Climate Change: Vulnerability, Impacts and Adaptation

Course Information

The module aims are to:

  • Introduce the likely hazards (impacts) associated with climate change in a range of areas of the human, built and natural environments
  • Develop understanding of risk, its composition in terms of hazard and vulnerability and how these can vary spatially depending on local context
  • Develop understanding of engineering adaptation strategies to identified hazards and risks for a number of key areas in the context of a changing climate
  • Apply a relevant framework for the assessment of risks and adaptations for different cities

    • The module introduces the concept of risk in the context of natural (hydro-climatological) hazards in a changing climate. The impacts of climate change on different sectors, principally (but not exclusively) related to water are described and engineering responses to these impacts are examined.

    The module demonstrates how climate information and methods introduced previously are used in practice in risk assessment frameworks to adapt to these future risks and aid decision-making.

    Please register your interest with us and we will confirm any capacity restrictions associated with the course.

    For more information on this course, please contact llahub@newcastle.ac.uk or enquire here

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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

Course Dates

Course Start Date:  Monday, April 29, 2024 8:00 AM

Course End Date :  Friday, May 3, 2024 9:00 PM

Enrolment Dates

Enrolment Start Date:  Thursday, April 4, 2024 8:00 AM

Enrolment End Date :  Thursday, April 25, 2024 10:30 PM

Course Location

Newcastle University

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Course Fees

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