MET 457 — CLIMATE CHANGE: SCIENCE, POLICY AND MANAGEMENT
BSc BSc Meteorology and Climate Science · Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Observed climate variability and change: climate reconstruction: Climate science: biogeochemistry- and biosphere-climate interactions, Natural modes and coupled systems; Human perturbation of climate; Climate forcing agents, Aerosol forcing of climate, Climate models and simulation of current climate, Climate change detection and attribution; Future climate: Future climate predictions, Effects of climate change – global warming and ozone depletion; Environmental mechanisms through which climate change leads to socio-economic impacts; Methods for assessing socio-economic impacts of climate change: Regional predictions, Adaptability and vulnerability; Climate change mitigation: The international political response, including the flexibility mechanisms of the Kyoto Protocol
- Credits
- 2
- Level
- Level 400
Other courses on this programme
- GEOG 463 — ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT I
- MET 451 — AVIATION METEOROLOGY
- MET 452 — PREDICTION OF TROPICAL WEATHER SYSTEMS
- MET 453 — CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION/DISPERSION METEOROLOGY
- MET 454 — STATISTICAL CLIMATOLOGY
- MET 455 — PROJECT I
- MET 456 — PROJECT II
- MET 458 — AGROMETEOROLOGY
- MET 459 — TROPICAL CLIMATOLOGY
- MET 462 — BIOMETEOROLOGY AND HUMAN HEALTH
- MGT 471 — PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT I
- MGT 472 — PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT I
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