Climate Change: Economics, Politics, and Global Governance
C-101
1 week
1 Instructor(s)
About this Course
This course examines climate change not only as an environmental crisis, but as a fundamental economic and political economy challenge that requires concrete policy and strategic responses. It introduces core economic concepts to explain why climate change persists, while also exploring the political and institutional constraints that shape what climate action is feasible in practice.
What You'll Learn
Understand climate change through economic and political economy lenses, Explain why market mechanisms alone fail to address climate change, Analyse trade-offs between growth, equity, and climate action
Who This Course Is For
This course is open to learners from all backgrounds - economics, engineering, environmental science, policy, planning, and related fields, as well as practitioners and professionals.
Prof Anamika Barua
Professor IIT Guwahati