Climate Justice
one-way Exclusions
Lecture, tutorial, and private study
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Course Description
Climate change events and intensifying disasters are adversely impacting agriculture, water systems, urban living, and food security. They raise important questions about justice and development. This course examines framings of climate change, disaster risk, vulnerability, and resilience from fields such as risk/hazards, ecological resilience and political ecology. Then we explore how these translate into practical responses such as climate change adaptation, mitigation, resilience-building, and disaster risk reduction. Finally, we engage platforms that imagine ecologically just, 'care-ful', and convivial futures from environmental justice and degrowth-oriented scholars and movements.
Learning Outcomes
- Acquire a rich and multi-dimensional understanding of the drivers and factors fueling inequalities and injustices tied to climate change.
- Gain profound insights into the array of vulnerability framings and climate solutions put forth by a wide spectrum of climate stakeholders.
- Critically evaluate mainstream climate policies like adaptation and mitigation through the lens of social equity and justice and develop the ability to analyze, question, and advocate for fairness in climate action.
- Harness the power of non-traditional and digital communication methods to convey vital knowledge about climate change solutions by telling compelling stories and shape the future of climate discourse.