WEEK 1
MONDAY SEPTEMBER 2
Course Introduction
Recommended Reading
Students from CCL Spring, 2017, Climate Change Leadership Declaration Spring 2017, CEMUS, Uppsala.
Orr. D, 1991, What is Education For? The Learning Revolution <https://www.context.org/iclib/ic27/orr/>
Robinson, 2010, Changing Education Paradigms.
An Ecological History of Climate Change
Required Reading
Peters. G, 2015, ‘A journey from 5°C to 2°C’ [Video file], <https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=529Og_YR0IU>
Stabinsky. D, 2018, ‘Climate change mitigation and the 2° target’ [Video file], <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOGPo1cTiLM&feature=youtu.be>
Recommended Reading
Climate Change Leadership in Practice Twitter Wall
Ramhstorf. S, 2018, ‘Europe’s freak weather, explained‘, Politico, 16 June <https://www.politico.eu/article/climate-change-gobal-warming-freak-weather-explained/>
Anderson. K, 2012, ‘Climate change going beyond dangerous – Brutal numbers and tenuous hope‘, What Next Volume III: Climate, Development and Equity, 16-40
Steffen. A, 2017, The Last Decade and You. <https://thenearlynow.com/the-last-decade-and-you-489a5375fbe8>
Steffen. A, 2017, Speed is Everything. >
Bows-Larkin. A, 2015, ‘Climate Change Is Happening: Here’s How We Adapt’ [Video file] , <https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=39&v=fw01_q0cxM8>
Anderson. K, 2017, ‘Living within our carbon budget: the role of politics, technology and personal action’ [Video file], <https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=308&v=E-VKMp18x7s>
NASA Earth Observatory, 2012, ‘The Greenhouse Effect’ [Video file], <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzCA60WnoMk&feature=youtu.be>
Visualising Climate Change
Required Reading
Harold, J., Lorenzoni, I., Shipley, T.F. & Coventry, K.R. 2016, “Cognitive and psychological science insights to improve climate change data visualization”, Nature Climate Change, vol. 6, no. 12, pp. 1080-1089 <https://www-nature-com.ezproxy.its.uu.se/articles/nclimate3162>
Recommended Reading
Andreotti, V. 2016. Multi-layered Selves: Colonialism, Decolonization and Counter-Intuitive Learning Spaces. <https://artseverywhere.ca/2016/10/12/multi-layered-selves/>
Doyle, J., 2016. Mediating climate change. Routledge. Chapter 2: Visualising Climate Change: Negotiating the
Temporalities of Climate Through Imagery /uusp-webapp/auth_hitch/spring/webpagefiles/files/download/582921/0d37a18b-a4a2-4dc6-83fb-8e9ab5c8910b.pdf
Pelto. J, 2019, ‘Glaciogenic Art’, <http://www.jillpelto.com/#intro>
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 3
History of Sustainable Development
Required Reading
Pissani, 2006, ‘Sustainable development – Historical roots of the Concept‘ Environmental Sciences 3:2, pp 83-96
Recommended Reading
Holmberg, J., & Larsson, J. (2018) A sustainability Lighthouse—Supporting transition leadership and conversations on desirable futures. Sustainability, 10(11), pp. 3842.
Williams, C. C., & Millington, A. C. (2004) The diverse and contested meanings of sustainable development. The Geographical Journal, 170 (2). pp. 99-104.
Heinberg, 2007, ‘Five Axioms of Sustainability‘, Richard Heinberg, <http://richardheinberg.com/178-five-axioms-of-sustainability>
Steffen. A, 2018, ‘Un High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development’ [Video file], <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAdNde51x5E>
Systems Thinking
Required Reading
Introduction to Systems Thinking Study Guide
Meadows,1999, Leverage Points: Places to Intervene in a System. The Sustainability Institute. Hartland.
Wujec. T, 2015, ‘Got a wicked problem? First, tell me how you make toast‘ [Video file], <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vS_b7cJn2A&feature=youtu.be>
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 4
Climate Change Litigation in Practice
Required Reading
Khan. T, 2018, ‘The Next Frontier in the Fight Against Climate Change’ [Video file], <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAdNde51x5E>
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 5
Welcome to the Anthropocene
Required Reading
Rockstrom et al, 2009, Planetary Boundaries: Exploring the Safe Operating Space for Humanity
Grint. K, 2008, ‘Wicked Problems and Clumsy Solutions: the Role of Leadership‘, Clinical Leader, Vol I Number II.
Recommended Reading
Steffen et al, 2018, ‘Tragectories of the Earth System in the Anthropocene‘, PNAS,115 (33) 8252-8259.
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 6
Theories of Leadership
Required Reading
Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, 2012, ‘The Future in Practice: The State of Sustainability Leadership’, <https://www.cisl.cam.ac.uk/resources/publication-pdfs/the-future-in-practice-the-state-of-sustainability-leadership>
Recommended Reading (acknowledgement to Felix for the contributions)
May, F. 2015, A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Climate Change Leadership : An Educational Design Research exploration of a sustainability course at Uppsala University, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper.
Goethals, G.R., Palgrave Connect, 2014. Conceptions of leadership enduring ideas and emerging insights. Palgrave Macmillan, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire.
BoardSource (Organization) (Ed.), 2010. The handbook of nonprofit governance, Nonprofit and public leadership and management. Jossey-Bass, San Francisco.
Townsend, T., MacBeath, J.E.C. (Eds.), 2011. International handbook of leadership for learning, Springer international handbooks of education. Springer, Dordrecht ; London.
Goethals, G.R., 2014. Conceptions of leadership: enduring ideas and emerging insights.
Allison, S.T., Goethals, G.R., Kramer, R.M. (Eds.), 2017. Handbook of heroism and heroic leadership, 1 Edition. ed. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, New York.
What is leadership?, 2006. . Journal of Pediatric Nursing 21, 456–457. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2006.10.002
Kort, E.D., 2008. What, after all, is leadership? ‘Leadership’ and plural action. The Leadership Quarterly 19, 409–425. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2008.05.003
Sardais, C., Miller, D., 2011. Leadership is not what you think: A Socratic dialogue. Business Horizons 54, 523–527. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bushor.2011.06.005
Barker, R.A., 1997. ow Can We Train Leaders if We Do Not Know What Leadership Is? Human Relations 50, 343–362. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016950726862
Hall, D.T., Hannum, K.M., McCarthy, J.F., 2009. Issues & observations-Leadership experience: What is it and what counts? Leadership in Action 29, 21–22. https://doi.org/10.1002/lia.1280
Hunt, J.G. (Jerry), 2004. What is leadership?, in: The Nature of Leadership. Sage Publications, Inc, Thousand Oaks, CA, US, pp. 19–47.
Storey, J. (Ed.), 2016. The Routledge companion to leadership, 1 Edition. ed. Routledge, New York.
Goldsmith, M., Baldoni, J., McArthur, S. (Eds.), 2010. The AMA handbook of leadership. American Management Association, New York.
Stoner, J.A.F., Wankel, C., 2012. Managing climate change business risks and consequences: Leadership for global sustainability. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke.
Townsend, T., MacBeath, J.E.C. (Eds.), 2011. International handbook of leadership for learning, Springer international handbooks of education. Springer, Dordrecht ; London.
Williams-Boyd, P., 2002. Educational leadership: a reference handbook, Contemporary education issues. ABC-CLIO, Santa-Barbara, Calif.
Matulich, S., Currie, D.M., 2009. Handbook of frauds, scams, and swindles: failures of ethics in leadership. CRC Press, Boca Raton.
Wholey, J.S., Hatry, H.P., Newcomer, K.E. (Eds.), 2010. Handbook of practical program evaluation, 3rd ed. ed, Essential texts for nonprofit and public leadership and management. Jossey-Bass, San Francisco.
Hannum, K., Martineau, J., Reinelt, C., Center for Creative Leadership (Eds.), 2007. The handbook of leadership development evaluation, 1st ed. ed, Jossey-Bass business & management series. Jossey-Bass, San Francisco.
Erçetin, Ş.Ş., Potas, N., 2019. Chaos, Complexity and Leadership 2017 Explorations of Chaos and Complexity Theory.
Down the rabbit hole of leadership: leadership pathology in everyday life, 1st edn. ed, 2018. . Springer Berlin Heidelberg, New York, NY.
Managing climate change business risks and consequences: leadership for global., 2016. . Palgrave Macmillan, Place of publication not identified.
Gupta, J., Grubb, M., 2000. Climate Change and European Leadership: A Sustainable Role for Europe?
Murphy, R., 2009. Leadership in disaster: learning for a future with global climate change. McGill-Queen’s University Press, Montreal.
Climate Change Leadership – Who is Responsible?
Required Reading
Clark, D, 2013, ‘Which fossil fuel companies are most responsible for climate change? – interactive’, The Guardian, 20 November, <https://www.theguardian.com/environment/interactive/2013/nov/20/which-fossil-fuel-companies-responsible-climate-change-interactive>
Kiln, 2014, ‘Carbon map – which countries are responsible for climate change?’, The Guardian, 23 September, <https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2014/sep/23/carbon-map-which-countries-are-responsible-for-climate-change>
Recommended Reading
Starr. D, 2016, ‘Just 90 companies are to blame for most climate change, this ‘carbon accountant’ says’, Science, 25 August, <https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/08/just-90-companies-are-blame-most-climate-change-carbon-accountant-says>
Elliot. L, 2016, ‘Richest 62 people as wealthy as half of world’s population, says Oxfam‘, The Guardian, 23 September, <https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/jan/18/richest-62-billionaires-wealthy-half-world-population-combined>
Verhaeghe. P, 2014, ‘Neoliberalism has brought out the worst in us’, The Guardian, 29 September, <https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/29/neoliberalism-economic-system-ethics-personality-psychopathicsthic>
Thunberg et al, 2019, ‘Young people have led the climate strikes. Now we need adults to join us too’, The Guardian, 23 May, <https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/may/23/greta-thunberg-young-people-climate-strikes-20-september>
Anderson. K, 2016, ‘A succinct account of my view on individual and collective action’, Comment on Climate, 24 August, <https://kevinanderson.info/blog/a-succinct-account-of-my-view-on-individual-and-collective-action/>
WEEK 2
MONDAY SEPTEMBER 9
Climate Change and Conflict
Required Reading
Seminar – Case Study 1
Refer to Case Study 1 Seminar Preparation Task and associated literature.
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 10
Energy Governance
Required Reading
Bulkeley. H, 2016, ‘Can we govern the climate?’ [Video file], <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KATUvvZ8fiw&feature=youtu.be>
Discourse Analysis and Introduction to Case Study 2
Required Reading
Introduction to Discourse Analysis Study Guide
Dryzek, J., 2013. The Politics of the Earth: Environmental Discourses. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 3-23 (Part I: Introduction).
Recommended Reading (big texts, but there for you if you are curious to explore further)
Bushell, S., Buisson, G.S., Workman, M. & Colley, T. 2017, Strategic narratives in climate change: Towards a unifying narrative to address the action gap on climate change, Energy Research & Social Science, vol. 28, pp. 39-49.
Gee, J.P. 2014, An introduction to discourse analysis: theory and method, Fourth edn, Routledge, New York.
Fairclough. 1995. Critical Discourse Analysis: The Critical Study of Language. Longman, London and New York.
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 11
History and Future of Climate Change Negotiations
Required Reading
Kjellen, Bo. COP Negotiations Key Points
Kjellen, Bo. Climate Leadership in 2019, Reflections
Kjellen, Bo. History and future of the climate negotiations
White. M, 2017, ‘Will Democracy Win: Debate?‘ [Video file],
Recommended Reading
Kjellen, Bo. 2009. New Diplomacy for Sustainable Development.London/New York, Routledge. pp83-103
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 12
Environmental Communication and Psychology
Required Reading
Read Introduction (xiii) and start having a look at Part 1. Thinking (p. 3-86) Stoknes, Per Espen (2015). What We Think About When We Try Not To Think About Global Warming. White River Junction, Vermont: Chelsea Green Publishing.
The below videos also act as a nice overview:
Stoknes. P, 2017, ‘What we think about when we try not to think about global warming‘ [Video file], <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8LLiaqBJjg&feature=youtu.be>
Hayhoe. K, 2017, ‘If I just explain the facts, they’ll get it, right?‘ [Video file], <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkMIjbDtdo0&feature=youtu.be>
Power and Justice in Climate Change Negotiations
Required Reading
Pick 1-2 readings from each section.
– articles on justice, power and leadership in international negotiations –
Justice in International Conflict Resolution
Albin, Cecilia. 2015. “The Many Faces of Justice in International Negotiations.” International Negotiation 20 (1): 41–58.
Albin, Cecilia, and Daniel Druckman. 2016. “Negotiating Effectively: Justice in International Environmental Negotiations.” Group Decision and Negotiation, September, 1–21.
Druckman, Daniel, and Lynn M. Wagner. 2016. “Justice and Negotiation.” Annual Review of Psychology 67 (1): 387–413.
Tritschoks, Annkatrin. 2018. “Rethinking Justice in International Environmental Negotiations: Toward a More Comprehensive Framework.” International Negotiation 23 (3): 446–77.
Zartman, I. William. 1995. “The Role of Justice in Global Security Negotiations.” American Behavioral Scientist 38 (6): 889–903.
Power and Leadership
Blavoukos, Spyros, and Dimitris Bourantonis. 2011. “Chairs as Policy Entrepreneurs in Multilateral Negotiations.” Review of International Studies; London 37 (2): 653–72.
Coolsaet, Brendan, and John Pitseys. 2015. “Fair and Equitable Negotiations?: African Influence and the International Access and Benefit-Sharing Regime.” Global Environmental Politics 15 (2): 38–56.
Corneloup, Inés de Águeda, and Arthur P. J. Mol. 2013. “Small Island Developing States and International Climate Change Negotiations: The Power of Moral ‘Leadership.’” International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics 14 (3): 281–97.
Monheim, Kai. 2016. “The ‘Power of Process:’ How Negotiation Management Influences Multilateral Cooperation.” International Negotiation 21 (3): 345–80.
Susskind, Lawrence, Boyd Fuller, David Fairman, and Michèle Ferenz. 2003. “Multistakeholder Dialogue at the Global Scale.” International Negotiation 8 (2): 235–66.
Tallberg, Jonas. 2006. “Formal Leadership in Multilateral Negotiations: A Rational Institutionalist Theory.” The Hague Journal of Diplomacy 1 (2): 117–41.
Practical Take
Hoffman, David 2013. “A Primer on Negotiation for Mediators, Counsel, and Clients.” In: Hoffman, D. A., Israela Brill-Cass, Nicole DiPentima, Annie O’Connell, Katherine Triantafillou, and Richard N. Wolman. 2013. Mediation: A Practice Guide for Mediators, Lawyers, and Other Professionals. 1st edition, 2013. Boston, MA: MCLE New England.
Zohar, Ilana. 2015. “‘The Art of Negotiation’ Leadership Skills Required for Negotiation in Time of Crisis.” Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences, The 3rd International Conference “EDUCATION, REFLECTION, DEVELOPMENT”, 3th – 4th July, 2015, 209 (December): 540–48.
Recommended Reading (some books introducing key concepts and theories on international negotiations, read chapters according to interest )
International Negotiation Theory
Fisher, Roger, William Ury, and Bruce Patton. 2011. Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement without Giving In. 3rd ed., Ed. New York: Penguin
Jeong, Ho-Won. 2016. International Negotiation: Process and Strategies. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.
Olekalns, Mara, and Wendi L. Adair, eds. 2013. Handbook of Research on Negotiation. Cheltenham: Elgar.
Zartman, I. William, and Guy Olivier Faure, eds. 2005. Escalation and Negotiation in International Conflicts. Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press
Climate Change Communication
Recommended Reading
The Climate Change Empowerment Handbook
Principles for effective communication and public engagement on climate change
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 13
Climate – A Conflict of Interest?
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Clearing the Air: Avoiding Conflicts of Interest Within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, by Brook M R Dambacher, Matthew T Stilwell, Jeffrey S McGee https://academic.oup.com/jel/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/jel/eqz015/5511704 (NEW)
- The Greens, European Free Alliance (2018) Revolving Doors and the Fossil Fuel Industry: Time to tackle conflicts of interest in climate policy-making https://www.greens-efa.eu/files/doc/docs/3d2ec57d6d6aa101bab92f4396c12198.pdf
- GLOBAL CORRUPTION REPORT: CLIMATE CHANGE – Transparency International ”Global Corruption Report: Climate Change” (Executive summary, chapter 1-2.2 (esp 2.2.1) :https://www.transparency.org/whatwedo/publication/global_corruption_report_climate_change
- Corporate Accountability, Polluting Paris!https://www.corporateaccountability.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/PollutingParis_COP23Report_2017.pdf
- “No is not enough” by Naomi Klein (difficult to choose a chapter, but can if you force me)
- Conflicting Interests of Climate Negotiations http://climatetracker.org/conflicting-interests-climate-negotiations-whos-really-running-show/
- Understanding the UNFCCC https://bigpicture.unfccc.int/
Case Study 2
Required Reading
Refer to Case Study 2 Seminar Preparation Task and Associated Literature, and additionally skim through
Bäckstrand, K., Lövbrand, E., Tema Miljöförändring, Linköpings universitet, Filosofiska fakulteten & Institutionen för tema 2016, The Road to Paris: Contending Climate Governance Discourses in the Post-Copenhagen Era, Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning, , pp. 1-19.
Reflexive Leadership
Required Reading
Refer to Reflexive Leadership Preparation Task
Alvesson et al, 2017, ‘Reflexive leadership: organising in an imperfect world,’ London: SAGE, Chapter 8.
Alvesson. M, 2017, ‘Discrepancy Between Leadership Talk and Practice’ [Video file], <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1z2U8-PUOmg&feature=youtu.be>
WEEK 3
MONDAY SEPTEMBER 16
Embodied Leadership – Learning through Movement and Theatre
Oceans, Islands and the Case for Adaptation
Required Reading
Stabinsky, 2018, ‘Adaptation to climate change: options and uncertainities,’ [Video file], <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxA-EQVpJ10&feature=youtu.be>
Radical Tenderness
Recommended Reading (for some background to these methods)
D’Emelia, D. 2015. Radical Tenderness Manifesto. https://danidemilia.com/radical-tenderness/
Gesturing Towards Decolonial Futures Collective. 2019. Gesturing Towards Decolonial Futures https://decolonialfutures.net/gce/
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 17
Carbon Budgets
Required Reading
Anderson. K, 2017, Revealing the naked emperor – Paris, 2° & Carbon Budgets [Video file], <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=776gGbWFLIc>
Ethical Frameworks
Required Reading
Tännsjö, Torbjörn (2013) Understanding Ethics: An Introducton to Moral Theory. Edinburgh.Edinburgh University Press. Chapters 1,2,4,6,8 *
Osberg, D. (2010). Taking Care of the Future?: The complex responsibility of education & politics. In Complexity theory and the politics of education (pp. 153-166). Brill Sense.
*This book is available as an e-book at Uppsala University library.
Recommended Reading
Clifford, W. K. (1877). The ethics of belief. First published. Find here: http://homepage.westmont.edu/hoeckley/Readings/CliffordEthicsOfBelief.pdf
Ethical Analysis of Hurricane Maria
Required Reading
Read the book Klein, Naomi (2018). The Battle for Paradise: Puerto Rico Takes on the Disaster Capitalists. Haymarket Press.
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 18
Feminist and Indigenous Perspectives on Climate Change
Required Reading
- the lecture by Prof Kyle Whyte,
- on the Talvivaara mining disaster – Finland (consequences of mining for metals for “green” energy) Talvivaara – water consequences
Link to fulltext available – click above.
Case Study 3
Refer to Case Study 3 Seminar Preparation task and Associated Literature
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 19
Finding Courage for the Climate
Putting Pen to Paper
Required Reading
Wood, J (2009), How Fiction Works. Jonathan Cape, London.
Climate Change: Where to from here?
Required Reading
Hällström, Niclas (ed), 2012, ‘Part IV: Movement towards change‘, What Next Volume III: Climate, Development and Equity. Uppsala: Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation and What Next Forum. p 293-345
Urbanski, D, 2017, ‘An Incomplete Timeline of What We Tried’, Vice, 15 December, <https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xwvgeq/an-incomplete-timeline-of-what-we-tried>
Plus 3 solutions from The Beam/ Drawdown
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 20
Global Climate Strike
WEEK 4
MONDAY SEPTEMBER 23
The Unihabitable Earth
Required Reading
Make sure you have read The Unihabitable Earth by this point
Raise your Voice – Pitching and Activism
Paris D12 : Red Lines
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 24
Leadership Seeds for the Future
Required Reading
- Sustainability plan: How might Einstein solve our problems? (backcasting), (2014, 5 min) https://youtu.be/DeDm-HTFuiY (basic explanation of backcasting)
- Stockholm Resilience Centre TV – Seeds of good Anthropocenes (2016, 4 min) https://youtu.be/tuqCvYF_EPA
- Bennet et al (2016) Bright spots: seeds of a good Anthropocene
- See more examples of seeds here: https://goodanthropocenes.net/
- Stockholm Resilience Centre TV – Imagining the Good Anthropocene (2015, 11 min) https://youtu.be/eOIV4eRB1nw
Recommended Reading
For those interested, here is a Workshop Report that the workshop is inspired by:
- Report on the Anthropocene Visioning Workshop (attached)
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 25
Climate Change Leadership – Business as Usual?
Recommended Reading
Meyer, K. E. (2004). Perspectives on multinational enterprises in emerging economies. Journal of international business studies, 35(4), 259-276.
Kolk, A. (2016). The social responsibility of international business: From ethics and the environment to CSR and sustainable development. Journal of World Business, 51(1), 23-34.
UN, 2015. Global Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships: Scaling up Public-private collective impact for the SDGs.
Holmström-Lind, C., Kang, O., Ljung, A. and Forsgren, M. 2018. MNC involvement in social innovations: The issue of knowledge, networks and power, Critical perspectives on international business, DOI 10.1108/cpoib-09-2017-0060
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 26
Climate Change Leadership Pitches
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 27
Climate Change Leadership in Practice?
GENERAL
Miscellaneous but interesting viewing and reading we have found
The Fracking Song