Main topic: Climate change policies and impacts of these policies on the energy sector.

Outline: Climate change mechanism, the impact of climate change on the environment and society. Relationship between energy sector (fossil fuel consumption) and climate. International climate regime. Impact of regulatory policies on energy mix and energy investments. 

Sources: Climate change fundamentals - a very basic version ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VUPIX7yEOM) and rather detailed one (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3hpN8Odu1A). Controversial opinion on the relationship between the usage of fossil fuels and the environment by Alex Epstein. Context of the climate change issue provided by Tietenberg and Lewis. For getting familiar with the energy-climate link do read the Executive Summary of IEA Energy, Climate Change and Environment report (you may skim through the whole text indeed). 

Get ready: Climate change is a global problem with global consequences. Considering that does it make any sense for a single country to costly decarbonize its economy provided there is no global agreement on collective action?