Williams Students' Perspectives on Climate COP21 in Paris

Throughout the Fall 2015 semester, students in Global Environmental Politics (ENVI/PSCI328), a seminar taught by Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Pia Kohler, have been studying international environmental law, with a special eye towards the Paris Climate Summit that opened on November 20, 2015.

As Part of this endeavor, the seminar participants have been carrying out research on a variety of themes, culminating in a “virtual field trip”  to the CIO21 over the last two weeks of the semester to gather data for their papers.

As part of this work, the students have each prepared blog posts on a variety of topics related to the Summit, and these are now available on the course’s public website:  http://sites.williams.edu/cop21/blog-posts/

The topics of these blogs are listed below:

A Piece of the Pie:  by Michella Ore

ADP 2-11: From Non-Paper to Draft Agreement by Annie Tewksbury

AOSIS: Coalition Dynamics looking forward to COP21 in Paris by Skylar Smith

Can a Developing Country Shape Climate Change Aid Negotiations? Bolivia’s Stance in Paris by Nahiomy Alvarez

COP 21’s Unheralded Superstar: Sweden by Christopher Wayland

Cracking the Climate Finance Code by Jesse Payan

How will we see the forest from Paris? by Daniel Wong

Putting Aside our Differences: Climate Cooperation between China and the United States by Caroline Beckmann

Voting for Action: Canadian Voters and Climate Change by Max Dugan-Knight

What Role Does the Media Play in Climate Change Discussion? by Sarah Ladouceur

Where do Petroleum Exporters Stand on COP21? by Mona Sami

Who Gets the Last Word? Activism in Climate Change Negotiations by Emory Strawn