Energy Landscapes and Climate Policy
Allgemeines
Course title:
Energy and Climate Policy
Course number:
63-949
Lecturer:
Jürgen Scheffran
Time:
Thursday, 14:15-16:45
Location:
KlimaCampus building (Grindelberg 5), Room 008
A summary of all relevant information can be found here.
Contents
Introduction to policy and geographic dimensions of energy resources, landscapes and systems, including fossil, nuclear and renewable energy; energy security, and related risks for different energy technologies; environmental impacts, including CO2-emissions from energy production; climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies, comparison of energy and climate policy regimes and institutions, energy transformation and negotiation processes.
Aim
Provide an understanding of the key factors, mechanisms and institutions in geographic and policy aspects of energy and climate change on local, national and international levels.
Prerequisites
BSc in any field relevant to the topic of this class.
Schedule
| April 03, 2014 | Introduction: Fundamentals of Energy Systems and Landscapes |
| April 17, 2014 | Coal and the Industrial Revolution: History, Geography, Technology and Risk |
| April 24, 2014 | Oil, Natural Gas and Energy Security |
| May 08, 2014 | Fossil Fuels, Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change |
| May 15, 2014 | Technology, Risks and Control of Nuclear Energy |
| May 22, 2014 | Renewable Energy: Hydropower and Bioenergy |
| June 05, 2014 | Renewable Energy: Wind, Solar and Other Sources |
| June 19, 2014 | Climate Policy: Mitigation and Cooperation |
| June 26, 2014 | Climate Policy: Adaptation and Geoengineering |
| July 03, 2014 | Emission Scenarios and Sustainable Energy Transformation |
| July 10, 2014 | Final Exam |
Basic literature
Grover, V.I. (ed.) (2008): Global Warming and Climate Change: Ten Years After Kyoto and Still Counting, Science Publishers (2 Vol).
IPCC (2011): Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation (SRREN), IPCC, Geneva.
Khanna, M., Scheffran, J. & Zilberman, D. (eds.) (2010): Handbook of Bioenergy Economics and Policy, Berlin, Springer Verlag.
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. Related lecture notes can be found here.
Additional literature will be announced in class.