The Role of Cities in Global Climate Governance - Einzelansicht

In recent years, scholars of global affairs have devoted increasing attention to cities in climate policy-making. This course introduces students to the theoretical and empirical study of cities in the issue area of climate change. The course is structured in three parts. First, we will review the current state of research on the institutional complexity in global climate governance. Second, we will focus on the role of cities as well as transnational city networks. In particular, students will conduct in-depth case studies on individual cities and transnational city networks dealing with climate change mitigation and adaptation. Third, we will summarize the empirical findings from the different case studies and draw conclusions on the role of cities in the global response to climate change.

Requirements: Regular attendance and active participation, detailed readings of compulsory texts; oral presentation, essay or term paper

Acuto, Michele (2013). The New Climate Leaders. Review of International Studies 39 (4): 835-857.

Bulkeley, Harriet (2010). Cities and the Governing of Climate Change. Annual Review of Environment and Resources 35: 229-253.

Bulkeley, Harriet; Schroeder, Heike (2012). Beyond State/Non-State Divides: Global Cities and the Governing of Climate Change. European Journal of International Relations 18 (4): 743-766.

Kern, Kristine; Bulkeley, Harriet (2009). Cities, Europeanization and Multi-Level Governance: Governing Climate Change through Transnational Municipal Networks. Journal of Common Market Studies 47 (2): 309-332.

Lee, Taedong (2013). Global Cities and Transnational Climate Change Networks. Global Environmental Politics 13 (1): 108-127.