Welcome to your Moodle space! You will use this online learning space to access your course notes, participate in discussion forums, attempt quizzes and submit your assignments throughout the semester. Make your way through the 'Getting Started' section to familiarise yourself with some ground rules for the course, your course assessments and essential information that will make your learning journey a fulfilling one. All the best!
- Getting Started
- My Assessments
- Week 1: 8 - 12 August
- Week 2: 15 - 19 August
- Week 3: 22nd - 26th August
- Week 4: 29th August - 2nd September
- Week 5: 5th - 9th Sept
- Week 6: 12th - 16th Sept
- Week 7: 19th - 23rd Sept.
- Week 8: 26th-30th Sept. Mid-Sem Break
- Week 9: 3rd - 7th October
- Week 10: 10th - 14th October
- Week 11: 17th - 21st October
- Week 12: 24th - 28th October
- Week 13: 31st October - 4th November
- Week 14: 7th - 11th November
Getting Started
Welcome to your online orientation!
Checklist ...
- Take a look at your Course Outline for this semester and take note of the essential course policies, assessments and what is expected of you to successfully complete this course.
- Have a look at some simple rules for engaging online called 'Netiquette' below.
- The course is presented in Tab format, which means most of your course content is arranged in a way to easily navigate and find relevant information.
- There is also a 'My Learning Support' section on the right to help you with various types of support that you may need as a student at FNU.
Some simple rules of engagement in an online environment.
A short video on Blended Learning.
Why we use discussion forums.
My Assessments
- Book Review by John Hardy File Uploaded 10/08/22, 18:06
- Climate change Causes, Effects and solutions File Uploaded 10/08/22, 18:11
- Climate change, Global risks and challenges File Uploaded 10/08/22, 18:12
- CW as of 26Nov File Uploaded 26/11/22, 12:16
- Final CW for ESM803 File Uploaded 28/11/22, 18:08
- Solutions for Tutorial 1 File Uploaded 28/11/22, 18:17
- Solutions 3 Essays File Uploaded 28/11/22, 18:18
- Solutions for ESM803 Final Exams 2020 File Uploaded 2/12/22, 16:11
- Sample of Solutions for ESM803 Final Exams 2021 File Uploaded 2/12/22, 16:33
- Sample of solutions for ESM803 Final Exams 2021 File Uploaded 2/12/22, 16:42
Week 1: 8 - 12 August
Week 2: 15 - 19 August
- Lecture 1 - Climate science File Uploaded 17/08/22, 17:42
- Causes of climate change File Uploaded 17/08/22, 17:42
Week 3: 22nd - 26th August
- Climate Science File Uploaded 18/08/22, 16:48
- Tutorial assignment 1 for assessment File Uploaded 25/08/22, 20:05
Week 4: 29th August - 2nd September
- Background to natural climate change_policies and protocols File Uploaded 3/10/22, 18:03
Week 5: 5th - 9th Sept
- Past climate File Uploaded 8/09/22, 18:26
- Natural CC Causes and Evidence of CC File Uploaded 8/09/22, 18:27
- CC Protocols and International agreements File Uploaded 8/09/22, 18:28
- CC Policies Part A File Uploaded 8/09/22, 18:29
- CC Policies part B File Uploaded 8/09/22, 18:30
Week 6: 12th - 16th Sept
- Paris Agreement - facts File Uploaded 14/09/22, 18:05
- IPCC - Facts File Uploaded 14/09/22, 18:06
- IPCC 5th Assessment Report - SIDS File Uploaded 14/09/22, 18:07
- Impacts of CC on resources File Uploaded 14/09/22, 18:09
- IPCC AR5 for SIDS File Uploaded 14/09/22, 18:11
- IPCC AR6 File Uploaded 14/09/22, 18:13
Week 7: 19th - 23rd Sept.
- CC impacts on human health File Uploaded 21/09/22, 18:04
- Impacts of CC on food security File Uploaded 21/09/22, 18:08
- Carbon sequestration methods File Uploaded 23/09/22, 17:21
- CC Adaptation - Fiji case study File Uploaded 23/09/22, 17:22
- COP26 - Goals File Uploaded 23/09/22, 17:23
Week 8: 26th-30th Sept. Mid-Sem Break
- Causes of Climate change - More on Background science File Uploaded 30/09/22, 21:04
- Assignment 2 File Uploaded 30/09/22, 21:05
- Seminar Presentation on IPCC AR6 File Uploaded 3/10/22, 18:04
Week 9: 3rd - 7th October
- CC Impact on Freshwater IPCC AR5 File Uploaded 5/10/22, 17:21
- Mangrove sequestration File Uploaded 5/10/22, 17:21
- Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) to CC File Uploaded 5/10/22, 17:25
- Introduction to EbA File Uploaded 6/10/22, 18:12
Week 11: 17th - 21st October
No lectures this week. Work on your Assignments (essays) and Research project.
Week 12: 24th - 28th October
This week we will look at how carbon footprint can be calculated. Check the internet on the various methods of calculating carbon footprint.
Week 13: 31st October - 4th November
Research Project
Week 14: 7th - 11th November
- Calculation of earth temperature File Uploaded 23/11/22, 17:40
- CC Impact on vulnerable groups and equity issues File Uploaded 23/11/22, 17:47
- More notes on Calculation of Earth temperature File Uploaded 23/11/22, 17:59