Introduction to Climate Change

This course exams climate change, its interaction with water availability, and how humans cope with these altered circumstances. The course also examines the causes of and evidence for climate change, considers the impacts on natural and human systems, and explores options to mitigate and/or adapt to changing climatic conditions. It will also discuss the governance of climate change and investigate why this issue is still a controversial topic in politics and the media, despite overwhelming scientific consensus that Earth’s climate system is warming.