Mgmt, Climate Chng (GEMCC)

Catalog number:

640

Unit weight:

0.50

Meet type:

SEM

Grading basis:

NUM

Cross-listing(s):

GEOG-678

Requisites:

N/A

Description:

This course explores the theories behind, and practical approaches to, the multi-level governance of climate change. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Kyoto Protocol, national climate action plans and local innovation are viewed through the lenses of legitimacy, effectiveness, and participation. Finally, we consider the challenge of transformative change, and the possibility of finding synergies among climate change responses and other pressing social and environmental priorities.

Topic titles:

N/A

Faculty:

Environment (ENV)

Academic level:

GRD

Course ID:

014511