GEOG 2500
Climate Change: Social Science Perspectives
An introduction to climate change as a political, economic and socio-cultural phenomenon, including the political-economic and world-historical causes of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions; variations in impact and vulnerability; climate justice and other political movements; global mitigation and adaptation strategies; and proposals for radical systemic change.
2026
Topics
- Lecture: The Science of Climate change
- Lecture: What is in a name? Anthropogenic Climate Change &
- The Climate Change Debate!
- Lecture: Getting to the Anthropocene & The Great Acceleration
- Lecture: Climate Change Impacts - Risks and Perception
- Tutorial 6: Thinking about Climate Change Risk and Perceptions of Risk
Prerequisites & course information
Also listed as ENST 2500 . Prerequisite(s): second-year standing or permission of the Department. Lectures two hours a week, discussion groups one hour a week.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- ENST 2500 ↗2026