This course focuses on addressing the challenges of the global climate crisis in ways that acknowledge the uneven impacts of climate change on different communities around the world. This course examines several topics including the tradition of Indigenous resistance to climate colonialism, non-violent civil disobedience in climate social movements, direct action strategies towards fossil fuel companies, policy proposals based on the Green New Deal, ecological debt and climate reparations, and climate legal activism. These topics are framed by the concept of global climate justice, which addresses two primary questions: how does climate change unevenly impact different communities in the global north and global south, and what are the meaningful collective actions that can be taken to address these global disparities in a socially just way? This course will challenge students to think deeply about the global impact of climate change on different communities as well as various social strategies for mitigating these impacts.
Intended Audience:
International Studies Majors and Minors