Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs
Climate Solutions Lab

Global Climate Change Politics

UC Santa Cruz

Political Science,Environmental Studies

Fall 2020

Prof. Sikina Jinnah

Undergraduate seminar

Documentary Video / Films,Simulations,Readings from Underrepresented groups,Group projects

This course unpacks the equity and justice dimensions of the climate crisis. Although we will focus on global politics, we will also spend several weeks delving into conceptual tools that can be applied in analyzing climate politics from the local to the global level, such as environmental justice, intersectionality, and race.