PG 382 | Politics of Global Climate Change

The course examines the intersection of environmental issues with politics and policy-making on a global as well as a local scale, with a particular focus on climate change. It explores international structures and efforts to deal with environmental problems and the different experiences of individual countries in trying to use and manage their natural resources. Throughout, the relationships between political and natural systems are explored, with a particular focus on the ways in which politics and policy can both produce effective strategies and new difficulties for handling environmental challenges.