This course is not currently offered, please contact the school or faculty of your program.

Course description

GEOS3105 will not be offered in 2013

This course will cover the science of climate change and its impacts and how, through informed environmental management decision making processes, the risks that climate change present to the environment and society can be effectively managed. The course will present current knowledge of the causes and consequences of natural and human induced climate variability using a wide range of examples from around the world. Policy design and implementation in Australia and internationally will be reviewed and critiqued in relation to both environmental management and opportunities for greenhouse gas emission mitigation. Students will be challenged to analyse emerging opportunities for sustainable environmental management in an era of rapid climate change. Learning is accomplished by lectures, readings and participation in tutorial and practical classes.