International Environmental Politics: ESPM 169
UC Berkeley Summer Sessions
[{'start': '1.300', 'end': '6.519', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '7.040', 'end': '12.240', 'text': 'Welcome everybody to ESPM 169'}, {'start': '10.160', 'end': '15.759', 'text': 'International Environmental Politics for'}, {'start': '12.240', 'end': '17.600', 'text': 'the summer of 2021. My name is Kate'}, {'start': '15.759', 'end': '19.439', 'text': "O'Neal. I'm a professor in the"}, {'start': '17.600', 'end': '21.320', 'text': 'department of environmental science'}, {'start': '19.439', 'end': '23.439', 'text': 'policy and management here at UC'}, {'start': '21.320', 'end': '25.600', 'text': "Berkeley. And I've been teaching this"}, {'start': '23.439', 'end': '28.800', 'text': 'course and others like it for 20 years'}, {'start': '25.600', 'end': '30.400', 'text': "now. In this online space, we'll be"}, {'start': '28.800', 'end': '32.640', 'text': 'learning about some of the most'}, {'start': '30.400', 'end': '35.360', 'text': 'difficult and intractable problems the'}, {'start': '32.640', 'end': '37.520', 'text': 'global community has faced to date. This'}, {'start': '35.360', 'end': '40.079', 'text': 'includes plastic wastes in the ocean,'}, {'start': '37.520', 'end': '42.559', 'text': 'biodiversity loss, and of course, the'}, {'start': '40.079', 'end': '44.640', 'text': "global climate crisis. We'll be learning"}, {'start': '42.559', 'end': '48.160', 'text': 'about what the global community is doing'}, {'start': '44.640', 'end': '51.280', 'text': 'to address these problems. What kinds of'}, {'start': '48.160', 'end': '53.840', 'text': 'political mechanisms, laws, treaties,'}, {'start': '51.280', 'end': '55.920', 'text': 'institutions have they established and'}, {'start': '53.840', 'end': '58.160', 'text': 'how well do they work? We look at the'}, {'start': '55.920', 'end': '62.079', 'text': 'role of activists, scientists,'}, {'start': '58.160', 'end': '65.320', 'text': 'corporations, and others in facilitating'}, {'start': '62.079', 'end': '69.360', 'text': 'political change or indeed obstructing'}, {'start': '65.320', 'end': '71.680', 'text': 'it. My own passion is waste, the global'}, {'start': '69.360', 'end': '73.760', 'text': 'politics of waste, from litter in the'}, {'start': '71.680', 'end': '76.320', 'text': 'streets of Berkeley all the way up to'}, {'start': '73.760', 'end': '78.159', 'text': 'electronic waste circling the globe. So,'}, {'start': '76.320', 'end': '80.799', 'text': "you'll be hearing a lot about that as we"}, {'start': '78.159', 'end': '83.280', 'text': 'move forward. But most of all, I hope'}, {'start': '80.799', 'end': '85.600', 'text': 'that what we get out of this summer is a'}, {'start': '83.280', 'end': '89.520', 'text': 'sense of what we can do as global'}, {'start': '85.600', 'end': '92.400', 'text': 'citizens to address how global community'}, {'start': '89.520', 'end': '96.680', 'text': 'manages interdependence. I look forward'}, {'start': '92.400', 'end': '96.680', 'text': 'to meeting you in July.'}]