Climate Change Leadership: Power, Politics and Culture
Course, Bachelor's level, 1MV077
Spring 2024 Spring 2024, Uppsala, 50%, On-campus, English
- Location
- Uppsala
- Pace of study
- 50%
- Teaching form
- On-campus
- Instructional time
- Daytime
- Study period
- 15 January 2024–2 June 2024
- Language of instruction
- English
- Entry requirements
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60 credits
- Selection
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Higher education credits (maximum 165 credits)
- Fees
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If you are not a citizen of a European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) country, or Switzerland, you are required to pay application and tuition fees.
- Application fee: SEK 900
- First tuition fee instalment: SEK 32,500
- Total tuition fee: SEK 32,500
- Application deadline
- 16 October 2023
- Application code
- UU-69511
Admitted or on the waiting list?
- Registration period
- 22 December 2023–14 January 2024
- Information on registration.
Spring 2024 Spring 2024, Uppsala, 50%, On-campus, English For exchange students
- Location
- Uppsala
- Pace of study
- 50%
- Teaching form
- On-campus
- Instructional time
- Daytime
- Study period
- 15 January 2024–2 June 2024
- Language of instruction
- English
- Entry requirements
-
60 credits
Admitted or on the waiting list?
- Registration period
- 22 December 2023–14 January 2024
- Information on registration.
About the course
Climate change leadership is often mentioned in both news media and by politicians themselves, but what does it really entail? What kind of knowledge and skills define a climate change leader and how can they be learned? What kind of political, cultural and psychological resources is lacking in present initiatives?
This course discusses the fundamentals of effective and functioning climate change leadership from a global perspective. Starting out from an analysis of how the climate has changed during the planet's long geological history and how it plays a central role in the life of the biosphere, the course looks at why there is such comparatively few effective responses to the issues we are facing.
Then the societal and cultural effects of climate change are discussed, looking at how the use of fossil fuel has transformed modern societies and cultures and taking into account broader perspectives such as ethics, justice or gender. With the knowledge gained during the first part of the course, a framework for a working climate change leadership is critically looked at from a political, power and societal perspective.
The final part of the course is devoted to applying this framework in case studies, with a focus on both a global and local level, trying to identify different strategies for mitigation and adaptation in terms of functioning climate change leadership.