Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation (MSD2I2)
- Врста и ниво студија: Мастер академске студије
- Наставник
- Статус предмета: Изборни
- Број ЕСПБ: 7
- Семестар: 2
- Број часова: 3+0
Циљ предмета
This subject is an introduction to the major topics in climate change, including the scientific basis of the greenhouse effect, the causes and consequences of climate change; the history of Earth’s climate, future climate; the national and international legal frameworks for the management of climate change including climate justice; adaptation and mitigation strategies as well as climate change policy and social change.
Исход предмета
Acquire knowledge about the basics of climate change, its causes and consequences, future climate changes;
Understand the basics of interaction between the atmosphere, ocean and land surface;
Define and identify the disciplinary foundation of key terms, concepts and theories of climate change knowledge.
Demonstrate the ability to critically analyse information on climate change through written and oral communication activities.
Describe the impacts of climate change for agriculture, forestry, ecosystems, water resources and human health.
Assess the cross-sectoral impacts of climate change in designated areas
Select and apply relevant scientific tools to analyze the options, constraints, costs and benefits for climate change adaptation.
Compare different climate change mitigation strategies and climate change policy options.
Садржај предмета
- The Concept of Radiation Balance, a Scientific Framework for Thinking About Climate Change (Spatial and seasonal fluctuation of the energy balance, Greenhouse effect)
- Radiative Forcing, Feedbacks, and Some Other Characteristics of the Climate System (Detection and attribution, Recent climate change, Global warming, Radiative forcing,)
- Learning from the Climate of the Distant Past (Climate of the past, Ice age, Milankovic theory)
Part III. Consequences of Climate Change - The Climate of the Recent Past and Impacts on Human History
- Observing the Change (Consequences of Climate Change: Observed Climate Change, Global Warming, Change in Precipitation and Drought Regime, Climate Extremes, Arctic Ice,)
- Climate Models and the Future
- Climate Change Risk in an Unknowable Future
- Energy and the Future
- Adaptation and mitigation of climate change
- Conventions, agreements and strategies on climate change
Литература
Mathez E. A. & Smerdon J. E.: Climate Change The Science of Global Warming and Our Energy Future, second edition, Columbia University Press, pp. 520.