Florian Manuel Egli: Katalogdaten im Frühjahrssemester 2021

Name	Herr Dr. Florian Manuel Egli
Adresse	Energie- und Technologiepolitik ETH Zürich, CLD C 11 Clausiusstrasse 37 8092 Zürich SWITZERLAND
Telefon	+41 44 632 58 27
E-Mail	florian.egli@gess.ethz.ch
Departement	Geistes-, Sozial- und Staatswissenschaften
Beziehung	Dozent

Nummer	Titel	ECTS	Umfang	Dozierende
851-0610-00L	The Role of Finance in Tackling Climate Change Primarily suited for Master and PhD students.	3 KP	2V	B. Steffen, F. M. Egli, A. Stünzi
Kurzbeschreibung	This course focuses on public policy to leverage finance in tackling climate change. We cover international negotiations as well as the role of governments in designing public policy for different financing actors (e.g. public and private) in developing and OECD countries.
Lernziel	- Critically examine the role of finance (e.g. public vs private actors) in climate change and the energy transition - Develop an understanding of the role and design of public policy to direct and mobilize finance - Find out about current challenges in climate finance with a focus on Switzerland
Inhalt	Reaching the 2°C climate target requires massive investments in low-carbon technologies. In 2015, the Paris Agreement underlined the responsibility of governments to align finance flows with climate change mitigation. Accordingly, a market for low-carbon investments emerged, but the available climate finance falls short of what is needed. Thus, political discussions on the international and national levels concern how public policies can better use the financial system to accelerate climate change mitigation. In this course, students will learn about the role of finance for the low-carbon transition in developing countries, in industrialized countries, and specifically in Switzerland. We will discuss existing policies, their effectiveness and the underlying political economy challenges to implement them. Combining recent academic findings and hands-on insights from guest lecturers, we will analyze structural challenges, conflicting positions in international negotiations and domestic policy-making, and the role of multilateral financial institutions. The course covers four key topics: - The role of finance in climate change and the importance of public policy - International climate finance and development - Climate and energy finance in OECD countries - Opportunities (and responsibilities) for Switzerland and its financial sector The course has a highly interactive (seminar-like) character. Students are expected to give a presentation and to actively engage in the discussions. The presentation will also form part of the final grade, together with a final exam.
Skript	Slides and reading material will be made available via moodle.ethz.ch (only for registered students).
Literatur	A reading list will be provided via moodle.ethz.ch (only for registered students).
851-0647-00L	Model United Nations - International Policy-making	2 KP	1S	L. Hensgen, F. M. Egli
Kurzbeschreibung	This course takes the UN as a starting point to acquaint students with key competences decisive for effective international policy-making to address the most pressing issues of humanity. These include intercultural negotiation, mediation and complex problem solving skills. Participants receive the opportunity to exchange with UN staff, diplomats and civil society members engaged with the UN.
Lernziel	Intercultural mediation, negotiation, complex problem solving, sustainable development goals and how those are addressed by the UN, team work
Inhalt	Technical progress led to unprecedented opportunities and challenges for human societies. While we were never as affluent, educated and healthy as today - climate change, biodiversity loss, epidemics and widening inequality, as well as new risks from emerging technologies - such as lethal autonomous weapons and designed pathogens – pose novel challenges. Responding to these challenges requires not only profound technical knowledge but also a profound understanding of societies and the capacity to put technological solutions into practice in a globalized, intercultural and political environment. Thus, increasingly there is a need for engineers with a strong understanding of complex problem solving to address the most pressing challenges of human kind. This course takes the UN as a starting point to address complexity at international policy-making processes and to make students aware of the need for more sustainable solutions in the future. The work on real UN case studies will challenge students to critically assess global problems from different perspectives, to discuss UN resolutions brought forward and to reflect upon their potential implications. Opportunities to exchange with experts, such as UN staff, diplomats and civil society advisors will complement theoretic inputs. In this course, ETH students can complement their technical skills with key competences decisive for effective international policy-making.
Voraussetzungen / Besonderes	The course consists of five sessions (March 9th/ March 23rd/ April 6th/ April 27th/ May 4th 5.15 PM- 7.00 PM) that include teaching and discussions about the UN system with external experts as well as the preparation and participation in a MUN in Zurich (May 1st- May 3th 2020). Upon request and at students’ own expense they can also attend a MUN in another location. The course is co-organized with the ETH MUN. Similar courses are offered at UZH, HSG, University of Bern, University of Geneva.