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	前期	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 and presentation material will be distributed to all the students at each class. The discussions, presentation and case studies among students also will be included in this course.

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	Role of energy in climate change
5	Deforestation and its effect on global warming
6	Assessment of climate change mitigation strategies
7	United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and Kyoto Protocol
8	Climate change policy: Japan
9	Climate change policy: Asia
10	Climate change policy: EU
11	Voluntary actions to address the climate change by industry and civil society
12	Case study (1): Identification of greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions from the household
13	Case study (2): Identification of greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions from the campus
14	Presentation by students (1)
15	Presentation by students (2) and General discussion

その他
教科書	なし
成績評価の方法及び基準	平常点(50%)、レポート(30%)、授業参画度(20%)
オフィスアワー	The office hour will be open for 30 minutes at the lecture room after each class. All the students can ask for an instruction and consultation by email. The email address will be notified in the first class.