2024-2025 Academic Catalog 
    
    Nov 18, 2024  
2024-2025 Academic Catalog

SSJ 30205 - Climate Change, Energy and Development


This course explores climate change, energy, development and policy using multiple perspectives, disciplines and scales. Fusing perspectives from both the natural and social sciences, this interdisciplinary course will grapple with diverse themes and issues at the intersection of environmental science and policy. Climate change related topics deal with the evolving science of climate change. Energy related themes deal with pro and cons of different forms of energy generation, including an examination of geoengineering and carbon capture and storage. Development dimensions deal with human dimensions of climate change and energy challenges and address ethical and economic perspectives, food and human security. The course also engages with policy and climate action at multiple levels and tracks current developments. 

Formerly IDCE 30205. Students who have already passed IDCE 30205 cannot receive credit for SSJ 30205 and should not take this course

Anticipated Terms Offered: Fall or Spring