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  • Course Number / Code:
  • 17.441 (Fall 2007) 
  • Course Title:
  • International Politics and Climate Change 
  • Course Level:
  • Undergraduate / Graduate 
  • Offered by :
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
    Massachusetts, United States  
  • Department:
  • Political Science 
  • Course Instructor(s):
  • Prof. Nazli Choucri 
  • Course Introduction:
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  • 17.441 / 17.442 International Politics and Climate Change



    Fall 2007




    Course Highlights




    17.441 / 17.442 International Politics and Climate Change



    Fall 2007


    Chart of global increases in annual temperatures for the five-year period 2001-2005, relative to 1951-1980.
    Increases in annual temperatures for the five-year period 2001-2005, relative to 1951-1980. A full resolution image for may be downloaded from UNEP/GRID-Arendal. (Image courtesy of Hugo Ahlenius, UNEP/GRID-Arendal. Data courtesy of Hansen, J., M. Sato, R. Ruedy, K. Lo, D. W. Lea, and M. Medina-Elizade. "Global Temperature Change." Proc Natl Acad Sci 103 (2006): 14288-14293.)


    Course Description


    This course examines the interconnections of international politics and climate change. Beginning with an analysis of the strategic and environmental legacies of the 20th Century, it explores the politicization of the natural environment, the role of science in this process, and the gradual shifts in political concerns to incorporate "nature". Two general thrusts of climate-politics connections are pursued, namely those related to (a) conflict – focusing on threats to security due to environmental dislocations and (b) cooperation – focusing on the politics of international treaties that have contributed to emergent processes for global accord in response to evidence of climate change. The course concludes by addressing the question of: "What Next?"
     

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