THEORY OF SUSTAINABILITY A

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Subtitle	Learn about environmental governance with a focus on international environmental conventions
Lecturer(s)	MORITA, KANAKO
Credit(s)	2
Academic Year/Semester	2024 Spring
Day/Period	Tue.2
Campus	Mita
Class Format	Face-to-face classes (conducted mainly in-person)
Registration Number	25315
Faculty/Graduate School	ECONOMICS
Department/Major	ECONOMICS Type A, B
Year Level	3, 4
Field	MAJOR SUBJECTS ELECTIVE
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K-Number	FEC-EC-35183-212-64

Course Administrator	Faculty/Graduate School	FEC	ECONOMICS
Course Administrator	Department/Major	EC	ECONOMICS
Main Course Number	Level	3	Third-year level coursework
	Major Classification	5	Major Subjects Course- Advanced Course
	Minor Classification	18	Lecture - Environment
	Subject Type	3	Elective subject
Supplemental Course Information	Class Classification	2	Lecture
	Class Format	1	Face-to-face classes (conducted mainly in-person)
	Language of Instruction	2	English
Academic Discipline		64	Environmental conservation measure and related fields

Course Contents/Objectives/Teaching Method/Intended Learning Outcome

　This class will discuss the international environmental regimes (international regimes: sets of implicit or explicit principles, norms, rules, and decision-making procedures around which actors’ expectations converge in a given area of international relations (Krasner, 1983)) and related challenges, including policy-making procedures, the role of actors (international organizations, governments, the scientific community, industry, and non-governmental organizations) which influenced that policy-making, by explaining various international environmental conventions and frameworks under the United Nations.
Under the United Nations, discussions on the foundations of sustainability and sustainable development began in the 1970s. In 1972, the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment was held, which led to the establishment of the United Nations Environment Programme and many environmental conventions. In the 1980s, the World Commission on Environment and Development defined sustainable development as development that meets "the needs and aspirations of the present without compromising the ability to meet those of the future (The World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987)." Many international environmental conventions have been established, such as ozone layer protection in the 1980s and climate change, biodiversity, and combating desertification in the 1990s.
More recently, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which includes the Sustainable Development Goals, and the Paris Agreement, an international framework for climate change, were adopted in 2015, and since then, there has been growing discussion about achieving a sustainable society and transforming societal systems to achieve these goals.
While explaining these specific international policy discussions, this class will explain governance issues such as the international environmental regimes and the interactions among related international conventions and institutions, multi-level governance (international, national, and local, etc.), and the fragmentation and cohesion of governance. In addition, this class will explain theories and analytical frameworks, including transnational governance, which focuses on non-state actors (e.g., cities, non-governmental organizations, and companies), transition management focused on societal systems transformations, and governance related to equity between developed and developing countries.