Climate Change Politics & Policy
ENVS/GEOG 3022

Week 5

Monday, August 6

• news tweets #10
• peer assessment due (from COP24 activity)

Required Readings

Boykoff, M. and Goodman, M. K. (2009). Conspicuous redemption: promises and perils of celebrity involvement in climate change, Geoforum, 40, 395-406.

Colorado Climate Action Plan (2015).

Leggett, J. (2015) The Winning of the Carbon War: Power and politics on the front lines of climate and clean energy Creative Commons: Mountain View, CA. Chapters 28, 29 & 30

Tuesday, August 7

• co-facilitation #8

Required Readings

Betsill, M. and Stevis, D. (2016). The politics and dynamics of energy transitions: lessons from Colorado’s ‘New Energy Economy’, Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 34 (2) 381-396

Kroepsch, A. (2016). New rig on the block: spatial policy discourse and the new suburban geography of energy production on Colorado's Front Range. Environmental Communication, 1-15.

Wednesday, August 8

• news tweets #11

Required Readings

Boulder Climate Commitment (2017).

Leggett, J. (2015). The Winning of the Carbon War: Power and politics on the front lines of climate and clean energy Creative Commons: Mountain View, CA. Chapters 31, 32, 33 & 34

Thursday, August 9

• co-facilitation #9

Required Readings

Victor, D. G., Abdulla, A., Auston, D., Brase, W., Brouwer, J., Brown, K., Davis, S.J., Kappel, C.V., Meier, A., Modera, M., Zarin Pass, R., Phillips, D., Sager, J., Weil, D., and TomKat Natural Gas Exit Strategies Working Group (2018). Turning Paris into reality at the University of California. Nature Climate Change, 183-185.

Jamieson, D. (2013). Some Whats, Whys & Worries of Geoengineering, Climatic Change, 121(3), 527-537

Hulme, M. (2009). Why we disagree about climate change: understanding controversy, inaction and opportunity, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK.  Chapter 10 (pp. 322-365)

Friday, August 10

• FINAL EXAM