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Campus | Bryn Mawr |
Semester | Spring 2020 |
Registration ID | POLSB256001 |
Course Title | Global Climate Politics |
Credit | 1.00 |
Department | Environmental Studies |
Instructor | Hager,Carol |
Times and Days | TTh 12:55pm-02:15pm
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Room Location | DAL6 |
Additional Course Info | Class Number: 1399 This course will introduce students to important political issues raised by climate change locally, nationally, and internationally, paying particular attention to the global implications of actions at the national and subnational levels. It will focus not only on specific problems, but also on solutions; students will learn about some of the technological and policy innovations that are being developed worldwide in response to the challenges of climate change. Only open to students in 360 program. Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Enrollment Cap: 15; This course is ONLY open to 360 students. This course is part of 360 Climate Change: Science and Politics. Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our time. This 360 cluster will integrate philosophical, scientific, mathematical, and policy perspectives to highlight both the complexity of the issue and the many innovative ideas that are being developed to address it worldwide . We will explore how scientific and technological development have combined with societal notions of the good life and public policy initiatives to promote the energy-intensive, growth-oriented consumer society. We will work actively with mathematical models of energy systems to evaluate the impact of various technologies and possible courses of action and intervention. We will look at how the advent of human-induced climate change has prompted new ways of thinking about quality of life, new technological approaches to energy supply and sustainable development, and new political solutions to problems of resource exploitation and environmental justice. We will explore community-level climate sustainability initiatives through fieldwork in the "green city" of Freiburg, Germany and in Philadelphia. If you are interested in the 360 program, you must fill out the application which is due on Nov. 6th at NOON by clicking on link. https://www.brynmawr.edu/360/spring-2020-application-climate-change. This 360 cluster includes enrolling in MATH B151 & PHIL B238. |
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