International Environmental Justice and the Climate Change Challenge

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dc.contributor.authorLawhon, Mary
dc.contributor.authorZiervogel, Gina
dc.date2011-12
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-20T15:53:32Z
dc.date.available2014-08-20T15:53:32Z
dc.date.issued2012-12
dc.description.abstractThis course module is one section of a larger course called Geography, Development and Environment that runs as a first year course in the Department of Environmental and Geographical Science at the University of Cape Town. The course work provided here is one of 3 modules including 1) the global economic environment, 2) regional dynamics of development, and 3) the North-South debates on environmental problems. This module falls under the theme of North-South debates on environmental problems. The courses use theories of underdevelopment and climatic change to explain global and regional inequalities and environmental problems. Key concepts in the course are: trade, foreign aid, regional integration, and climatic change. The objectives of this section of the course are to begin understanding: 1. the concepts of environmental justice and climate change, 2. the relationship between environmental change and development, and 3. the international politics of global environmental change, This topic provides the scope for debate among students because of the contentious nature of the subject, and the lack of clear answers. Importantly this course focuses on presenting multiple explanations and diverse viewpoints and is intended to provide context, history and structure for students’ thinking. Students are not provided with solutions, but instead encouraged to develop their own explanations and responses to climate change and justice. This 4 week module, supported by powerpoint slides, uses climate change to explore key environmental and geographical issues including: justice, scale, international equality, global political processes, and environmental change. We begin by examining the foundation and principles of the environmental movement, distinguishing between different types of environmentalism and articulating early environmental conflicts between the North and South (presentations 1, 2, 4). We then develop ideas of environmental justice (presentation 3) and how it applies to climate change.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitation 2012. <i>International Environmental Justice and the Climate Change Challenge.</i> http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6611en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitation. 2012. <i>International Environmental Justice and the Climate Change Challenge.</i> http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6611en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationLawhon, M., Ziervogel, G. 2012-12. International Environmental Justice and the Climate Change Challenge. Web page. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Other AU - Lawhon, Mary AU - Ziervogel, Gina AB - This course module is one section of a larger course called Geography, Development and Environment that runs as a first year course in the Department of Environmental and Geographical Science at the University of Cape Town. The course work provided here is one of 3 modules including 1) the global economic environment, 2) regional dynamics of development, and 3) the North-South debates on environmental problems. This module falls under the theme of North-South debates on environmental problems. The courses use theories of underdevelopment and climatic change to explain global and regional inequalities and environmental problems. Key concepts in the course are: trade, foreign aid, regional integration, and climatic change. The objectives of this section of the course are to begin understanding: 1. the concepts of environmental justice and climate change, 2. the relationship between environmental change and development, and 3. the international politics of global environmental change, This topic provides the scope for debate among students because of the contentious nature of the subject, and the lack of clear answers. Importantly this course focuses on presenting multiple explanations and diverse viewpoints and is intended to provide context, history and structure for students’ thinking. Students are not provided with solutions, but instead encouraged to develop their own explanations and responses to climate change and justice. This 4 week module, supported by powerpoint slides, uses climate change to explore key environmental and geographical issues including: justice, scale, international equality, global political processes, and environmental change. We begin by examining the foundation and principles of the environmental movement, distinguishing between different types of environmentalism and articulating early environmental conflicts between the North and South (presentations 1, 2, 4). We then develop ideas of environmental justice (presentation 3) and how it applies to climate change. DA - 2012-12 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - climate change KW - environment KW - geography KW - south africa KW - environmental history KW - adaptation to climate change KW - mitigation KW - carbon trading KW - environmental conflicts LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2012 T1 - International Environmental Justice and the Climate Change Challenge TI - International Environmental Justice and the Climate Change Challenge UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6611 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitation. 2012. <i>International Environmental Justice and the Climate Change Challenge.</i> http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6611en_ZA
dc.languageengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Environmental and Geographical Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/*
dc.subjectclimate changeen_ZA
dc.subjectenvironmenten_ZA
dc.subjectgeographyen_ZA
dc.subjectsouth africaen_ZA
dc.subjectenvironmental historyen_ZA
dc.subjectadaptation to climate changeen_ZA
dc.subjectmitigationen_ZA
dc.subjectcarbon tradingen_ZA
dc.subjectenvironmental conflictsen_ZA
dc.titleInternational Environmental Justice and the Climate Change Challengeen_ZA
dc.typeOtheren_ZA
uct.type.filetypeText
uct.type.filetypeImage
uct.type.publicationTeaching and Learningen_ZA
uct.type.resourceWeb pageen_ZA
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