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Description
This module encourages thought on risk, from the perspective of climate change and natural hazards, and how they are considered within a humanitarian context. It addresses frameworks and methodologies for understanding and measuring risk and strategies to reduce the impacts and the likelihood of disasters. It will help you to understand the impacts of climate change and natural hazards on vulnerable populations in different settings around the world.
Specific topics covered include the physical investigation of hazards, for example, earthquakes, cyclones, heatwaves and floods; the physical processes of how greenhouse gas emissions are changing our climate and environment; and international frameworks for disaster risk reduction and climate change mitigation including the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and the Paris Agreement. In addition to topical lectures, computer-based practical sessions will equip you with basic quantitative skills for analysing real-world data related to climate and natural hazard risks.
Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
Last updated
This module description was last updated on 8th April 2024.
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