ENE456 Corporate and Private Environmental Responsibility

• Topics

  Non-governmental organizations (NGOs), large corporations, environmental responsibility environmental conservation work, clean technology development, environmental NGOs strategy, policy influence.

• Learning outcome

  Knowledge - upon successful completion the student

  • Is familiar with selected environmental NGOs and large private corporations with interests in the environment and clean technology development.
  • Knows how environmental NGOs and private corporations work toward environmental responsibility and conservation, including strategies in the short an long run.
  • Understands the role of NGOs and large corporations in environmental issues and in policy work at both the national and international level.

  Skills - upon successful completion the student

  • Can explain differences between various types of environmental NGOs.
  • Can explain and discuss environmental responsibility of large private corporations.
  • Can coordinate and work on subject related matter in peer-groups.
  • Can present and discuss subject related questions to a larger audience.

• Teaching

  The seminar mainly consists of lectures given by representatives of selected NGOs and large private corporations that have an environmental agenda.

• Credit reduction due to overlap

  None.

• Compulsory Activity

  Mandatory attendance at all lectures and activities.

• Assessment

  3 days individual home exam (publication day 1 at 09.00, submission day 3 by 14.00).

• Grading Scale

  Pass-Fail

• Literature

  NGO Diplomacy: The Influence of Nongovernmental Organizations in International Environmental Negotiations (2007), Betsill, M.M, Corell, E. (eds.). MIT Press.

  Doyle, Julie (2009) Climate Action and Environmental Activism: The Role of Environmental NGOs and Grassroots Movements in the Global Politics of Climate Change In: Boyce, Tammy and Lewis, Justin, eds. Climate Change and the Media. Peter Lang, New York, USA, pp. 103-116. ISBN 9781433104619