International Relations and Environment
Code
11282
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Department
Departamento de Ciências e Engenharia do Ambiente
Credits
5.0
Teacher in charge
João Miguel Dias Joanaz de Melo, Maria Teresa Fidélis da Silva
Weekly hours
1
Total hours
52
Teaching language
Português
Objectives
1) Acquire knowledge of decision processes on environment and sustainability;
2) Acquire capacity for critical analysis og globalization in the field of environment, with an inter-disciplinary perspective, with institutional involvement and participatory processes;
3) Acquire capacity to examine and develop solutions for environmental problems of international or trans-border dimension.
Subject matter
1. UN conventions on environment and international cooperation
2. Trans-border pollution and resource management
3. International crisis and conflicts
Bibliography
Scott Barrett, Environment & Statecraft (Oxford University Press, New York, 2003)
Scott Barrett, “Montreal vs. Kyoto,” in Inge Kaul (Ed), Global Public Goods (Oxford University Press, New York, 1999)
Carlo Carraro (Ed), International Environmental Negotiations (Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, 1997)
Charles Kolstad, Environmental Economics (Oxford University Press, New York, 2000)
Igor Shiklomanov, State Hydrological Institute (SHI, St. Petersburg) and United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO, Paris), 1999
United Nations Development programme, Human Development Report 2001
United Nations Environmental Programme - IUC, Climate Change Information KIT, 1997
World Bank, World Development Indicators, 2000
World Resources 2000 – 2001, People and Ecosystems: The Fraying Web of Life, World Resources Institute
(WRI), Washington DC, 2000
World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF), Living Planet Report