Global Environmental Politics is an interdisciplinary course exploring the evolving relationship between humanity and the environment from diverse conceptual, normative, and empirical perspectives. The course has no specific prerequisites and will appeal to a broad audience as it analyzes a broad spectrum of perspectives in the field. The course will explore the most pressing contemporary environmental challenges, including climate change, loss of biodiversity, desertification, trade in dangerous waste, and over-exploitation of natural resources as well as various political and policy responses to deal with them.