Global Environmental Economics
| Numbering Code | G-GES32 53287 LB17 | Year/Term | 2022 ・ The first half of first semester |
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| Number of Credits | 1 | Course Type | Lecture |
| Target Year | Master's students | Target Student | |
| Language | Japanese and English | Day/Period | Thu.3 |
| Instructor name | MORI AKIHISA (Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies Associate Professor) | ||
| Outline and Purpose of the Course |
This course aim at understanding enabling factors for and barriers to achieving sustainable development goals such as carbon neutrality, and acknowledge analytical frameworks for sustainability transitions research. 本授業は，炭素中立等の持続可能な発展目標の達成を可能にする要因及び阻害要因を理解し，持続可能性移行研究の分析枠組みに関する知見を得ることを目的とする． |
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| Course Goals |
1) Acknowledge why we should understand and analyze sustainability transitions なぜ持続性移行を理解し分析する必要があるのかに関する知見を得る． 2) Master how to conduct a case study of sustainability transitions 持続性移行の事例分析を行う能力を身につける． |
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| Schedule and Contents |
A series of lectures is given on several aspects on sustainability transitions step by step. Students will organize groups to conduct a case study analyze of the topic of their choices, analyzing each aspect of transitions using the analytical frameworks given in the lectures. They are to present results of case studies at the last class. 各授業の前半では，持続性移行のいくつかの側面に関する講義を行う．学生は，グループを形成して持続性移行の事例研究のトピックスを選択し，講義で紹介された分析枠組みを用いて，授業の後半で持続性移行を可能にした要因と阻害要因，及びそのダイナミクスを分析する．その結果を，授業の最終回で報告する． Contents/ 授業内容 1. Sustainability transition: An introduction and illustrations/ 持続性移行：概説と実例 2. Visioning sustainable future/ 持続可能な未来図を描く 3. Understanding sustainability transition and backcasting scenario analysis/ 持続性移行とバックキャスティングシナリオ分析を理解する 4. Governing transition/ 移行のガバナンス 5. Incumbents/ 既存のレジームアクターの対応 6. Geopolitics and geoeconomics of sustainability transitions/ 持続性移行の地政学・地経学 7. Team Building and group works/ チーム編成とグループワーク 8. Group/individual presentation/ グループ発表 オンラインで実施することがあるため、KULASIS、PandA等で確認すること. Check the information on KULASIS and PandA as lessons might be held online. |
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| Evaluation Methods and Policy |
Evaluation is made based on (group) presentation (50%) and (group) writing assignment (50%). Students get qualification for evaluation when they play meaningful role in the presentation and submit the writing assignments by the deadline in a designated manner. Active participation in the class is positively counted on. Achievement level is assessed by GSGES's criteria. 成績評価は，グループ報告（50%）と期末グループレポート（50%）に基づく．ただしグループ報告において意味のある貢献を行い，レポートを期日内に指定された方法で提出して初めて成績評価の対象となる．授業中の議論への積極的な参加は，加点対象とする． なお，到達目標については，地球環境学舎の成績評価基準に従って評価する。 |
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| Course Requirements |
It is desirable to take or have taken the lecture on the “Global environmental policy and economics” given at the GES or (undergraduate level of) lecture(s) on environmental economics, environmental policy, environmental sociology in other schools or universities. 地球環境学舎開講科目の地球環境政策経済論，ないし他大学院・他大学で環境経済学，環境政策論，環境社会学等の科目（学部レベルでも可）を同時履修か履修済みであることが望ましい． |
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| Study outside of Class (preparation and review) |
Students are required to obtain google accounts in advance so that they can do group works on the google workspace. Group works shall be conducted weekdays between the class. google workspace を用いてグループワークを行うため，事前のgoogle account取得が必須である．グループワークは平日の授業外時間にも進めることが求められる． |
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| References, etc. |
Sustainability in Transition: Principles for Developing Solutions,, Gliedt, T., Larson, K. , (Routledge, 2018), ISBN:978-1138690134, Elaborate on several issues on sustainability transitions/ 持続可能性移行の様々な側面を比較的平易に解説 China’s Carbon-Energy Policy and Asia’s Energy Transitions: Carbon Leakage, Relocation and Halos, Mori, A. (ed.), (Routledge, 2022), ISBN:978-1032041803, Provide an analytical framework for a transition in electricity system and spatial impacts An agenda for sustainability transitions research: State of the art and future directions, Kohler, J. et al., (Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions 31, 2019), ISBN:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2019.01.004, Acknowledge research frontier of major agenda in sustainability transitions research How do incumbent companies’ heterogeneous responses affect sustainability transitions?, Mori, A., (Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions 39, 2021)), ISBN:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2021.02.003, Acknowledge an analytical framework of the responses of incumbents |
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