Pub Policy and Urban Affairs
PPUA 5267: Climate Policy and Justice
Seminar - 4 credits
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- Discusses key climate policy approaches, including market-based and regulatory approaches, as well as intersectional approaches that address underlying drivers of climate change.
- Climate change is one of the most pressing challenges facing society and requires policy responses across scales: locally, nationally, and globally.
- Introduces frameworks and tools for climate policy design, implementation, and evaluation, with an emphasis on considering how policies can promote justice.
- Case studies from US and international contexts will be used throughout the semester to explore policy design and implementation in practice.
- In addition to considering national and sub-national climate policy, covers legal, political, and economic issues in the international negotiations and addresses the history and current issues in international climate diplomacy.
Discusses key climate policy approaches, including market-based and regulatory approaches, as well as intersectional approaches that address underlying drivers of climate change. Show more.