PUM6306Energy, Climate Change and Sustainable Development in China

2020/10/9 10:04:07

3 credits

This course explores the challenges associated with climate change, energy and environmental policies from multiple perspectives, disciplines and scales. Students will be trained to examine the evolving science and policy of climate change, tussles among big global emitters regarding commitments and responsibility, the conflicts between energy giants and interest groups in China. Parallel to that, China’s energy and environmental policies will be scrutinized in a context of global and domestic politics. Through various case studies, students are encouraged to grasp the nature of China’s national development strategies and the risks and challenges the country is facing in implementing its “green policies”. At the same time, students will be trained to obtain the skills for in-depth analysis in the field of international and China’s environmental policies.