Dear all, The Institute of Environmental Studies (IVM) at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam will offer several summer schools this July that may be of interest to your students. The application deadline is 1 May (Amsterdam time). More information can be found via the below links.
Governing Climate Change: Theory and Practice<https://vu.nl/en/education/summerschool/governing-climate-change-theory-and-practice> 6 July to 20 July; organizers: Philipp Pattberg and Oscar Widerberg Climate change may well be the most pressing environmental challenge humankind is facing. Despite scientific consensus on its main cause - us humans - current policies lack the ambition needed to tackle the crisis effectively. However, sprouts of positive change are seen everywhere. Some countries have decided to cut their emissions to zero over the next 30 years. We also see cities, companies, NGOs and powerful individuals responding to the challenge, collaborating in new and innovative ways to reduce emissions and adapt to the consequences of climate change. A complex global web of institutions, instruments and actors is being created seeking to govern climate change. In this course you will learn about different perspectives and acquire tools for analyzing the increasingly complex world of climate governance. In this course you will examine different approaches to coping with climate change. From international agreements to market-based solutions and private activities. Theory is combined with practice through lectures, discussions, games and excursions to provide concrete examples of how the issue is being addressed at various levels and by various actors. Along the way we will also invite you to discuss climate change with scientists, policymakers and lobbyists. Global Energy Transition in a Fossil World<https://vu.nl/en/education/summerschool/global-energy-transition-in-a-fossil-world> 6 July to 20 July; organizers: Ana Clara Cassanti and Mathieu Blondeel In December 2023, at COP28 in the UAE, the world agreed that we need to transition away from fossil fuels in energy systems. Does this truly signal the 'beginning of the end' for the fossil fuel era? After all, meeting the Paris climate goals remains far from a done deal. While the need for a global transition to a low-carbon energy system is contested by few, opinions on what this means in practice and how to get there vary between mainly technical and engineering interventions to radical societal change. This course focuses on the societal and political sides of the energy transition, whilst taking into account the physical and technical limitations of the energy system, as well as the global boundaries in which we operate. It will give you a broad overview of the global energy transition's needs, its challenges and solutions, and the trade-offs generated by different (policy) options. It will challenge you to critically assess your own preferred solutions - including their main advantages and disadvantages. The course will further introduce you to the leading theories, concepts, proposed solutions, and current governance efforts in the energy transition. You will study challenges and opportunities at a global level, as well as regional, national, and local approaches in the Netherlands and beyond. Environmental Justice in Theory and Practice<https://vu.nl/en/education/summerschool/environmental-justice-in-theory-and-practice> 21-28 July; organizers: Marije Schaafsma and Ina Lehmann Across the world, the most vulnerable people are most severely affected by the detrimental consequences of global environmental change. Policies and practices for mitigation of and adaptation to global environmental change impact people in in highly uneven ways. These impacts are exacerbated by a lack of voice and agency, as well as a lack of recognition of diverse worldviews and practices among more vulnerable groups. Scholars, environmental activists and policy makers are increasingly sensitive to these patterns, and calls for environmental justice abound. However, it is far less clear what environmental justice really is, and what it demands in practice. Moreover, ideas of justice differ across people and contexts. This summer course will introduce students to environmental justice from a variety of perspectives. In discussing different approaches, we link these to concrete case studies and examples of struggles for environmental justice. These will come from different environmental issue areas such as climate change (SDG 13), terrestrial ecosystem conservation (SDG 15), ocean protection (SDG 14). Lecturers will provide input on key concepts, methods and empirical trends in the field of environmental justice, and guest lectures by practitioners will demonstrate how these concepts are operationalized, feeding into discussions of theory versus practice. Students will be given considerable room to work with these inputs and apply them to cases of environmental injustice or environmental justice movements that they themselves choose to work on. Please spread the word among your students. Best regards, Ina Dr Ina Lehmann Assistant professor, Department of Environmental Policy Analysis Institute for Environmental Studies - Instituut voor Milieuvraagstukken (IVM) [1607004739468] i.m.lehm...@vu.nl<mailto:i.m.lehm...@vu.nl> l www.vu.nl/ivm<http://www.vu.nl/ivm> l WORKING DAYS: MON. to FRI. l POSTAL AND VISITING ADDRESS: De Boelelaan 1087, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands l -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gep-ed+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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