GEOG 100 Climate Justice

Unequal distribution of social, economic, and political power creates winners and losers from climate change. Case studies of climate-change-related environmental degradation, conflict, conservation, climate denial, renewable energy, and investment. Concepts and actions to promote climate justice.

Credits

Notes

Lower Division Transfer (LDT) Course

General Education Requirements

AAOT Science/Math/CS Non Lab, AGS Math/Science, AS Diff, Power & Oppress Found

Outcomes

Describe the basic elements of climate change and its impacts. Explain how social vulnerability creates "winners" and "losers" of climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts to reduce reliance on fossil fuels. Apply the concept of social vulnerability to real world cases, including our personal lives, careers, and communities. Evaluate real-world problems of climate justice as a part of a team. Explain how ascribed differences are socially constructed, change over time, and impact our and others' lived experiences. Articulate- using historical and contemporary examples- how ascribed differences, combined with inequitable distribution of power across cultural, economic, social, and/or political institutions, result in racism and intersect with other forms of systemic oppression. Describe how assets and resilience demonstrated by members of systemically marginalized communities and cultures play a role in dismantling racism and other systems of oppression.