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KAY6363 | Global Environmental Governance | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | Level of Course | Third Cycle | Status | Elective | Department | DEPARTMENT of PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | Mode of Delivery | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | Lecturer | Doç. Dr. Muhammed Yunus BİLGİLİ | Co-Lecturer | | Language of instruction | Turkish | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | The aim of the course: | This course aims to examine the causes and consequences of environmental issues and to present the United Nations and European Union organizations and international documents that shape environmental management at global and regional level in the axis of governance paradigm. |
Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | PO - 1 : | Have detailed knowledge of environmental management and governance. | 1,2 | 1,3, | PO - 2 : | Explain the relationship between environmental issues and environmental governance. | 1,2 | 1, | PO - 3 : | Explain the instruments of environmental governance in combating environmental problems.
| 1,2 | 1, | PO - 4 : | Explain the transformations of international and regional organizations in environmental policy and governance. | 1,2 | 1, | PO - 5 : | Explain the environmental action plans of organizations such as the United Nations and the European Union through the governance paradigm. | 1,2 | 1,3, | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | |
Environment, environmental issues, environmental management, environmental management instruments, global environmental management, governance, environmental governance, global environmental governance, United Nations and environmental governance, European Union and environmental governance, World Bank and environmental governance, North Atlantic Treaty Organization and environmental governance, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and environmental governance. |
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Course Syllabus | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | Week 1 | Environmental issues and policies conceptually | | Week 2 | Environmental management and environmental governance concepts | | Week 3 | Global environmental management and governance | | Week 4 | United Nations and environmental governance-I | | Week 5 | United Nations and environmental governance-II | | Week 6 | Impact of the 1972 Stockholm and 1992 Rio Conferences on environmental governance | | Week 7 | Sustainable Development Goals and environmental governance | | Week 8 | Efforts to combat climate change and environmental governance | | Week 9 | Midterm Exam | | Week 10 | European Union and environmental governance-I | | Week 11 | European Union and environmental governance-II | | Week 12 | Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and environmental governance | | Week 13 | The World Bank and environmental governance | | Week 14 | North Atlantic Treaty Organization and environmental governance | | Week 15 | The effects of global environmental governance on Turkish environmental policy and management | | Week 16 | Final Exam | | |
1 | Biermann, F. & Bauer, S. 2019; A World Environment Organization Solution or Threat for Effective International Environmental Governance?, London: Routledge. | | |
1 | Bruckmeier, K. 2019; Global Environmental Governance: Social-Ecological Perspectives, Cham, Palgrave MacMillan. | | |
Method of Assessment | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | Mid-term exam | 9 | 16/04/2025 | 1 | 30 | In-term studies (second mid-term exam) | 12 | 16/05/2025 | 1 | 20 | End-of-term exam | 16 | 10/06/2025 | 1 | 50 | |
Student Work Load and its Distribution | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 8 | 14 | 112 | Laboratuar çalışması | 0 | 0 | 0 | Arasınav için hazırlık | 12 | 2 | 24 | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | Kısa sınav | 3 | 2 | 6 | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 12 | 3 | 36 | Dönem sonu sınavı | 3 | 1 | 3 | Total work load | | | 225 |
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