Modern societies are most responsible for climate change: the great social transformations of the last two centuries (industrialization, urbanization, demographic growth, income increase and inequality) have decisively contributed to rising temperatures and extreme weather phenomena. In turn, climate change conditions some current processes of social change, while promoting others. This course offers an overview of the interactions between climate change and social transformation processes in contemporary societies, drawing on various disciplines such as environmental history, political ecology, and ecological economics. The course topics examine the social change processes that have most fundamentally transformed the relationship between human societies and their natural environment during the last two centuries. We will also examine how climate change interacts with prospects for social transformation in the present, and the debate between "techno-optimist" and "degrowth" positions in the context of mitigation and social adaptation to climate change. During practical seminars, students will participate in evidence-based argumentation, based on their own work with the most important global databases on climate change and socioeconomic indicators.

K1: Acquire and apply the knowledge, skills, and techniques of the discipline of political science, using the appropriate terminology and the appropriate scientific method K2: To know the principles and values of democracy and sustainable development, in particular, respect for human rights and fundamental rights, gender equality and non-discrimination, the principles of universal accessibility and climate change. K6: To know the main currents of political philosophy, the main contemporary political theories and ideologies and those linked to current political movements C2: Identify, understand and know how to use the main theoretical and conceptual approaches and frameworks of the different areas of specialization and subdisciplines of political science C4: Be able to dedicate themselves to lifelong autonomous learning, which allows them to adapt to new situations in the professional environment S1: Be able to debate and formulate critical reasoning, using precise terminology and specialized resources, on political phenomena S6: Apply the fundamental theoretical references of politics and international organizations, as well as the relationship of international politics with domestic political processes

1. Key concepts: climate change, global environmental change, Anthropocene. 2. The Industrial Revolution and the transition to fossil fuels. 3. Globalization and European "ecological imperialism." 4. The great acceleration of the 20th century. 5. "Late industrialization" and greenhouse gas emissions from the Global South. 6. Inequalities and climate change: social and environmental justice. 7. The "environmentalism of the poor" and the social valuation of nature. 8. Green politics and extreme weather phenomena. 9. The future of climate change: techno-optimism versus degrowth.

A1 FACE-TO-FACE MASTER CLASSES A2 FACE-TO-FACE CLASSES: REDUCED (WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS, CASE STUDIES) A3 INDIVIDUAL STUDENT WORK A4 FINAL EXAM