Global Environmental Policy: Energy and Climate

3 credits · Graduate

This course covers practical and theoretical understandings of international environmental policy, addressing sustainability challenges and solutions that are global in scope. The course uses interconnected themes of climate and energy to explore how environmental policies are designed and implemented, how domestic energy markets intersect with issues of international governance, and to review climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies aimed at transition to a low-carbon future. This course uses multiple learning formats, including policy simulations and case studies of substantive and procedural policies. Students have the opportunity to work on projects relevant to their area of research. See NRES course listing for additional 700-level Environmental and Sustainability Studies courses.