Climate Change Politics & Policy
ENVS 4100/3521

Week 1

COMPONENT I: GENERAL INTRODUCTION

January 17

introduction to the course

Schneider, S.H., Rosencranz, A., Mastrandrea, M.D. and Kuntz-Duriseti, K. (eds.) (2010) Climate Change Science and Policy. Island Press: Washington, D.C.

• introduction

 

January 19

mitigation & adaptation – why/how should we try to ‘stabilize’ the climate?

Hulme, M. (2009) Why we disagree about climate change: understanding controversy, inaction and opportunity, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK

• Preface & Chapter 1

Schneider, S.H., Rosencranz, A., Mastrandrea, M.D. and Kuntz-Duriseti, K. (eds.) (2010) Climate Change Science and Policy. Island Press: Washington, D.C.

• Chapters 1 & 2

Boykoff, M. (ed.) (2010) The Politics of Climate Change: A Survey Routledge/Europa: London

• introduction & Chapter 1