Environmental and Energy PoliticsLaajuus (4 cr)
Course unit code: IE10017
General information
- Credits
- 4 cr
- Teaching language
- Finnish
- Responsible person
- Markus Huhtinen, Vastuuopettaja
Objective
How environmental values affect our opinions.
How Finnish political system works. Coalition governments and compromises.
Self-conflicting goals of environmental and energy policies.
Is sustainable development possible? How to regulate free-market economy?
How major Finnish political parties' energy and environmental policies differ from each other.
Content
Society and environmental values
Sustainable develpment
Finnish political process
International agreements, EU regulation
Goals of energy policy
Environment and free-market economy
Finnish parties and environment