Globalization, Sustainability, and the Environment

Catalog description

The course will study the issues and science driving the international environmental and climate change policy agenda and the governance architecture that has developed around these, including the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement. Students will develop a nuanced understanding of the social, political, and economic drivers of these issues, and the diverse contexts in which relevant policy is formulated. The course will sample the rich and novel repertoire of policy instruments available to tackle environmental issues globally, and will dig deep into the complex and fluid dynamic between the public and the private as it relates to sustainability. Provides social science track depth component credit in the Environmental Studies major and interdisciplinary minor. Satisfies Political Science major requirement.