Smog hovers over Mexico City. (Image courtesy of Christian Figenschou.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. William Moomaw
Prof. Lawrence Susskind
MIT Course Number
11.364
As Taught In
Fall 2010
Level
Graduate
Course Description
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Course Description
This seminar will explore the difficulties of getting agreement on global definitions of sustainability; in particularly building international support for efforts to combat climate change created by greenhouse gas emissions as well as other international resource management efforts. We will focus on possible changes in the way global environmental agreements are formulated and implemented, especially on ways of shifting from the current "pollution control" approach to combating climate change to a more comprehensive strategy for taking advantage of sustainable development opportunities.
