Climate Change Adaption

Issued by Griffith University

Earners of this micro-credential have clarified the roles and responsibilities for adapting to the impacts of climate change and identified priorities to position Australia to manage the impacts of climate change. Earners were introduced to the immediate practicalities of adapting to climate change impacts in Australia and globally, and then applied that knowledge within their own field. The course provided a multidisciplinary in-depth exploration of the highly complex issue of climate change

Additional Details

Skills

Earning Criteria

Gain knowledge of the types of impacts that global climate change will produce on natural ecosystems and human communities
Gain an understanding of the types of the adaptation responses which are economically and politically feasible
Gain broad appreciation of the constraints on and consequences of such societal responses
Understand the range of issues facing urban settlements and how these may adapt to climate change
Understand how local level adaptation responses are shaped by multi-level climate governance processes
Written Assignment – Group Project Data Analysis
Written Assignment – Literature Review
Peer Assessment – Group Project Peer Assessment