41425 - International Strategies for Climate Protection Modulübersicht

Module Number: 41425 - module is no longer offered from SS 2015
Module Title:International Strategies for Climate Protection
  Internationale Klimaschutzstrategien
Department: Faculty 4 - Environmental Sciences and Process Engineering
Responsible Staff Member:
  • Prof. Dr. Dr.h.c. (NMU, UA) Schmidt, Michael
Language of Teaching / Examination:English
Duration:1 semester
Frequency of Offer: Every winter semester
Credits: 6
Learning Outcome:Within the lecture series this module provides the student with fundamental knowledge on the major strategies for international climate protection and climate impact analysis. While within the seminar, student will be expected to present more detailed examinations of applications from appropriate case studies. The module covers, environmental sensitively and change, international conventions, tools for climate impact monitoring, international strategies and tools for the protection of the Earth’s climate, international mitigation and adaptation strategies, sustainability strategies and the assessment of climate protection strategies. The lecture series will also touch on development issues, the world-wide effects of climate protection strategies on the allocation of resources, on economic growth in different regions, and on regional welfare effects.

Lecture "Strategies for International Climate Protection"
The lecture provides in depth knowledge of protection strategies and tools, background knowledge on the anthropogenic influence and impacts to atmospheric and climactic resources, review of the historical background and development of protection agreements as well as instruments and methods for the monitoring and evaluation of impacts. The knowledge obtained during the lecture series will be examined in a final oral exam at the end of the semester.

Seminar "Strategies for International Climate Protection"
In the seminar obtained knowledge of the lectures will be broadened by students' presentations discussions and essays. Exercises and homeworks will aid students to process and understand crucial issues.
  • To provide understanding of the causes of climate change,
  • To become familiar and gain a deeper understanding of the current scientific climate change debate.
  • To familiarize the student with the principal tools, complexity and variety of international Strategies for the protection of Earths Atmosphere
  • To develop students’ skills for analyzing and managing problems relevant to Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies.
  • To enable students to make a rational choice which methods, tools and designs are to be applied in different development situations, i.e. Urban Climate and Sustainable Development
  • To provide knowledge and understanding the importance of Monitoring and Evaluation process.
  • To enable students to predict and assess climatic and atmospheric impacts of anthropogenic activities allowing for adaptation and mitigation.
Contents:
  • International climate protection debate, concepts, process and climate impact analysis
  • Climate Change, environmental vulnerability, sensitively and change
  • International legal framework
  • Short, medium- to long run climate protection strategies
  • National climate policies and important international repercussions 
  • International instruments and methods for mitigation strategies: clean development mechanisms, joint implementation, carbon inventories, trading & offsetting. Uncertainties in costs and effect distribution of specific unilateral or multilateral emission reductions
  • International instruments and methods for adaptation strategies
  • Urbanisation, development and climate protection issues
  • Land use strategies and carbon sequestration
  • Advancing technologies: Capture and storage: from source to sink
  • Instruments and methods for monitoring and evaluating of programmes and projects
  • Climate protection and global governance, options for future development
Recommended Prerequisites:None
Mandatory Prerequisites:None
Forms of Teaching and Proportion:
  • Lecture / 2 Hours per Week per Semester
  • Seminar / 2 Hours per Week per Semester
  • Research paper/essay / 30 Hours
  • Self organised studies / 90 Hours
Teaching Materials and Literature:
  • Argos C. (2010) Climate Refugees MIT Press
  • Bicknell J., Dodman D. & D. Satterthwaite (2009) Adapting Cities to Climate Change: Understanding and Addressing the Development Challenges Earthscan Ltd; First edition
  • Ensor J.& R Berger (2008) Understanding Climate Change Adaptation: Lessons from Community-based Approaches, Practical Action Publishing
  • Great Britain: Committee on Climate Change (2008) Building a low-carbon economy: the UK's contribution to tackling climate change, the first report of the Committee on Climate Change, London
  • Henson, B. (2008) The Rough Guide to Climate Change, Rough Guides; 2 edition London Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
  • Climate Change 2007 - Mitigation of Climate Change: Working Group III contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC: Working Group III ... ...
  • Report of the IPCC (Climate Change 2007) Cambridge University Press; 1 edition Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2007
  • Climate Change 2007 - The Physical Science Basis: Working Group I Contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC (Climate Change 2007) Cambridge University Press; 1 edition Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2007
  • Climate Change 2007 - Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability: Working Group II contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC: Working Group II ...
  • Report of the IPCC (Climate Change 2007) Cambridge University Press; 1 edition
  • Learty N., Adejwon J., Barros V., Burton I., Kulkarno J. and Lasco R., (2009)Climate Change and Adaptation, Earthscan, London Ltd; First edition
  • Ludwig, F., Kabat, P., van Schaik, H., & M. van der Valk (2008) Climate Change Adaptation in the Water Sector Earthscan Ltd; First edition London
  • Marquina A. & Marquina A. (2010) Global Warming and Climate Change: Prospects and Policies in Asia and Europe (Energy, Climate and the Environment) Palgrave Macmillan
  • Oberthur S. & M. Pallemaerts (2010) The New Climate Policies of the European Union: Internal Legislation and Climate Diplomacy, ASP-Vub Press
  • Parry M. & Carter T., Climate (1996) Impact and Adaptation Assessment: The IPCC Method, Earthscan Ltd, London
  • Oberthur S. & M. Pallemaerts (2010) The New Climate Policies of the European Union: Internal Legislation and Climate Diplomacy, ASP-Vub Press
  • Robert N. Stavins Edited by Joseph E. Aldy, Joseph E. Aldy, and Robert N. Stavins (2009) Post-Kyoto International Climate Policy, Cambridge University Press; 1 edition
  • Schipper E:L:F & Burton (2008) Adaptation to Climate Change (Earthscan Readers Series) London
  • Schneider S. H. & Rosencranz A. (2010) Climate Change Science and Policy, Island Press
  • World Bank (2009) Convenient Solutions to an Inconvenient Truth: Ecosystem-based Approaches to Climate Change (Environment and Development) World Bank Publications
  • World Bank (2010) Cities and Climate Change, World Bank Publications
Module Examination:Unspecified - Specification from winter semester 2016/17 required!
Assessment Mode for Module Examination:

Regular attendance at seminar is obligatory.

  • Oral exam
  • 1 presentation to be prepared for the block seminar 
  • 1 written essay (each student has to write a minimum of ~ 2500 words (10% +/-).

The final grade is calculated as follows:

  • 50 % oral exam
  • 25 % presentation and regular attendance of seminar 
  • 25 % written essay
A final grade is only given, if the grading of all these parts (presentation/written essay/oral exam) are graded to at least “passed” (4,0)
Evaluation of Module Examination:Performance Verification – graded
Limited Number of Participants:None
Part of the Study Programme:
  • no assignment
Remarks:

Attention!! Plagiarism will not be tolerated and will result in the failure of the module.

No offer in WS 2013-14!

Module Components:
  • 4107811 Lecture International strategies for climate protection
  • 4107812 Seminar International strategies for climate protection
Components to be offered in the Current Semester:
  • no assignment