Global Development (Environment and Climate Change) MSc

Develop the skills, insights and ideas needed to explore socially just climate change solutions.

MSc Global Development (Environment and Climate Change) explores the links between environmental challenges and sustainable development, with a focus on low- and middle-income countries.

You will consider how climate change, biodiversity loss and resource pressures shape development priorities, and how governments, organisations and communities respond to these challenges.

The course connects environmental understanding grounded in the physical sciences with the social and economic dimensions of global sustainability.

You will examine the environmental dimensions of development trends and interventions, and explore how socially just responses to climate change and environmental problems can be developed in different global contexts.

You will engage with research-led teaching that examines both mainstream sustainability approaches and more radical alternatives for sustainable global development.

Key themes include:

* climate change adaptation, mitigation and sustainable development;

* the impact of environmental change on low- and middle-income countries;

* the relationship between environment, society and economy;

* strategies for climate resilience in vulnerable communities;

* balancing development priorities with ecological preservation and social justice.

Studying at Manchester places you within the Global Development Institute, one of the largest development-focused research and teaching institutes in Europe. You will be part of a university ranked in the world’s top five for Development Studies, with opportunities to learn alongside a diverse community of students and researchers focused on global development challenges.

The programme is suitable for students interested in careers in government, international organisations, NGOs, civil society organisations, the private sector, research, policy and development practice, particularly where these roles focus on environment, climate change and sustainable development.