Essay Topics Pentru Climate Change Module
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Essay Topics 1. With reference to the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, assess the extent to which ‘scientific evidence’ has established with certainty that climate change is taking place. 2. Evaluate the main factors that contribute to the success or failure of efforts at the international level to deliver global action on climate change, with specific reference to the UNFCCC and climate change conferences in recent years. 3. How important is the EU as an actor in the climate change policy process? [this can be answered by looking at its External role AND/OR its internal actions and policies] 4. ‘The problem with climate change is that those most affected have least responsibility for its causes’. Consider this statement with reference to at least one regional organization. **nb THIS IS NOT A QUESTION ABOUT THE EU… 5. To what extent can the problem of climate change be ‘securitized’? 6. Assess the formulation and effectiveness of climate change policies in relation to a country (or countries) of your choice. 7. Consider the nature of climate change politics in relation to a country (or countries) of your choice. 8. Evaluate the extent to which action on climate change has been characterized by a search for technical fixes and a ‘business-as-usual’ approach. Answer with
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Essay Topics
1. With reference to the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, assess the extent to which ‘scientific evidence’ has established with certainty that climate change is taking place.
2. Evaluate the main factors that contribute to the success or failure of efforts at the international level to deliver global action on climate change, with specific reference to the UNFCCC and climate change conferences in recent years.
3. How important is the EU as an actor in the climate change policy process? [this can be answered by looking at its External role AND/OR its internal actions and policies]
4. ‘The problem with climate change is that those most affected have least responsibility for its causes’. Consider this statement with reference to at least one regional organization.
**nb THIS IS NOT A QUESTION ABOUT THE EU…
5. To what extent can the problem of climate change be ‘securitized’?
6. Assess the formulation and effectiveness of climate change policies in relation to a country (or countries) of your choice.
7. Consider the nature of climate change politics in relation to a country (or countries) of your choice.
8. Evaluate the extent to which action on climate change has been characterized by a search for technical fixes and a ‘business-as-usual’ approach. Answer with reference to EITHER energy, OR transport, OR agriculture, OR food.
9. What causes climate change and what are its main impacts likely to be?
10. Assess the claim that there is a mismatch between awareness of climate change and the willingness of individuals to do something about it.
11. ‘Progress to towards a low carbon economy and society is slow because of the influence of crucial economic and political interests which perceive it as a threat’. Discuss.
12. To what extent can changes in personal lifestyles provide an effective response to climate change?
13. With reference to debates about climate change, critically examine the argument that it is possible to have a capitalist economy which is ‘steady state’ or ‘no growth’.
14. Consider the potential for grass roots political mobilization around climate change and the obstacles that this faces.
Extra questions- I could choose from but need tutor approval:
1. Is it either possible or desirable to ‘securitize’ climate change?
2. What causes climate change and what are its main impacts likely to be?
3. In relation to EITHER energy OR agriculture and food, assess the extent to which policy responses to climate change have been characterized by a search for ‘technical fixes’ rather than an attempt to change behaviour.
4. Assess the explanations for why, despite the weight of scientific ‘evidence’, some people deny that climate change is happening.
5. How accurate is it to say that the approach of UK governments to climate change has been strong on rhetoric but weak in actions.
6. ‘The United States should be a “leader” in climate change politics but instead is a “laggard”’. Do you agree? Give reasons for your answer.
7. ‘Climate change can only properly be tackled if there is a fundamental reassessment of the capitalist system and its focus on economic growth’. Discuss.
8. Evaluate the importance of the EU in climate change politics with reference to EITHER its external role OR its internal policies.
9. ‘The problem with climate change is that those most affected have least responsibility for its causes’. Consider this statement with reference to at least one regional organization representing developing nations or emerging economies.
10. ‘Reducing the use of private cars is the only way to achieve substantial emissions reductions from the transport sector.’ Comment on this statement.
11. Evaluate the reasons for the failure to agree a robust replacement for the Kyoto Protocol. Answer with specific reference to climate change summits in recent years.
12. EITHER Consider the view that there is a mismatch between awareness of climate change and the willingness of individuals to do something about it.
OR To what extent does the effective response to climate change require radical changes in personal lifestyles?
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