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| Day | Date | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday | 03/02/22 | 12:15 PM - 02:15 PM | TC.4.02 |
| Wednesday | 03/09/22 | 12:15 PM - 02:15 PM | TC.4.17 |
| Wednesday | 03/16/22 | 12:30 PM - 02:15 PM | TC.3.12 |
| Wednesday | 03/23/22 | 12:15 PM - 02:15 PM | TC.4.17 |
| Wednesday | 03/30/22 | 12:30 PM - 02:15 PM | TC.3.12 |
| Wednesday | 04/20/22 | 12:15 PM - 02:15 PM | TC.4.02 |
| Wednesday | 04/27/22 | 12:15 PM - 02:15 PM | TC.3.09 |
| Wednesday | 05/04/22 | 12:15 PM - 02:15 PM | TC.3.12 |
| Wednesday | 05/11/22 | 12:15 PM - 02:15 PM | TC.4.12 |
| Wednesday | 05/18/22 | 12:15 PM - 02:15 PM | TC.4.04 |
| Wednesday | 05/25/22 | 12:15 PM - 02:15 PM | TC.4.12 |
| Wednesday | 06/01/22 | 12:15 PM - 02:15 PM | TC.4.04 |
| Wednesday | 06/15/22 | 12:15 PM - 02:15 PM | TC.4.02 |
| Wednesday | 06/22/22 | 12:15 PM - 02:15 PM | TC.4.02 |
In this course, we analyze the impact of climate change on developing countries. We look at the role of developing countries as contributors to climate change and the requests of international climate policy agreements on developing countries. Specifically, we then treat the economic and social effets of climate change in the field of agriculture and fisheries in developing countries, the effect in tourism dependent countries, the effects of CO2 policies in advanced countries on developing ountries, the nutrition and health effects of climate change in developing countries, and the effects of climate change on international migration.
Students will learn to link major topics in development economics (socio-economic characteristics of development countries, trade patterns, debt issues) to issue of climate change. They will learn about the requirements of international climate policies on developing countries and to assess the effect of climate change in specific economic sectors. Students will learn to screen empirical studies and data and will be better able to use information from the academic literature, international development organizations and NGOs to address the issue of climate change in developing countries.
Students are requested to attend the course regularly. You can miss the course twice (no need to apologize). Further absence only in case of serious, documented reasons.
During the first 5 units, there will be a short introduction to some key concepts, which are a starting point for the topic, by the teacher. Consequently, students have to prepare for the weakly course from a reading list and each weak a student or a team of two students will present a seminar paper on the current topic. All other students will hand in written comments on the paper. For the last course, all students have to prepare a short essay with own proposals for climate policy strategies of developing countries.
Presentation and paper on a specific topic (45%)
Comments on other student´s papers (40%)
Short writing on recommendations for climate policy strategies of developing countries (15%)
Students should ideally have passed a course on international trade before. The course is complementary to the "Specialization: Economic Development" of Joachim Becker summer term 22.
| Unit | Date | Contents |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | March 2 | Introduction Start TEACHERS PART (until March 30 inclusive) Characteristics of developing countries |
| 2 | March 9 | Development theories (Todaro/Smith, chapter 3) |
| 3 | March 16 | Trade and development: Trade models for DC: Ricardo and Heckscher Ohlin Model (Feenstra/Taylor chapter 2 and 4) Distribution seminar paper topics |
| 4 | March 23 | Trade patterns DC and trade policy strategies (Todaro Smith, chapter 12) |
| 5 | March 30 | Migration (Feenstra/Taylor ch. 5) |
| 6 | April 20 | PART II: Student presentations and common discussion 1. State and sources of climate change: Identifying the major contributors and scenarios |
| 7 | April 27 | 2. International agreements on climate change, requests on developing countries and mitigation policies |
| 8 | May 4 | 3. The effects of climate change on agriculture and fisheries in developing countries |
| 9 | May 11 | 4. The effects of climate change on malnutrition and diseases in developing countries. |
| 10 | May 18 | 5. The effects of climate change on tourism dependent developing countries |
| 11 | May 25 | 6. The effects of industry related climate policies in advanced countries on developing countries – case of carbon border taxes |
| 12 | June 1 | 7. The effects of climate change on international migration |
| 13 | June 15 | Wrap Up and Policy recommendations for DC |
| 14 | June 22 | Optional meeting |
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