The course Climate Change in the Coming Decades offers you the chance to delve into one of the most pressing issues of our time: climate change. Taking a comprehensive approach, we explore everything from the historical context and geological aspects of climate change, right through to its current effects, including the loss of biodiversity in terrestrial and marine ecosystems. You will analyse the policies international, such as the Paris Agreement, which seek to tackle this global crisis and you will understand the adaptation and mitigation strategies needed to tackle it. With growing global concern for the environment, this course meets a booming demand in the job market, equipping participants to become agents of change in a world that needs sustainable solutions. What’s more, as it’s an online course, you can learn these skills from the comfort of your own home, at your own pace.
Climate Change in the Coming Decades
The course ‘Climate Change in the Coming Decades’ is aimed at professionals and graduates in the environmental sector who wish to update their knowledge of the causes, impacts and policies related to climate change. It explores topics such as biodiversity loss, international policies such as the Paris Agreement, and mitigation and adaptation strategies.
40 hours
Environment
Course objectives
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Understanding the current climate change, including its context and causes.
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To analyse the impact of the climate change current in ecosystems.
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Assess the current effects and future trends in climate change.
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Explore the human influence in the climate change,
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To study international policies, such as the Kyoto Protocol, the Paris Agreement and its implementation.
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Investigate in the mitigation measures and adaptation to the effects of climate change.
What does it prepare you for?
This course will enable you to understand the climate change in its historical context and its root causes, enabling you to analyse its current impact on terrestrial and marine ecosystems, and assessing the loss of biodiversity. You will learn to assess the current and future impacts of climate change, exploring human influence and global overpopulation. You will also be equipped to examine international policies such as the The Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement, and explore effective mitigation and adaptation measures.
Teaching units
TEACHING UNIT 1. CLIMATE CHANGE. HISTORICAL CONTEXT
Known climate change
Geological time. Ecological time
Causes of climate change
Terrestrial ecosystems. Loss of biodiversity
Marine ecosystems. Loss of biodiversity
TEACHING UNIT 2. CLIMATE CHANGE. THE CURRENT GLOBAL CONTEXT
The effects of climate change and its trajectory
Global overpopulation
Mass extinctions on Earth
The ocean and its influence on the global climate
Extreme natural phenomena and their impact on the population
TEACHING UNIT 3. INTERNATIONAL POLICIES IN THE CONTEXT OF CLIMATE CHANGE
Regulatory frameworks for global climate change
Initiatives under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
The Kyoto Protocol
Paris Agreement
Progress in climate change negotiations. The role of different countries
TEACHING UNIT 4. ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION
Citizenship and climate change
The theory of climate change as a threat
Mechanisms for assessing vulnerability to climate change
Adapting to climate change. Mechanisms and initiatives
Climate change mitigation: mechanisms and initiatives