Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas

Environmental Policies

Code

722041055

Academic unit

Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas

Department

Geografia e Planeamento Regional

Credits

10

Weekly hours

3 letivas + 1 tutorial

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

a) Know the basics of environmental policies;
b) To master the concepts and principles of environmental policies and international organizations dedicated to the environment;
c) Master the tools of environmental policy at international, European and national level;
d) develop scientific and technical capacity to evaluate, at different levels, the impact of environmental policies;
e) develop and conduct environmental studies around major contemporary issues;
f) communicate the acquired knowledge to different audiences.

Prerequisites

None.

Subject matter

1) Fundamental concepts of environmental policies. 2) The United Nations. Summits and Conferences on Environment and Development. 3) The Summit of the Rio Principles and Agenda 21. Subsequent developments. Kyoto Protocol. 4) Role of the OECD and the Council of Europe at the Environment. 5) Environmental Policies of the European Union. 6) Environmental policies in Portugal. 7) Project work.

Bibliography

Bell (Stuart), McGillivray (Donald), Environmental Law, Oxford University Press. 2006
Chasek (Pamela), Global Environmental Politics: Dilemmas in World Politics, Westview, 2010
Connelly (James), Smith (Graham), Politics and the Environment: From Theory to Practice, Routledge, 2006.
Jordan (Andrew), Adelle (Camilla), Environmental Policy in the EU: actors, institutions and processes, Routledge, 2012.
Roberts (Jane), Environmental Policy, Routledge, 2010.

Teaching method

Teaching method:
Lectures and participatory (debate) with discussion of concepts and policies implemented.

Evaluation method

Evaluation method:
Completion and submission of a project work with oral presentation and discussion.

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