IR202 INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS
| Course Code: | 3140202 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3(3-0) |
| ECTS Credit: | 6.0 |
| Department: | International Relations |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
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| Offered Semester: | Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Content
United Nations is the leading institiution that has been shaping and framing internationalenvironmental politics through various tools and means. Currently the primary basis of
international environmental cooperation relies on environmental treaties that reached
to a significant number and variety in scope. Due to limitations of state centered
governance models, public-private partnerships were developed as new mode of
environmental governance to address environmental challenges timely and efficiently.
This course is intended to explore and identify the role of the United Nations bodies, the
function of environmental treaty regimes and potential of environmental partnerships
within the context of various environmental challenges.