Course content With the adoption of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the United Nations in 2015, Sustainability has taken center stage in public policy debates at global, national and local levels. This class introduces and explores the concept of sustainability and its social, economic and environmental dimensions. Climate change will serve as the core case study linking all three elements. We consider normative foundations, indicators, tools for analyzing synergies and trade-offs among different goals, and public policies and governance options for achieving sustainability. A particular focus is on the political economy of interactions between the state, business and NGOs in devising public policy for sustainability. The tools taught in this course are rooted mainly in economics and political science, but their application will be non-formal throughout. Note that this is not a class in development economics or Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Main learning objectives • Introduction to core concepts in contemporary sustainability governance • Overview of key sustainability challenges, in particular climate change • Conceptualize sustainability as a public policy challenge in the context of polycentric global governance