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Climate Change and (spatial) Inequality


Dozent/in Niklas Hänze
Veranstaltungsart Masterseminar
Code HS241415
Semester Herbstsemester 2024
Durchführender Fachbereich Politikwissenschaft
Studienstufe Bachelor Master
Termin/e Do, 19.09.2024, 10:15 - 14:00 Uhr, 4.B54 (Terminierung 1)
Do, 03.10.2024, 10:15 - 14:00 Uhr, 4.B54 (Terminierung 1)
Do, 17.10.2024, 10:15 - 14:00 Uhr, 4.B54 (Terminierung 2)
Do, 31.10.2024, 10:15 - 14:00 Uhr, 4.B54 (Terminierung 1)
Do, 14.11.2024, 10:15 - 14:00 Uhr, 4.B54 (Terminierung 1)
Do, 28.11.2024, 10:15 - 14:00 Uhr, 4.B54 (Terminierung 1)
Do, 12.12.2024, 10:15 - 14:00 Uhr, 4.B54 (Terminierung 1)
Umfang 2 Semesterwochenstunden
Turnus 14-täglich
Inhalt
The ramifications of climate change present significant challenges for societies worldwide. The increase in frequency and intensity of extreme weather events such as floods and storms, alongside the more gradual onset of events like sea-level rise and desertification, underscores the urgent need for action. However, it is evident that the exposure to and vulnerability towards these climate-related hazards are disproportionately distributed both among and within societies. The adverse impacts of climate hazards are often significantly worse in countries in the Global South. Additionally, the consequences of climate change depend on a host of further societal as well as individual characteristics such as wealth, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, gender, access to power and resources, and (un-)favorable geography. Paradoxically, populations in cooler climates might even derive certain benefits from an increase in global temperatures. This seminar will investigate these unequal impacts of climate change for human societies across a variety of (spatial) scales, ranging from individuals to continents. Through the lens of hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and resilience, we will dissect the multifaceted effects of climate change. Our aim is to elucidate how existing inequalities shape the trajectory and magnitude of these impacts. Furthermore, we will explore the potential of international climate finance as a way to mitigate these global disparities.
E-Learning https://lms.uzh.ch/url/RepositoryEntry/17430413675
Lernziele • Gaining an overview over the manifold impacts of climate change on human societies and developing an understanding of how hazard, exposure, and vulnerability jointly determine climate change impacts
• Understanding how various inequalities across multiple scales shape climate change impacts
• Being able to read, understand, and critically evaluate empirical social science climate change research
Sprache Englisch
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Prüfung Referat / Essay / Aktive Teilnahme (Besuch des Seminars, wöchentliche, kurze schriftliche Kommentare, aktive Mitgestaltung der Sitzungen)

Abschlussform / Credits Aktive Teilnahme, Referat / 4 Credits
Aktive Teilnahme (Essay) / 4 Credits
Hörer-/innen Nach Vereinbarung
Kontakt niklas.haenze@uni-konstanz.de
Literatur

- Adger, W. Neil. 2006. “Vulnerability.” Global Environmental Change, Resilience, Vulnerability, and Adaptation: A Cross-Cutting Theme of the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change, 16 (3): 268–81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2006.02.006.

- Dolšak, Nives, and Aseem Prakash. 2022. “Three Faces of Climate Justice.” Annual Review of Political Science 25 (1): 283–301. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-polisci-051120-125514.

- Hallegatte, Stephane, Adrien Vogt-Schilb, Julie Rozenberg, Mook Bangalore, and Chloé Beaudet. 2020. “From Poverty to Disaster and Back: A Review of the Literature.” Economics of Disasters and Climate Change 4 (1): 223–47. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41885-020-00060-5.