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This course will focus on the social dimensions of climate change. Drawing on global and multi-disciplinary scholarship, we will address such issues as: the relationship between fossil fuels and capitalism; the relationship between social inequality and “vulnerability” to climate change; and the political economy of “adaptation.” The longest section of the course will be devoted to understanding the social and political dimensions of proposed solutions to climate change, including renewable energy transitions, carbon capture and storage (CCS) and geoengineering. Students will write a final research paper on a sociological aspect of climate change.