Hey Raul, I would include a section on biodiversity issues, great way to highlight some key GEP themes, and you can discuss GMO issues via the Biosafety Protocol to the CBD from here also. wil
Dr. Wil Burns Class of 1946 Visiting Professor Center for Environmental Studies Williams College Harper House #12 54 Stetson Ct. Williamstown, MA 01267 Ph: 413.597.3391 Mobile: 650.281.9126 [email protected] SSRN site: http://ssrn.com/author=240348 Skype ID: Wil.Burns -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Raul Pacheco-Vega Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 12:19 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Highly relevant (not-to-be-missed) topics on Global Environmental Politics? Dear all, It's been a while since I have participated in the GEP-ED discussions. Hoping the new semester is treating you well. I am hoping to teach for the very first time (fingers crossed) a Special Topics in International Relations with a focus on Global/International Environmental Politics this January (undergraduate level). I'm trying to design the syllabus in a way that I cover *most* of the highly relevant topics in GEP/IEP. I am hoping to do a cursory review of several international environmental treaties (Rotterdam, Stockholm, Kyoto and the Copenhagen COP 15 rounds). The question that has had me pondering for the past few weeks has been whether there are any *key* topics that I should not miss in a course like this. Climate change seems to have become a predominant topics in the GEP literature, yet my own research interests (hazardous waste, toxics, pollutant release inventories, wastewater) drive me to not want to focus solely on climate change. If you teach a GEP/IEP course, which subject topic would you say is "a must"? Thanks! Raul
