Specialisation 1 Specialisation 2

1. Climate Science and Policy

The course consists of three blocks: the basic science on climate change, the policy of climate change and climate change assessments.

The course starts with an introduction to the science of climate change, in particular the biogeochemical basis for natural and anthropogenic causes of climate change. Students also familiarise with the state of the art in climate change modelling, in particular regional climate models. A scientific controversy, the so called ”Hockey stick” debate, introduces the relationship between climate science and policy.

In the second block, the evolution of the United Nation Framework Convention of Climate Change (UNFCCC) is presented as well as its major lines of conflict. Students also discuss the current climate change negotiations based on recent Conferences of the Parties to the UNFCCC.

The third block focuses on climate change assessments. Here, the course is based on three basic concepts: impacts, vulnerability and adaptation. Students discuss current ideas on climate change impacts on nature and society in regional, sectoral and other applications. Students are introduced to vulnerability and adaptation to climate change and methodologies to study vulnerability and adaptation to climate change are introduced through presentations of recent research projects.

15 ECTS

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