UMass has announced that it will be offering a new course in the fall. The description is as follows:
The course is being taught by Mukul Sanwal, who will be here as a Five College visiting scholar. Sanwal’s bio is below, but needless to say that he has a wealth of practical and scholarly expertise, so this course should be terrific for students interested in global politics and/or climate change policy.
| Description: The course will seek to understand how countries at different stages of growth and well-being, in an interdependent and globalizing world, view the evolution of global climate change, the opportunities they explore for the transition to global sustainability, and the changing North-South politics in international cooperation. |
Sanwal’s bio:
Represented the Government of India at the Rio Conference in 1992 and was a lead negotiator for the Climate Change treaty, Agenda 21 and co-chaired the negotiations leading to the Rio Declaration.Joined the United Nations in 1993 as policy adviser to the Executive Director of UNEP and later to the Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC, and was closely associated with the establishment of the Global Environment Facility and its Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel, establishment of monitoring and compliance arrangements in the climate regime, the World Summit on Sustainable Development and Inter-Agency Relations of the UN, and was a part of the group of scientists that contributed to the award of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 to the IPCC.
Closely associated with the drafting of the National Action Plan on Climate Change, and is a member of the Expert Committee on Strategic Research on Climate Change set up by the Ministry of Science and Technology. Currently also associated with the Fung Global Institute, Hong Kong, represented the South Centre, Geneva, at the Copenhagen climate talks and was invited to teach a course on International Relations at the University of Business and the Economy, Beijing, China.
Has a Master in Public Administration from Harvard University, USA, graduated from St Stephen’s College, Delhi University and studied at The Doon School, Dehra Dun.
He has contributed significant publications in peer reviewed journals on global strategic affairs, sustainable development, climate policy and governance, writes a monthly column for The Economic Times, has a blog on the India Environment Portal and is on the editorial board of the Chinese Journal of Urban and Environmental Studies.
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