Tackling Environmental Challenges for a Sustainable Future

Tackling Environmental Challenges for a Sustainable Future

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  • 4 Sequences
  • Introductive Level
  • Starts on April 11, 2021
  • Ends on May 9, 2021

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Syllabus

  • Changing glaciers
  • Protecting our oceans
  • The environment and development
  • Energy and Society

Prerequisite

There has never been a more important time to study the environment. This course is designed for anyone interested in how research is informing our knowledge of global environmental issues and potential solutions.

The course will be particularly useful for final year school students who are considering studying an environmental course at university. It will also appeal to anyone with an interest and with a general understanding of issues surrounding environmental issues.

Instructors

David Rippin
David Rippin is a Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography and a glaciologist. His research focuses on understanding how glaciers move and how their behavior is affected by climate change.

Bryce Stewart
Bryce is a Senior Lecturer whose work has ranged across temperate and tropical seas. He specializes in improving the management of fisheries and studying the effectiveness of Marine Protected Areas.

Brett Sallach
Brett is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in the Department of Environment and Geography at the University of York and studies the fate and effects of emerging pollutants in the environment.

Karen Parkhill
Karen is an Associate Professor in Human Geography with an expertise in public and stakeholder attitudes to energy and environmental risk issues (e.g. climate engineering and climate change).

Eleanor Jew
Eleanor is a Lecturer in Environment and Development at the University of York, teaching on a BA in Global Development, a new degree course. Her research addresses land use change in Africa.

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