Science, impacts, and parallel crises of the climate emergency; decarbonization challenge and measuring progress towards emission targets; strategies and tools for climate action at local, national, and global levels. Credit will only be granted for one of GEOG 202 or ENST 202. Recommended: Second-year standing. Equivalency: ENST 202

Human geography of the modern world with particular attention to human-environment relationships, urbanization, and regional growth; trade and communications; environment and war; environmental governance and sustainability.

Advanced topics, techniques and functions in Geographic Information Systems. [2-2-0].

Scholarly foundations of and emerging approaches for engaging creatively and critically in environmental research that recognizes (and potentially addresses) issues of power, difference, and complexity, transforming both the researcher and the research discipline. Prerequisite: Graduate-level standing.

Taking into account the contribution of forests and other systems, this course will be underpinned by an integrated landscape approach to natural resources planning and will pay close reference to global policy processes such as the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s). This approach represents a broad systems framework that can integrate agriculture, the natural environment, different livelihood systems, and social interactions towards a global sustainable development strategy.