312142 (v.1) Climate Change and Adaptation 102

Area:	Department of Environmental and Aquatic Sciences
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	3.0
The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline.
Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Syllabus:	Climate monitoring and evaluation frameworks, including modeling and predictions of natural causes/sources and anthropogenic causes/sources; Impacts of climate change on biodiversity, terrestrial and marine ecosystems, human settlements & infrastructure, food production and water resources, and coastal systems; Health/disease issues associated with climate change including social landscape and economies; Adaptation and mitigation mechanisms to overcome barriers to change; sensitivity and adaptive capacity of affected systems; economic, social and environmental sustainability; national and international policy frameworks in a world facing climate change; energy supply and waste management; transport and its infrastructure; agriculture & forestry; sustainable development.
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Field of Education:	050999 Environmental Studies not elsewhere classified
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Informational *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

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