Int'l Energy Governance

3 Credits · Level: Graduate, Undergraduate

This course will examine the bilateral, plurilateral and multilateral partnerships that provide a set of loosely coupled institutions around which countries conduct energy diplomacy, and how these partnerships have been shaped by national decision making and geopolitics. These partnerships cover a wide range of ad-hoc bilateral joint statements and announcements, to more formalized multi-country arrangements, treaties, and institutions (e.g., G7, G20, IEA, OPEC, OECD, IRENA, Arctic Council, Major Economies Forum, World Bank, GEF, GCF). In examining these institutions and modes of cooperation, we will consider the drivers for energy policy making across climate change, security, development and energy access, foreign policy, trade, and domestic politics for a range of major emitters and developing countries. We will also consider interlinkages between partnerships and institutions, and how they intersect with cooperation on climate change, development, energy access, and energy security. For the energy and climate nexus in particular, we will assess the evolving relationship between national plans and actions and international commitments made under the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.