ACADEMIC YEAR 2021-2022
When and why did the international community decide to tackle the problem of climate change? How did the international and European rules for climate change develop, and what is their significance? What stakeholders participate in global climate governance, and what is their role in tackling the problem? How does the climate change system affect international and European law? What role play international and European law and their mechanisms in tackling climate change? What are the climate change on Greece?
These are some of the key questions that will be addressed in this course. The course's subject is understanding the international system for dealing with climate change and its evolution through the structures of international and European diplomacy. The first part analyzes and explains how this system was developed and attempts to map it into the broader field of international governance, examining the impact of climate change on international law. The second part focuses on European climate diplomacy and the role the European Union plays in international negotiations on tackling climate change.
The course also includes a seminar hour, during which methodological issues to climate diplomacy are discussed, and students are expected to prepare policy papers presented during the lectures.
Introduction to climate diplomacy: International negotiations to tackle climate change (Rio 1992, Kyoto 1997, Paris 2015)
What is climate change? Scientific data
Paris Agreement (2015): greenhouse gas emissions mitigation and adaptation to climate change
International climate negotiations in practice: COP 26
Climate change & biodiversity
The role of NGOs in combating climate change
Emmissions Trading System (ETS): An overview
The political economy of the EU climate policy: EU ETS
European climate policy & The European Green Deal
Climate change and just transition: the Greek example
EU climate policy developments: Fit for 55 and its challenges for Greece
European climate diplomacy: the legal basis
European climate diplomacy: political aspects
Presentation of the policy papers
The course is taught every Thursday, 12.00 to 15.00, during the Winter Semester, at room 15, 1-5 Sina st., Athens