Climate Change: Vulnerability, Impacts and Adaptation
Course Information
There is an additional cost to complete the assessment associated to this course. Please contact cpd.sage@ncl.ac.uk for more information.Book this course
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Learning Outcomes
At the end of this module, students should be able to:
- Explain the main societal and infrastructure vulnerabilities and risks of climate change and the necessity for integrated assessment and response.
- Identify and explain adaptation (including engineering) responses to a range of hydro-climatic hazards for key areas.
- Understand the stages of at least two risk assessment frameworks and how they are used to develop climate adaptation plans to identified risks.
- Understand our responses in the context of national and international legislation and agreements.
At the end of this module, students should have achieved the following skills:
- Ability to assess the vulnerability of nations, cities, or systems (or infrastructure components) to climate change and likely impact. Interpret climate change projections from climate model ensemble output.
- Conduct a climate change risk assessment using established frameworks used for adaptation planning to assess, prioritise, and apply sustainable adaptation strategies in a range of settings.
- Ability to apply research methods.
- Ability to use open-source web-based tools and datasets for climate change and risk analysis.
- Present the outcome of a risk assessment in a well-researched, well-structured analytical report.
- Confidence and understanding to promote use of sustainable engineering approaches.
Course Agenda
You'll learn through a combination of:
- Lectures
- Asynchronous activities
- Practical sessions
- Academic skills activities
- Reading materials
For more information on this course, please contact llahub@newcastle.ac.uk or enquire here
Course Dates
Course Start Date:  Monday, February 10, 2025 9:00 AM
Course End Date :  Friday, February 14, 2025 5:00 PM
Enrolment Dates
Enrolment Start Date:  Thursday, October 31, 2024 8:00 AM
Enrolment End Date :  Wednesday, February 5, 2025 12:00 PM
Course Location
Newcastle University
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Course Delivery Type
Face to Face 
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Price per attendee is £1,590.00 (zero VAT)