SLE740 - Climate Change, Adaptation and Mitigation
Unit details
| Year: | 2022 unit information |
|---|---|
| Important Update: | Unit delivery will be in line with the most current COVIDSafe health guidelines. We continue to tailor learning experiences for each unit to achieve the best possible mix of online and on-campus activities that successfully blend our approaches to learning, working and research. Please check your unit sites for announcements and updates. Last updated: 4 March 2022 |
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Robert Faggian |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus: | 2 x 1 hour classes per week, 1 x 1 hour seminar per week. |
| Scheduled learning activities - cloud: | Online independent and collaborative learning. |
Content
This unit will provide a broad introduction to climate change, climate change adaptation and mitigation from a scientific, societal and policy perspective. It will then focus on climate change in the context of regions and their natural resource base, including an exploration of linked issues such as sustainable food production, integrated water management (residential-industrial-environmental), land-use decision-making and common law liability, amongst others.
The unit will develop the knowledge and understanding required by professionals involved in natural resource management (including agriculture and food production, forest and resource management), spatial and economic planning, policy development, or anyone with an interest in climate change, to develop appropriate regional and local responses to the risks and opportunities posed by a changing climate.
Some of the topics covered include: climate science (global climate modeling, regional downscaling of projections, uncertainty); climate policy (including mitigation, decision-making, risk frameworks, uncertainty, no-regret policies); systems science (regional systems, resilience theory, adaptive capacity).
| ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Explain how climate projections are developed and discuss the complexity and uncertainty of this process in the context of the broader public climate change debate. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Explain the principles of adaptation (from incremental through to transformational) and discuss them in a regional context. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO3 | Analyse the interconnected nature of a regional system (and its dependencies on climate) to determine exposure to the risks associated with climate change. | GLO4: Critical thinking |
| ULO4 | Critically consider the elements of effective climate change adaptation policies. | GLO4: Critical thinking |
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oral presentation | 10-15 minute oral presentation | 30% | Week 7 |
| Written report | 1,500-word written report | 30% | Week 11 |
| Examination | 2-hour written examination | 40% | Examination period |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning Resource
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: SLE740 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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