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.

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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 Fees

Price per attendee is £1,590.00 (zero VAT)