Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Learning objectives

Knowledge

• Understanding the scientific principles underlying climate change, including the greenhouse effect, climate modelling, the impact of human activities, and knowledge of concepts in the field.
• In-depth understanding of best practices relevant to climate adaptation planning.
• Acquaintance with relevant and state-of-the-art data sources related to climate actions (mitigation/adaptation) such as satellite data, climate impact data, and socioeconomic & geographical data required for data-informed decision-making at spatiotemporal scales adequate to building long-term resilience.
• Being knowledgeable about the state-of-the-art nature-based solutions relevant to different climate risks.

Skills

• Acquiring the most relevant data and tools for climate adaptation planning.
• Using the right open-source tools for the processing, integration, and synthesizing of such data for making data-informed decision-making in a stakeholder setting.
• Prescribing the most relevant and state-of-the-art climate adaptation solutions with a particular focus on nature-based solutions.
• Working in cross-disciplinary setting to understand the trade-off and synergy between the actions of each different sectors and stakeholders in their climate actions.

Competences

• Ability to acquire, synthesise, and visualise climate change related data.
• Ability to produce and interpret risk assessment data for different climate impacts as well as exploring climate-borne opportunities.
• Ability to develop and propose adaptation pathways for a given region under certain climate risks and employ the most suitable data for data-driven decision making.
• Ability to propose suitable robust and nature-based solutions for climate risks while looking at compound and cascading climate impacts.

Exam

Exams

Additional information

The module is a separate module and it is placed at Masters level. The module has participant payment.