Module info

By the end of this module, students should be able to:

• understand and articulate clearly the implications of climate change adaptation thinking for development prospects in practice
• understand and be able to evaluate critically the contribution of adaptation, vulnerability and resilience theory to understandings of development in the face of climate change
• critically evaluate debates around the role of the prevailing global political economy in the production of climate impacts and poverty
• explain and assess current strategies for adaptation and development, and critically evaluate the extent to which these are likely to resolve or exacerbate the problems climate change poses for development
• understand and engage critically with debates around development, adaptation and transformation.