Academic year 2022-2023, Fall (5th and 7th) semester
Thursday 12.00-15.00, Auditorium 9, 5th floor, Mansion of Theoretical Sciences, M.T.E.
Instructors: Assistant Professor Antonia Zervaki, Dr. Giorgos Dikaios
Course Description
When and why did the international community decide to address climate change? How did international, European and national regulations on this issue shape and evolve? Which actors are involved and in what way in tackling the problem? How are the negotiations progressing? Why do we study climate diplomacy as a separate subject?
The aim of the course is to understand the international and European system to tackle climate change and its evolution through the structures of diplomacy, as well as specific aspects of international political reality in relation to climate change. The first part examines the international context: the international system and the main international agreements to combat climate change, the fragmented system of governance, the action of states within international organisations. The second part focuses on European climate policy and its evolution, focusing on the development and practice of European climate diplomacy. The course concludes with a contemporary debate on climate change insurance and its impacts.
The course includes a seminar hour, during which exercises, methodological issues of approaching climate diplomacy are discussed and students are asked to prepare policy papers to be presented during the lectures.
Content of the lectures