CLIMATE POLICIES AND DIPLOMACY IN SEE
Postgraduate course 'Climate Crisis: Policies and Diplomacy in Southeast Europe'
The course 'Climate Policies and Diplomacy in Southeast Europe' is offered at the Master's Programme 'Southeast European Studies: Policy, History and Economics' of the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. The course aims to explore the state-of-the art of Southeast European countries' climate policies, map them in the context of the international and European framework and highlight the challenges ahead to achieve just transition and climate neutrality by 2050 as well as building societal resilience to address the impacts that cannot be avoided. It views climate change not only as an environmental problem, providing for technical solutions, but also as a social problem where the solutions expand to include economic, political, cultural and institutional changes. Some of these solutions have the potential for transforming society in ways that address multiple goal challenges, including poverty and inequality, food insecurity, water insecurity, biodiversity loss and health crises. The course will also explore the diplomatic relations between and among these countries, which target to promote synergies in addressing the respective challenges.
The course is taught since the spring semester of the academic year 2023-2024. You can find more information in the syllabi: