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ESPM 169: International Environmental Politics Fall 2003 Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11-12.30 240 Mulford Professor Kate O’Neill 129 Giannini Office Hours: Tuesday 2.15-3.30, and by appointment Office Phone: 2-3747 E-Mail: koneill@ CCN: 30727; 4 units Graduate Student Instructors: Mark Henderson E-Mail: mhenders@ Office Hours, Tuesday 1-2, 222 Mulford Barbara Haya E-Mail: bhaya@socrates.Berkeley.EDU Office Hours: Thursday 10-11, 399 Barrows Sections: Monday 2-3 (107 GPB), Tuesday 4-5 (139 Mulford), Thursday 2-3 (332 Giannini) Course URL: /~koneill/espm169 Jump to week: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Course Description Global environmental problems, from acid rain to population policy to biodiversity and climate change have become pressing political concerns in a globalizing economy. In response, a sophisticated structure of global governance has emerged, under which nation states have begun to cooperate with each other to an unprecedented extent, although not without facing significant obstacles. This class examines the different sorts of politics, actors, processes and tools that have emerged in the arena of global environmental politics. The class proceeds in three parts. Part one sets the context, tracing the history of global environmental cooperation, the issues involved, and the international policy process. Part two examines global environmental politics through the lens of the Convention on Biological Diversity. This Convention not only has a ten year history, it also encompasses the key issues and concerns around international environmental politics and policy processes. As well as looking at the treaty itself, we talk about the different sorts of politics around it - of knowledge, power, money and activism, and about the politics of national implementation, relating them to broader issues. Part three consists of short presentations by groups of students on other international environmental problems and efforts to solv