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From Climate Science to Action
Course
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English
13 h
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- Self-paced
- Free Access
- Fee-based Certificate
- 4 Sequences
- Introductive Level
Course details
Syllabus
- Week 1 - Climate Change in the 21st Century
Week 1 will introduce you to the growing and well-documented body of evidence regarding observed changes in the climate system. Week 1 will also provide an overview of the projected changes in climate up until the end of the 21st century. - Week 2 - Sectoral and Regional Impacts
Week 2 will introduce you to the climate impacts across different regions of the planet. If warming goes beyond 2˚C, multiple threats associated with a warming planet such as extreme heat waves, sea–level rise, more intense storms, droughts and floods, will be... - Week 3 - From Science to Action on Climate Change
Week 3 will introduce you to a region-specific understanding of challenges on what mitigation and adaptation actions are needed to reduce emissions, at the same time decreasing vulnerability to climate change impacts and building climate resilience. The module... - Week 4 - What You Can Do
This week will introduce you to the types of actions not just by your country, but by different actors including yourself, to embark on a low-emissions development trajectory that would help limit warming to below 2°C.
Prerequisite
None.
Instructors
Alan S. Miller
Principal Climate Change Specialist
Claudia Barrera
Senior Carbon Finance Specialist
Editor
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