Energy and Climate Policy
General information
Course title:
Energy and Climate Policy
Course number:
63-949
Lecturer:
Jürgen Scheffran
Time:
Thursday, 16:15-17:45
Location:
KlimaCampus building (Grindelberg 5), Room 008
A summary of all relevant information can be found here.
Contents
Introduction to energy resources, alternative energy systems, and international security, civil-military ambivalence of nuclear energy, CO2-emissions from energy production. Climate mitigation and adaptation strategies, comparative analysis of energy and climate policy regimes and institutions, including negotiation processes.
Schedule
| Date | Subject |
| April 05, 2012 | Introduction and Overview |
| April 12, 2012 | Coal and the Industrial Revolution: Historical Backgrounds |
| April 19, 2012 | Oil, Natural Gas and Energy Security |
| April 26, 2012 | Fossil Fuels, Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change |
| May 03, 2012 | Technology, Risks and Control of Nuclear Energy |
| May 10, 2012 | Renewable Energy: Hydropower and Bioenergy |
| May 24, 2012 | Renewable Energy: Wind, Solar and Other Sources |
| June 07, 2012 | Energy and Emission Scenarios |
| June 14, 2012 | Climate Policy: Mitigation and Cooperation |
| June 21, 2012 | Climate Policy: Adaptation and Geoengineering |
| June 28, 2012 | Conditions for a Sustainable Energy Transformation |
| July 05, 2012 | Subject TBD |
| July 12, 2012 | Final Exam |
Literature
Singer E.C. (2008): Energy and International War. From Babylon to Baghdad and Beyond, World Scientific Series on Energy and Resource Economics – Vol.6, World Scientific Publishing.
Khanna, M., Scheffran, J. & Zilberman, D. (eds.) (2010): Handbook of Bioenergy Economics and Policy, Berlin, Springer Verlag.
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2011): Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation (SRREN), Geneva, Switzerland, IPCC.
Grover, V.I. (ed.) (2008): Global Warming and Climate Change: Ten Years After Kyoto and Still Counting, Science Publishers (2 volumes).