MSc Climate Change, Society and Sustainable Futures at Durham University

Understand the challenges that climate change poses to society, and explore, evaluate and propose solutions that aim to create sustainable futures. Anthropogenic climate change and associated global environmental challenges pose profound questions for the future of human and non-human life. What futures might climate change bring, as environmental crises intersect and overlap with other global challenges?

Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences  |  Department: Geography  |  Duration: 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time  |  Study mode: full-time (part-time option)  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Location: Durham, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Teaching on this programme introduces you to the fundamentals of climate change, social and political responses to climate change, its intersection with urbanisation and how these make sustainability challenging in a range of contexts. Through guided and independent work, you will gain advanced training in research skills and techniques, learn skills of leadership, engagement and dissemination and design and execute an extended piece of student-led research on a problem or challenge at the intersection of climate change and society. Compulsory modules include Sustainable Futures, Climate Change and Society, Research Methods for Global Challenges, Cities and Climate Change, Sustainable Transitions and Transformations, Knowledge for Action and Leadership.

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