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Who is responsible for causing climate change? Should we leave fossil fuels in the ground? How does industrial agriculture affect people and the environment? How do environmental decisions and outcomes intersect with racial, gender and class inequalities, indigenous dispossession, and other systems of oppression? This module will equip students with a range of theoretical tools and frameworks to address questions such as these. Substantive issues considered will traverse a range of spatial scales, from the local urban environment to the planet as a whole, and may include: urban pollution; consumption and waste; food and agriculture; energy supply; climate change impacts and vulnerability; climate mitigation goals and policies; and the 鈥渏ust transition鈥� to a low-carbon economy.

The module will combine sociological approaches to the study of environmental injustices with more abstract, principles-driven normative methods used in political philosophy/theory. Using these tools, you will learn how to diagnose environmental injustices (combining empirical evidence with normative analysis); analyse their proximate and structural causes; and articulate practical strategies for responding to such injustices.

The module uses a 鈥減ortfolio鈥� approach to assessment: you will be prompted to develop weekly responses to readings/lectures/seminar activities, and for your final assessment you will submit a selection (or amalgam) of these portfolio entries at the end of term (within an aggregate word limit). This means you will have considerable freedom to focus on topics that interest you, and to use different writing formats鈥攁lbeit with some clear constraints, frameworks and guidance from the lecturer. You will also be supported throughout the term to develop your portfolios, with opportunities for peer- and lecturer-feedback.

By the end of the module, you should be able to think rigorously and critically about environmental and climate injustices, their root causes, and viable responses to them. The module will include an optional field trip and other opportunities to be connected to pioneering individuals and organisations, with a view to enhancing your capacities to engage with environmental justice issues in your communities, careers, and daily lives.