This course will provide an overview of climate change impacts, assessment and predictions, and key concerns and strategies of adaptation to climate change in the South Pacific. The course focuses on climate change impacts related to physical and human environment, including human health, food security, and the human response to climate change such as efforts to adapt, as well as efforts to avoid or reduce the negative impacts of climate change. Using IPCC Assessment Reports as the main reference together with recent complementary and contrasting findings, the relevant scientific tools are applied to analyze and discuss the different aspects of climate change. The course covers environmental risks and hazards, vulnerability assessment, climate impact causation, impact assessment methods, sector and regional climate change impact predictions, adaptation strategies, and adaptation policy frameworks.
- Teacher: Harshna Charan
- Teacher: Ulukalesi Tamata