- To understand risk analysis and its role in disaster management strategies.
- To evaluate different perspectives on disaster and emergency situations.
- To identify hazards and stressors that contribute to disaster occurrences.
- To analyse international efforts addressing climate change impacts.
- To apply knowledge of institutional approaches in emergency planning.
- To develop critical thinking skills in assessing disaster scenarios.
- To integrate knowledge of climate change in disaster risk reduction.
UNIT 1. RISK ANALYSIS Risk analysis Types of risk according to their origin Processes that generate risk Risk analysis and assessment with a comprehensive approach Disaster risk and its effect on global poverty UNIT 2. DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES OF DISASTER AND EMERGENCY Study of earthquakes The atmosphere and meteorological phenomena Resilience in the framework of disaster risk management Emergency response I Emergency response II UNIT 3. HAZARDS AND STRESSORS THAT PROMOTE DISASTERS Global warming and the ozone layer Extreme natural events and their global rise Emerging pollutants Deforestation and biodiversity loss Freshwater and ocean acidification UNIT 4. INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONAL EFFORTS TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE Climate emergency and associated risks Introduction to climate change management work proposed by the IPCC IPCC special reports Sendai framework for disaster risk reduction 2015-2030 Country engagement