This course introduces the nature, causes and effects of global climate change; the historical and political background of efforts to address the problem; key concepts of environmental politics and political ecology; scientific and policy aspects of environmental issues; and solutions to the climate crisis.

This course also aims to introduce the basic concepts of environmental politics, which are among the new concepts in political theory, such as ecological modernisation, ecological citizenship and environmental justice. International environmental politics, climate governance and political processes will be among the topics covered.

Course outline
• Introduction
• Ecological crisis and Anthropocene
• Science and policy aspects of environmental problems and climate change
• History of climate change
• Basics of climate science
• Climate change indicators today
• Impacts of climate change
• Climate policies: Mitigation and Adaptation
• International climate politics, actors, and institutions
• Introduction to environmentalism, green political thought, and political ecology
• Major environmental political theories 1 - Ecological citizenship
• Major environmental political theories 2 - Environmental justice
• Major environmental political theories 3 - Sustainable development and ecological modernization.
• Solutions to climate crisis and net zero transition.