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Sustainability: Environment, Energy, and the Economy in the 21St Century Fall 2016 Professor Daniel C EVST 292 / GLBL 217 / PLSC 149 SUSTAINABILITY: ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY, AND THE ECONOMY IN THE 21ST CENTURY FALL 2016 PROFESSOR DANIEL C. ESTY MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS, 2:30PM TO 3:45PM LOCATION: WATSON CENTER (60 SACHEM STREET), ROOM A60 SECTION INFORMATION TO BE ANNOUNCED INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION Prof. Daniel C. Esty, [email protected], (203) 432-6256 Prof. Esty has offices in Room 272 of Sterling Law Building (127 Wall Street) and Room 139 of Kroon Hall (195 Prospect Street). His office hours shift between offices and times week-to-week to ensure all students can find a time to meet. Appointments can be booked through Russell Patterson, [email protected] or (203) 432-5115. TEACHING FELLOW INFORMATION Yume Hoshijima, [email protected] Helen Li, [email protected] Additional teaching fellows will be hired to adjust for course enrollment. Teaching fellows will host weekly office hours on a rotating basis with shifting times to ensure all students can find a time to meet. COURSE DESCRIPTION This course explores “sustainability” as an overarching framework for life in the twenty-first century—and how this integrated policy concept diverges from the approaches to environmental protection and economic development that were pursued in the twentieth century. It will examine the interlocking challenges that stem from society’s simultaneous desires for economic, environmental, and social progress despite the tensions across these objectives. A central focus of the course will be on the quest for a low-cost, clean energy system that can support a vibrant economy and rising quality of life and—at the same time—reduce pollution, address climate change, conserve natural resources, and mitigate the other negative impacts of industrialization and economic growth. Students will review the data and analyses that flow from the Earth’s recent economic growth trajectory—and the theory and practice of sustainability as a concept, reading the “sustainability canon” from John Muir and Aldo Leopold to Rachel Carson and Gro Harlem Brundtland. Lectures, readings, and sections will then unpack the ecological, political, economic, legal, institutional, and historical elements of sustainability as a guidepost for the future. 2 There are no prerequisites for this course. COURSE REQUIREMENTS Final grades will be based on the cumulative performance of students and will be determined by the following: Exams – 60% Midterm Exam – 20% [Oct. 12, 2016; administered during regular class hours] Final Exam – 40% [Dec. 17, 2016, beginning at 7PM] Assignments – 30% Policy Essays – (three at 10% each) = 30% Participation – 10% Active participation is a core requirement to this class. Students are expected to come to class having read all materials and prepared to contribute to the class discussion. Attendance at weekly sections will be required and will provide an opportunity to delve more deeply into the material presented in the lectures. Discussion section signups will be conducted via class-wide email. The first section meetings will convene during the week after shopping period closes. There will be an in-class midterm exam and a cumulative final exam. Students will also prepare three policy essays during the course of the semester related to specific lecture topics. Each of these two-page, single-spaced policy essays is due by midnight before the lecture regarding its topic. The essays will require synthesis of the material being presented and the development of a carefully constructed argument about how a particular issue should be addressed. One policy essay must be completed prior to the midterm. A second essay must be completed before Thanksgiving break begins. A student may choose to write a fourth policy essay, and the lowest essay grade of the four will be dropped. REQUIRED AND RECOMMENDED COURSE MATERIALS There are two required books for this course. Both books are available for free as e-books through the Yale University Library. Simply access the links listed below, then click on the link that reads “Online Book.” Please note that you must be on Yale’s network to access the e-books. If you prefer hard copies of the textbooks, copies are available for purchase at the Yale Bookstore. A limited number of copies are also available through the Yale library system. Alternatively, you may find it less expensive to purchase new or used copies online (e.g., Amazon). WILLIAM NORDHAUS, THE CLIMATE CASINO: RISK, UNCERTAINTY, AND ECONOMICS FOR A WARMING WORLD (2015). ISBN-13: 978-0300212648. http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/12582719 3 JEFFREY SACHS, THE AGE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (2013). ISBN-13: 978- 0231173155. http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/12762168 In addition, one recommended book explores course themes in greater depth and will provide valuable context to concepts introduced throughout the semester. Copies are available at the Yale Bookstore. Several copies are also available through the Yale library system: BARBARA FREESE, COAL: A HUMAN HISTORY (2004). ISBN-13: 978-0142000984. Additional course readings will be posted electronically on Yale’s new online course platform, Canvas. These readings be drawn from a “sustainability canon” of classic books, articles, charts, graphs, and studies. The readings will include both required materials and supplemental materials for those who want to delve more deeply into a particular lecture’s topic. All readings except those from the two required books will be posted on the course website. The course website will also be hosted on Canvas. Announcements for the course will posted to Canvas or sent to students’ Yale emails. Those registered for the class will be automatically added to the Canvas site. If you have issues accessing the site, please contact a TF for assistance. Generally, we recommend that you read a general U.S. newspaper. The Yale University Library provides access to the New York Times and the Financial Times; Yale University does not provide access to the Wall Street Journal. Yale University also offers access to products by Energy & Environment Publishing, an excellent news organization that specializes in energy and environmental topics. ACADEMIC INTEGRITY Please review Yale’s Undergraduate Regulations regarding academic integrity, cheating, and plagiarism (http://yalecollege.yale.edu/campus-life/undergraduate-regulations). University policy prohibits cheating on exams, fabricating research, and plagiarizing. Any evidence of plagiarism or any other form of academic dishonesty will be immediately referred to Yale College officials. Please ask your teaching fellows if you have any questions about proper sourcing and attribution. It is critical that you not copy material from Internet sources for the required policy essays. CONDENSED COURSE SCHEDULE Aug. 31 — Class 1: Understanding Sustainability: Course Introduction and Themes ................... 5 Sept. 2 — Class 2: The Story of Sustainability: From 20th Century Environmental Protection to 21st Century Sustainability .............................................................................................................. 5 Sept. 5 — LABOR DAY: CLASSES DO NOT MEET ................................................................. 6 Sept. 7 — Class 3: Origins of Sustainability (Guest Lecturer, Mary Evelyn Tucker) (formerly Class 4 on Sept. 12) ........................................................................................................................ 6 Sept. 12 — Class 4: Data and Indicators: Sustainability Drivers, Trends, and Pressures (formerly Class 3 on Sept. 7) .......................................................................................................................... 7 4 Sept. 14 — Class 5: Renewable and Non-Renewable Resources ................................................... 8 Sept. 19 — Class 6: Climate Change: The Ultimate Sustainability Challenge .............................. 9 Sept. 21 — Class 7: The Development Mandate .......................................................................... 10 Sept. 26 — Class 8: Domestic and International Environmental Justice ..................................... 11 Sept. 28 — Class 9: Contestation in Environmental Politics........................................................ 12 Oct. 3 — Class 10: Economically Rigorous and Data-Driven Environmental Regulation .......... 13 Oct. 5 — Class 11: Business and Sustainability: Rethinking the Role of the Private Sector ....... 14 Oct. 10 — Class 12: Financing Sustainability: Filling a Multi-Trillion Dollar Funding Gap ...... 16 Oct. 12 — MIDTERM EXAM ..................................................................................................... 17 Oct. 17 — Class 13: Industrial Ecology: A Systems Approach to Understanding Materials Flows and Life Cycles ............................................................................................................................. 17 Oct. 24 — Class 14: Environmental Communication, Public Engagement, and the Role of Non- Governmental Organizations ........................................................................................................ 18 Oct. 26 — Class 15: Dealing with Pollution Problems: Evolving Control Strategies .................. 19 Oct. 31 — Class 16: Securing Access to Water ............................................................................ 20 Nov. 2 — Class 17: Conservation and the Management of Ecosystems ...................................... 21 Nov. 7 — Class 18: Climate Change Mitigation -- Part I: Top-Down
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