Climate Change Science and Policy

Course Structure

1. The science and impacts of climate change, including interactions between climate scientists and policy and the media.
2. Environmental policy and politics.
3. Case studies of past climate change and predicting the future: including using complex models of the Earth System to predict future global change.
4. Remote Sensing of the environment, including science and practices behind remote sensing and geographical information systems (GIS).
5. Project Phase 1: Researching background material and acquisition of basic practical skills, in preparation for the main phase of the project starting in May. You will choose your main project supervisor at the start of Phase 1. The project is assessed through a literature review and a seminar that both outline the background to the project, implications for policy, and the work to be carried out in Phase 2. Feedback is given throughout this phase, developing the research skills of the student.
6. Project Phase 2: An independent investigation of a chosen topic, supervised by one of the academic team across the departments. The project is to be submitted as a written thesis and the main findings to be presented in a Research Colloquium.