HSEM2621H

“Climate change is the most serious challenge that humanity has ever faced,” (Amitav Ghosh). This seminar will focus on the future of climate change, its emerging and far-reaching impacts on social and ecological systems, and the development of innovative strategies to address this challenge. The multidimensional problem of climate change will be examined through a variety of lenses, including the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities, and the perspectives of indigenous peoples, environmental justice, and future generations. The emphasis is on the human dimensions of climate change. Throughout the course, a variety of techniques and exercises developed by futurists will be used to explore possible, plausible, and preferable environmental futures and develop environmental foresight expertise among attendees.
Students will be challenged to build robust, agile and resilient policy options to achieve valued climate change outcomes. The purpose of this course is to prepare students to anticipate and design alternative climate change futures and create effective decisions and policies to achieve them.

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