Climate Impacts and Adaptation

Title:	Climate Impacts and Adaptation
Web Resource Address:	http://ostrich.bath.ac.uk/node/74
Author:	Faculty of Engineering and Design Distance Learning - University of Bath
Description:	The core text and links to resources for an M-level unit in Climate Impacts and Adaptation, from the MSc Integrated Environmental Management by Distance Learning (http://www.bath.ac.uk/iem/). There are two principal learning objectives for the unit. Specifically, upon completion of the unit students should be able to: a) Convince decision-makers in your organisation of the business case to manage the physical risks and opportunities of climate change. Why do decision-makers in your organisation need to consider climate change? b) Develop and implement a rigorous, cost-efficient and continuous process to increase the resilience of your organisation to the threats, and enhance its ability to take advantage of the opportunities, of climate change. This OER includes core text for Section A, focussing on the adaptation imperative, including the state of climate science, climate change controversies, impacts of climate change and the available limiting and coping responses. In studying this unit, the core text acts as a guide to prompt independent study around a series of focus questions, aiming to create a climate literate student who can make a cogent case for the climate adaptation imperative. The core text forms part of a series of guided study activities for the M-level unit, through which students apply new knowledge within their own professional context. The core text and resources may provide a useful resource for planning a course of study in this field or act as a guide for self-study in the subject area.
Keywords:	Environmental Management; Climate Change; Climate Impacts; Climate Adaptations; self-study; independent learning; ukoer; ostrichoer
Persistent Link:	http://dspace.jorum.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/15857
Date:	2011-08-25

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