1 | Course Title: | GLOBAL CLIMATE POLITICS |
2 | Course Code: | KMY6117 |
3 | Type of Course: | Optional |
4 | Level of Course: | Third Cycle |
5 | Year of Study: | 1 |
6 | Semester: | 1 |
7 | ECTS Credits Allocated: | 5 |
8 | Theoretical (hour/week): | 2 |
9 | Practice (hour/week) : | 0 |
10 | Laboratory (hour/week) : | 0 |
11 | Prerequisites: | None |
12 | Recommended optional programme components: | None |
13 | Language: | Turkish |
14 | Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
15 | Course Coordinator: | Doç.Dr. MEHMET ZAHİD SOBACI |
16 | Course Lecturers: | |
17 | Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator: |
Yrd.Doç.Dr. Yasemin Kaya yaseminkahveci@uludag.edu.tr 0224 2941107 |
18 | Website: | |
19 | Objective of the Course: | To enable students to have knowledge about global climate politics and its economic, political and ethical dimensions. |
20 | Contribution of the Course to Professional Development |
21 | Learning Outcomes: |
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22 | Course Content: |
Week | Theoretical | Practical |
1 | Climate Change: Ozone Depletion and Global Warming | |
2 | The Causes of Climate Change: Anthropogenic Effects | |
3 | The Consequences of Climate Change: Ecological and Economic | |
4 | The Consequences of Climate Change: Social, Political and Cultural | |
5 | IPCC and Assessment Reports | |
6 | 1992 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change | |
7 | 1997 Kyoto Protocol | |
8 | Climate Negotiations: The Balance of Science and Politics | |
9 | Cost-effective responds and Flexibility Mechanisms: Neoliberal Climate Politics: USA, EU, China, and India. | |
10 | Key Actors and Their Negotiation Positions | |
11 | Climate Justice | |
12 | Climate Change and Turkey | |
13 | Turkey’s Climate Politics | |
14 | 2015 Paris Agreement and Beyond 2020 |
23 | Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials: |
- Betsill, Michele M. “Global Climate Change Policy: Making Progress or Spinning Wheels”, R.S. Axelrod, D.L.Downie, N.J.Vig (eds) The Global Environment: Institutions, Law and Policy, Washington, CQ Press, 2005, 103-124. - Frank, Christine, ‘The Bankruptcy of Capitalist Solutions to the Climate Crisis’, Capitalism Nature Socialism, Vol. 20, No. 2, 2009, 32-43. - Giddens, Anthony, İklim Değişikliği Siyaseti, çev. E. Baltacı, Ankara, Phoenix, 2013. - Hansen, James E., Küresel Isınmanın Kırılma Noktası, Der. ve Çev. A. Yılmaz, İstanbul, Ayrıntı, 2009. - Karakaya, Ethem (ed) Küresel Isınma ve Kyoto Protokolü: İklim Değişikliğinin Bilimsel, Ekonomik ve Politik Analizi, İstanbul, Bağlam, 2008. |
24 | Assesment |
TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES | NUMBER | PERCENT |
Midterm Exam | 0 | 0 |
Quiz | 0 | 0 |
Homeworks, Performances | 2 | 50 |
Final Exam | 1 | 50 |
Total | 3 | 100 |
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade | 50 | |
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade | 50 | |
Total | 100 | |
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course | ||
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25 | ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE |
Activites | NUMBER | TIME [Hour] | Total WorkLoad [Hour] |
Theoretical | 14 | 2 | 28 |
Practicals/Labs | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Self Study and Preparation | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Homeworks, Performances | 2 | 30 | 60 |
Projects | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Field Studies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Midtermexams | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Others | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Final Exams | 1 | 25 | 25 |
Total WorkLoad | 155 | ||
Total workload/ 30 hr | 5,17 | ||
ECTS Credit of the Course | 5 |
26 | CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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LO: Learning Objectives | PQ: Program Qualifications |
Contribution Level: | 1 Very Low | 2 Low | 3 Medium | 4 High | 5 Very High |