GY427 Half Unit
Climate Change: Science, Economics and Policy
This information is for the 2015/16 session.
Teacher responsible
Dr Simon Dietz
Availability
This course is compulsory on the MSc in Environmental Economics and Climate Change. This course is available on the MSc in Environment and Development and MSc in Environmental Policy and Regulation. This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.
Course content
This course is an interdisciplinary analysis of the issue of
climate change. It will begin with an overview of the science of climate change,
which will be accessible to students training in the social sciences. It will go
on to consider the economic, political and social implications of climate
change, drawing on economic analysis, as well as insights from other disciplines
such as human geography and political science.
Teaching
22 hours of lectures and 7 hours and 30 minutes of seminars in the MT.
Formative coursework
Students will write one essay (unassessed),