Climate Justice: Taking Action

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This course examines how climate goals are translated into meaningful action through energy transitions, public policy, and collective movements. Students begin by exploring the just energy transition, examining how the shift away from fossil fuels involves not only technological innovation but also questions of employment, energy access, economic opportunity, and how the costs and benefits of transition are distributed. The course then turns to climate policy, exploring how governments respond to climate change through legislation, regulation, executive action, and market-based approaches, as well as how social movements can influence policy and advance climate justice. Finally, students examine the global climate justice movement as a diverse “movement of movements,” considering the organizations, communities, strategies, and visions shaping collective responses to climate change. Across these lectures, students learn that meaningful climate action requires more than reducing emissions; it requires transforming systems and institutions while considering who participates in change, who bears its costs, and who benefits from its outcomes.

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Tracey Osborne

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