General information

Course name	Seminar: 08-zsp-GS-1027 Problems of Sub-Saharan Africa: The Political economy of carbon trading, Resources and Nature protection
Subtitle	International Module Social Sciences
Course number	08-zsp-GS-1027
Semester	SoSe 2025
Current number of participants	23
expected number of participants	24
Home institute	Fachbereich 08: Sozialwissenschaften
participating institutes	General Studies - FB 08 Sozialwissenschaften, International Office, Key Issues in Global Education / Learning to Live and Study Abroad (Outgoings)
Courses type	Seminar in category Teaching
Next date	Wednesday, 18.06.2025 16:00 - 18:00, Room: GW2 B1580
Type/Form
Participants	maximum: 24 students (12 incoming exchange students plus 12 degree students) admission of students during first session (exchange students with this course listed in their learning agreement will be admitted beforehand)
Pre-requisites	Englisch B2
Learning organisation	Intro-lectures and student presentations
Performance record	3 cp/ects: group presentation with handout 3 extra credits for participation in the block seminars with B. Cooksey May 5-9 and M. Rozalska May 19-22
Nachhaltigkeitsziel	Yes
Englischsprachige Veranstaltung	Ja
ECTS points	3-6

Lecturers

Rooms and times

GW2 B1580: Wednesday: 16:00 - 18:00, weekly (12x); Friday, 09.05.2025 08:00 - 10:00
Tuesday, 20.05.2025 - Thursday, 22.05.2025 18:00 - 20:00
SFG 2020: Monday, 05.05.2025 16:00 - 19:00
SFG 2030: Tuesday, 06.05.2025 16:00 - 19:00
(Gw2 b1580): Wednesday, 07.05.2025 16:00 - 19:00
SFG 2040: Thursday, 08.05.2025 16:00 - 19:00

Module assignments

Comment/Description

https://www.uni-bremen.de/fb8/international/internationales-modul
3 CP/ECTS for this course, +3 CP/ECTS extra credit
Introduction to the political economy of carbon trading, with particular reference to the voluntary carbon market as it operates in tropical countries, with special reference to Sub-Saharan Africa and the East African Community.
1. Locating 'nature-based solutions' to climate change within key global crises, including global warming, agriculture and land-use changes and deforestation; population pressure on natural resources and other drivers of climate change.
2. General overview of carbon and biodiversity markets in relation to climate change and mitigation efforts across the tropics (S America, Africa, Asia), with special reference to forests and deforestation.
3. Controversies in carbon markets and trading: (1) conceptual; (2) operational; and (3)practical.
4. The Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM) as part of the global carbon trading architecture: evolution 1997 to the present and its current key direction characteristics.
5. Carbon credit/offset projects in relation to: (1) forestry/reforestation; (2) clean energy; and (3) other sectors
6. Research findings on key aspects of the VCM, especially REDD+ and energysaving projects across three continents. Additionality, leakages, impact, measurement.
7. The political economy of key players in carbon trading: the World Bank/donor agencies/INGOs, carbon traders and verifiers, project implementers, governments, and vulnerable communities.

Registration mode

After enrolment, participants will manually be selected.

Currently all 24 places have been taken. Exchange students with this course on their Learning Agreement, please contact me via e-mail. To all others: There is a big chance that students will withdraw, so please come to the first session even if you are still waitlisted. You will most likely be accepted then.

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