Geopolitics of Climate Change

The aim of the course is to give an interdisciplinary introduction to the major topics involved with geopolitics of climate change:

Knowledge:

• Refer to the main conclusions of the IPCC reports.
• Understand the role of the global climate change governance institutions, such as the UNFCCC, the IPCC and WMO.
• Knowledge of the major players in regional and local climate change governance, such as the nation states, cities, companies, and civil society.
• Knowledge of EU policies on climate change, renewable energy and GHG-reduction.
• Knowledge of the Kyoto Protocol and the principles for allocating emission quota.
• Knowledge of the Paris agreement.

Skills:

• Understand the major issues of the climate change negotiations within the COP-process.
• Understand the working of the regulatory CAC and MBI frameworks.
• Understanding of types of conflicts associated with climate change, of securitization of climate change, and of climate refugees and their status.

Competences:

• Discuss climate change policies at local, regional and global scale.
• Compare and evaluate climate change policies and the regulatory frameworks.
• Discuss climate change as an issue in international relations and security, for example referring to economic impacts, international legal implications, destabilization, ethical and technological aspects.