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Climate Change

ВК 1.1.6

Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП

First

2023/2024

8 Semester

4

Students acquire knowledge about climate and its changes on the planet in the modern period, the main consequences of climate change, and approaches and methods for assessing vulnerability and developing measures to adapt to climate change.

Distance form

1. Knowledge of the theoretical foundations of physics, natural geography, the ability to establish cause-and-effect relationships between phenomena and processes occurring in the natural environment. 2. Possession of methods of information synthesis and analysis.

The academic discipline is devoted to the study of the Earth's climate, its change, and the main negative consequences of climate change. The course pays significant attention to the economics of climate change. In particular, the specifics of the impact of climate change on global economic processes and society and the main patterns of the impact of climate change on types of economic activity are revealed. Separate topics of the course are devoted to the vulnerability and adaptation of cities to climate change.

1. Shevchenko O.G., Snizhko S.I., Vitrenko A.O. Economic meteorology. Kyiv: Master of Books, 2019. 352 p. 2. Assessment of the impact of climate change on economic sectors / edited by S.M. Stepanenko, A.M. Polyovoy. Kyiv: Ecology, 2011. 696

Lecture, seminar, individual work

The course includes 2 content parts. Classes are held in the form of lectures and seminars. The discipline ends with an exam. Semester assessment: the number of points that a student receives during the semester is the sum of the points that were received when evaluating the work in seminars and performing thematic tests. Organization of assessment: Work in seminars is assessed by performance, in accordance with the schedule of seminars. Thematic tests are carried out in the form of a test.

Ukrainian