Environment and Climate Crisis

(4 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This module will investigate the global politics of the climate crisis, starting with scientific debates regarding the possible severity of climate change, and then moving through questions about climate governance, the political economy of climate change, the energy and food system transitions, migration, possible global futures, and activism. We can hardly hope to exhaust such a complex topic in the span of 10 weeks. Instead, we will cover some key topics and hear from a wide range of perspectives. The goal will be to give students a basic grounding in the science, politics, and economics of climate change; to enable them to critically engage with a multiple perspectives on the key causes and possible solutions to the climate crisis; and to help them think through its implications for their own lives and futures.