The Earth and the Environment

科目名	The Earth and the Environment
教員名	Kentaro　Takahashi（髙橋　健太郎）
単位数	2	学年	1～4	開講区分	文理学部
科目群	総合教育科目
学期	後期	履修区分	選択

授業テーマ	This course will focus on the global environmental issues from the perspective of the policy science.
授業のねらい・到達目標	The purpose of this course is to understand the global environmental issues (especially global warming and climate change) by taking the case studies from international negotiations and environmental policies in Japan. This course also focuses on the enhancement of student's capacity for the international perspective so that the student could play an important role in the global environmental area.
授業の方法	This course will be performed in a style of lecture. The text will be required to upload the website before each class. The information on the text will be given to all students after each class. The discussions and case studies among students also will be included in this course.
事前学修・事後学修，授業計画コメント	The text should be uploaded by each student before each class.

授業計画
1	General guidance -Introduction of The Earth and the Environment-
2	What is global environmental issues?
3	Global Warming and Climate Change
4	Global Climate Change and Energy Security
5	Deforestation and its effect on global warming
6	International policy on environmental issues
7	United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and Kyoto Protocol
8	Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
9	International Emission Trading
10	Global warming countermeasures by Japanese government
11	Global warming countermeasures by local government in Japan
12	Voluntary actions to address the climate change by industry and civil society
13	Case study (1): Identification of greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions from the household
14	Case study (2): Identification of greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions from the campus
15	Summary and General discussion

その他
教科書	なし
参考書	Kazuhisa KOAKUTSU and Akiko FUKUI, CDM in Charts, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), 2013, 21 edition Kentaro TAKAHASHI and Akihisa KURIYAMA, IGES CDM Project Database, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), 2013
成績評価の方法及び基準	平常点(70%)、レポート(30%)