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Responding to Global Climate Change, 6 credits
Den globala klimatförändringen, 6 hp
TGTU59
Main field of study
Energy and Environmental Engineering Environmental ScienceCourse level
Second cycleCourse type
Programme courseExaminer
Mattias HjerpeDirector of studies or equivalent
Veronica Gyberg-BrodénEducation components
Preliminary scheduled hours: 48 hRecommended self-study hours: 112 h
Available for exchange students
YesECV = Elective / Compulsory / Voluntary
| Course offered for | Semester | Period | Timetable module | Language | Campus | ECV | |
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| 6CEMM | Energy-Environment-Management | 8 (Spring 2017) | 1 | 3 | English | Linköping, Valla | E |
| 6CEMM | Energy-Environment-Management (System Tools for Sustainable Development) | 8 (Spring 2017) | 1 | 3 | English | Linköping, Valla | E |
Main field of study
Energy and Environmental Engineering, Environmental ScienceCourse level
Second cycleAdvancement level
A1XCourse offered for
- Energy-Environment-Management
Entry requirements
Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.
Intended learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to advance students understandings of the principal ways to respond to global climate change at global, national and local levels as well as in key sectors for mitigation and adaptation. After completion of the course, the student should be able to:
- understand the basics of the global climate system to enable a critical reflection on its scientific representations;
- critically evaluate the complex interactions that influence mitigation responses to global climate change and the ability to change future climate pathways;
- understand and critically reflect on drivers and barriers for climate adaptation;
- through insights of the diversity in contexts and applications be able to critically reflect on how government agencies and private actors respond to climate change within key sectors such as transportation, urban planning, water management, and energy infrastructure.
Course content
Global climate change is one of the most profound challenges facing humanity. Being tightly connected to energy supply, development and justice, responses to climate change virtually concern everybody. Over the last years, more and more actors have started to develop, design and implement responses to the challenges brought about by climate change, often presented as two categories of responses: mitigation and adaptation. Climate mitigation concerns measures that affect the greenhouse gas emissions balance whereas adaptation concerns adjustment in natural or human systems in response to actual or expected climatic stimuli or their effects.
The course falls into the following phases: (i) How do we know what we know about global climate change? (ii) What are the consequences of climate change? (iii) How can we respond to climate change. Blocks (ii) and (iii) will be focused around two cases, one for climate mitigation and one for climate adaptation.
Teaching and working methods
The teaching on the course in based on lectures, seminars, lessons, cases, and a study visit.
Examination
| UPG2 | Active participation in seminars, lessons and study visits | 1 credits | U, G |
| UPG1 | An individual case reflection | 1 credits | U, G |
| TEN1 | Written examination | 4 credits | U, 3, 4, 5 |
Grades
Four-grade scale, LiU, U, 3, 4, 5Department
Institutionen för TemaDirector of Studies or equivalent
Veronica Gyberg-BrodénExaminer
Mattias HjerpeCourse website and other links
Education components
Preliminary scheduled hours: 48 hRecommended self-study hours: 112 h
Course literature
Fastställs senare| Code | Name | Scope | Grading scale |
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| UPG2 | Active participation in seminars, lessons and study visits | 1 credits | U, G |
| UPG1 | An individual case reflection | 1 credits | U, G |
| TEN1 | Written examination | 4 credits | U, 3, 4, 5 |
Regulations (apply to LiU in its entirety)
The university is a government agency whose operations are regulated by legislation and ordinances, which include the Higher Education Act and the Higher Education Ordinance. In addition to legislation and ordinances, operations are subject to several policy documents. The Linköping University rule book collects currently valid decisions of a regulatory nature taken by the university board, the vice-chancellor and faculty/department boards.
LiU’s rule book for education at first-cycle and second-cycle levels is available at http://styrdokument.liu.se/Regelsamling/Innehall/Utbildning_pa_grund-_och_avancerad_niva.
Course literature is preliminary.
Fastställs senare
Note: The course matrix might contain more information in Swedish.
I = Introduce, U = Teach, A = Utilize
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| 1.1 Knowledge of underlying mathematics and science (G1X level) |
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| 1.3 Further knowledge, methods, and tools in one or several subjects in engineering or natural science (G2X level) |
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| 1.4 Advanced knowledge, methods, and tools in one or several subjects in engineering or natural sciences (A1X level) |
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| 1.5 Insight into current research and development work |
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| 2.1 Analytical reasoning and problem solving |
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| 2.2 Experimentation, investigation, and knowledge discovery |
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| 2.4 Attitudes, thought, and learning |
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| 3.3 Communication in foreign languages |
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| 4. CONCEIVING, DESIGNING, IMPLEMENTING AND OPERATING SYSTEMS IN THE ENTERPRISE, SOCIETAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT | ||||||
| 4.1 External, societal, and environmental context |
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| 4.2 Enterprise and business context |
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| 4.3 Conceiving, system engineering and management |
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| 4.5 Implementing |
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| 4.6 Operating |
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| 5. PLANNING, EXECUTION AND PRESENTATION OF RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS WITH RESPECT TO SCIENTIFIC AND SOCIETAL NEEDS AND REQUIREMENTS | ||||||
| 5.1 Societal conditions, including economic, social, and ecological aspects of sustainable development for knowledge development |
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| 5.2 Economic conditions for knowledge development |
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| 5.3 Identification of needs, structuring and planning of research or development projects |
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| 5.4 Execution of research or development projects |
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| 5.5 Presentation and evaluation of research or development projects |
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