Forwarded on behalf of Philipp Pattberg: Amsterdam PhD Summer Course on Governing Climate Change, 16-30 July 2016 Who should join this course? PhD students with an interest in global climate action and policy, in particular the recent Paris Agreement Course content Climate change may well be the most pressing environmental challenge facing humankind. Yet despite scientific consensus on its main cause - us - politicians and governments still lack the will and ambition to tackle the crisis effectively. Instead we see cities, companies and NGOs responding. They have become the driving forces behind innovative tools for behavioural change, creating a complex alternative web of institutions, instruments and actors seeking to govern climate change at the global level.
On this course you examine different approaches to coping with climate change, from international agreements to market-based solutions and private activities. Theory is mixed with practice through lectures, discussions, games and excursions to provide concrete examples of how the issue is being addressed at various levels and by various actors. Along the way we invite you to question scientists, policymakers and lobbyists. Governing Climate Change is embedded in the teaching and research work of the Department for Environmental Policy Analysis<http://www.ivm.vu.nl/en/organisation/departments/environmental-policy-analysis/index.aspx> (EPA), part of VU Amsterdam's world-renowned Institute for Environmental Studies. In 2014 EPA was rated the best Dutch research group in environmental economics, sociology and policy. For more information and how to apply, follow the link: http://www.studyabroadinamsterdam.nl/en/summerschool/courses/governingclimatechange/governingclimatechange.aspx Deadline for registration: 20 May 2016 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
