Post Graduate Diploma In Climate Change
Course Overview
Climate change is an increasingly vital component of scientific understanding. This course will introduce you to the many facets of climate change – providing you with information about the development of Earth’s structures, its biomes, climate regulation, and oceans. You’ll also explore the anthropogenic influences of agriculture and industrialization, humanity’s response to climate change and what the future of climate change may look like.
Participants will be required to submit 10 assignments, research paper and one final examination for the period of 12 months to demonstrate their understanding of the course content. Assignments account for 60%, research paper accounts for 30% while Examination accounts for 10% of the marks.
Unit 1: Introduction: Understanding Climate Change
Unit 2: Models of Climate Change
Unit 3: Observed Climate change and future projections
Unit 4: Global Warming
MODULE TWO: ECONOMICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
Unit 1: Climate Change and Economic Development
Unit 2: The Economics of Climate Change through the Dominant Neoclassical Lens
Unit 3: Cost-Benefit Analysis and Sectoral Impacts of Climate Change
Unit 4: The Challenges from Economics and Ecological Perspectives and Sustainable Development
MODULE THREE: INSTITUTIONS, POLICY AND GOVERNANCE
Unit 1: Climate Change, Policy Frameworks and Protocols
Unit 2: Climate Change, Development and Policy Options
Unit 3: Climate Change Financing
Unit 4: Climate Change Action Plans
MODULE 4 INTRODUCTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN CONTEMPORARY ISSUES
Unit 1 General Overview on climate change
Unit 2 Modern and contemporary issues
Unit 3 Green House Effect and global warming
MODULE 5 CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING
Unit 1 Introduction to climate change
Unit 2 Impact of climate change
Unit 3 Remedy to global warming
Unit 4 Effect of solar radiation
Unit 5 Introduction to ozone layer
Unit 6 Health risk associated with depletion
MODULE 6 CLIMATE AND AGRICULTURE
Unit 1 Climate and Agriculture
Unit 2 Climate and Industry
Unit 3 Climate and Aviation
Unit 4 Application of Climate in Building and Human Settlement
Unit 5 Climate and Human Affairs
MODULE 7 WEATHER MODIFICATIONS AND ITS IMPLICATIONS
Unit 1 Weather Modification and their Implications
Unit 2 Acid Rain
Unit 3 Drought
Unit 4 Flood
Unit 5 Economy – climate
MODULE 8: ENVIRONMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES AND TYPES OF RESOURCES (RENEWABLE AND NON RENEWABLE)
Unit 1 Overview of the Environment as an Asset
Unit 2 Environmental Problems in a Global Context
Unit 3 Environmental Challenges and Risk to Food, Energy and Water Security
Unit 4 Renewable and Non-Renewable Resources
MODULE 9: HISTORICAL ROOT, CURRENT ISSUES ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES OF ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
Unit 1 Historical Background of Sustainable Development
Unit 2 Current Issues on Sustainable Development
Unit 3 Theoretical Perspective of Environment
Unit 4 Bio-economy and Sustainable Development
MODULE 10: EXTERNALITIES, THEORIES OF MANAGING COMMON POOL RESOURCES AND SUSTAINBLE DEVELOPMENT
Unit 1 Externalities and Market Inefficiency
Unit 2 Theories of Managing Common Pool Resources
Unit 3 Public Goods and the Free Rider Problem
Unit 4 Common Pool Resources and the Tragedy of the Commons
Upon successful completion of the course, the participant will receive a Post Graduate Diploma Certificate of Merit and a transcript.
Duration: 12 Months
Fee: $1000
