SOCIAL ASPECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE

Catalog description

Introduction to the study of climate change from a social perspective, its impacts and possible solutions. Discussion of aspects related to values, assumptions and perceptions associated with climatic changes. Critical examination of different points of view and discourses associated with climate change. Analysis of processes related to the human drivers of climate change, inequality, vulnerability, adaptability and mitigation to their possible effects, both current and projected. The study of islands is emphasized, with particular interest to the Caribbean region.