CLIMATE CHANGE AND SOCIAL INEQUALITY

Credit Hours: 3 · Undergraduate Upper-Level

This course uses a social scientific approach to analyze and understand the relationship between climate change and social inequality. Through course readings, discussion and guest speakers, students will examine how the social, political, economic and ecological impacts of climate change exacerbate existing social inequities and disproportionately affect vulnerable communities. The course will also explore the concept of climate justice as a political and ethical framework for addressing climate change impacts and inequality.