Modern climate change

General data

Course ID:	1300-WWZKW-GES
Erasmus code / ISCED:	07.304 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0532) Earth science The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Modern climate change
Name in Polish:	Współczesne zmiany klimatu
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Geology
Course groups:	(in Polish) Przedmiot sugerowany do wyboru na II sem. I roku stud. II st. GES na spec. Geologia środowiskowa
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	Polish
Type of course:	elective courses
Prerequisites (description):	Basic knowledge of climate processes.
Short description:	Introduction to modern climate change, its natural driving forces and achievements in adaptation.
Full description:	Anthropogenic global warming, main climate factors, climate change phenomena and processes, role of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and of other organizations active in climate policy, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol truth and mistruth connected with modern climate change and its forecast, significance of proposed political and economic undertakings.
Bibliography:	(in Polish) http://www.ipcc.ch – IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) Climate Change 2007. Lockwood J.G., 1984. Procesy klimatotwórcze. PWN, Warszawa. Schönwiese Ch.-D., 1997. Klimat i człowiek. Prószyński i S-ka, Warszawa. Budziszewska M., Kardas A., Bohdanowicz Z. (red.), 2021. Klimatyczne ABC. Uniwersytet Warszawski
Learning outcomes:	Skill to interpret geological processes stimulated by climate change, knowledge of driving forces for a modern climate change.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Knowledge of main natural and anthropogenic factors that steer a modern climate change, evaluation of political and economic undertakings expected to slow down the present climate trend.
Practical placement:	none

This course is not currently offered.

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