Climate change impacts and risk assesment (5 cr)

Objective

You are familiar with the causes of climate change and its likely consequences. You know the contents of recent climate agreements and with what tools the mankind aims to mitigate global warming. You are able to define what risk assessment is and how it is used in practice. You know what management tools are available for risk evaluation.

Content

How do climate policies work?
Which risk assessment and management methods are used in hazard identification?
How is environmental risk assessment applied in the water sector?
What are the national responsibilities for adaptation strategies?
What is the best risk management approach for assessing adaptation to changing flood and drought risks in global and local situations?

Evaluation

Students can
a) use professional vocabulary and concepts in an expert way in different situations.
b) evaluate information sources critically.
c) work as team members in working life expert duties and identify and describe the problems of the professional field.
e) choose appropriate models, methods, software and techniques according to the purpose and justify these choices.

Course material

Material will be provided in the Learn -system

Timing of exams and assignments

Final exam at the end of the course. You can retake a failed exam twice and you have a one possibility to retake a passed exam. These dates will be determined at the first lecture.

Student workload

Based on credits.

Course part description

Risk assessment and management 50 %
Climate change related lectures and a group project work 50 %

Further information

No possibilities for online studies.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Evaluation is based on:

Attendance
Final Exam
Group work