https://at-ceu.studyguide.timeedit.net/modules/DOPP5663?type=COREClimate change is the most challenging international policy problem that exists today. The course will primarily focus on two questions. First, what, in an ideal world, should be done about climate change? Second, what, in the world that exists, can be done about it? The first question requires an understanding of the science, impacts, economics, and ethics of climate change policy. The second question requires an understanding of the politics, international law, and international relations aspects of climate change policy. The course will not provide firm answers to these questions. It aims instead to provide a framework and the knowledge required for students to come to their own conclusions. Indeed, every student taking this course is required to answer these questions, and to defend their conclusions rigorously. This is a complex topic. It is important to understand it from many perspectives. It is also important to be able to synthesize these different perspectives for the purpose of answering the key questions posed above. This requires a substantial amount of effort. Students are therefore asked to put in a substantial amount of work and effort to fulfil the requirements for the course. Reading the assigned text is crucial in this journey, both for a fruitful discussion in class, but also to enable students to answer the two questions posed for the first two assignments. The first question, i.e. what should be done about climate change, will be answered based on the first part of the course on scientific knowledge, mitigation options, and economic concepts. The second question on what we realistically be done needs to be answered after considering why climate change is such a difficult policy problem, and how countries try to solve this problem via international negotiations. We conclude the course by looking at national climate policy and how individuals deal with the climate problem. In the last class students then present a poster on a climate-related topic of their choice. Part of the Governance specialization for MAPP and MPAPart of the Policy track courses for MAIPA