Climate change: vulnerability, impacts and adaptation
The course addresses the risks and likely impacts of climate change in the human, natural and built environments, covering key aspects such as water resources, flooding, sea level rise and coasts, health, transport, infrastructure and cities. Engineering strategies for adaptation are then described in detail, so delegates learn not just how climate change will impact society, but also how we can respond. Upon completion of the course, delegates will be well equipped to assess, propose and apply sustainable adaptation strategies in a range of key infrastructure and environmental settings.
The course outlines the main vulnerabilities, risks and likely impacts of climate change in a range of areas of the human, built and natural environments, and describes in detail, for a number of key areas, the assessment of impacts and engineering strategies for adaptation.
Upon completion, delegates will have:
- Understanding of main societal and infrastructure vulnerabilities and risks of climate change;
- Understanding of linked nature of risks to society and necessity for integrated assessment and response;
- Detailed technical knowledge of risks and engineering responses for key areas;
- Ability to assess likely impact and vulnerability of systems (or infrastructure components) to climate change;
- Ability to select and specify sustainable response and adaptation strategies for critical engineering systems;
- Confidence and understanding to promote use of sustainable engineering approaches.