Innovative climate change adaptation technologies

Course: Meteorology

Structural unit: heohrafichnyi fakultet

Title
Innovative climate change adaptation technologies
Code
ВБ 2.2.3
Module type
Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2022/2023
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
3 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
7
Learning outcomes
Apply their knowledge to identify and solve problematic issues and make informed decisions in meteorology (PLO-2) Be able to communicate with specialists and experts of different levels of other fields of knowledge, including in the international context, in the global information environment (PLO-3) Develop, lead and manage projects in meteorology and climatology, evaluate and ensure the quality of work (PLO-4) Demonstrate the ability to adapt and act in a new situation related to the work in the specialty, the ability to generate new ideas in the field of Earth sciences (PLO-10)
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
1. Successful completion of courses in meteorology, climatology, agrometeorology, urban meteorology, physical geography. 2. Knowledge of theoretical foundations of chemistry, physics, physical geography, ability to establish cause and effect relationships between phenomena and processes occurring in the natural environment. 3. Knowledge of methods of synthesis and analysis of information.
Course content
The discipline is devoted to the study of innovative technologies for adaptation of economic sectors to climate change. The course consists of two modules. The first module examines the regional features of climate change in Ukraine and assesses the vulnerability of various sectors of the economy and society to these changes. The scientific and theoretical foundations of adaptation to climate change, terminology, classification of types of adaptation, organizational structure of the subjects of state adaptation policy in Ukraine are considered. The methodology of the action program for the development of adaptation measures, criteria and indicators for assessing adaptation measures, approaches to the development of adaptation measures based on reducing the scale of threats and risks of climate change, reducing vulnerability, and increasing adaptive capacity. The second module considers methodological approaches to the selection of adaptation measures based on the analysis of existing and future climate risks and vulnerability of economic sectors / regions / individual settlements, taking into account current projections of climate indicators for the medium and long term. Existing in the world practice of adaptation approaches, measures and technologies that can be applied for implementation in Ukraine are studied. Students are given the opportunity to get acquainted with the best world technologies of adaptation to climate change in such sectors of the economy as agriculture and food production, water resources, energy, transport, health, tourism, urban environment, forests and landscapes.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Стратегія екологічної безпеки та адаптації до зміни клімату на період до 2030 року. Схвалено розпорядженням Кабінету Міністрів України від 20 жовтня 2021 р. № 1363-р. Доступ: https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/1363-2021-%D1%80#n17 2. Devis O., Snizhko S., Trypolska G. TNA Adaptation (2021) Preparing a Technology Action Plan https://tech-action.unepdtu.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/tap-report-ukraine-1.pdf. 3. Devis O., Snizhko S., Trypolska G. TNA TNA Adaptation (2020) Barriers Analysis and Enabling Frameworks https://tech-action.unepdtu.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/06/baef-ukraine-adaptation.pdf 4. Devis O., Snizhko S., Trypolska G. TNA TNA Adaptation (2019) Technology Needs Assessment https://tech-action.unepdtu.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/09/final-ukraine-tna-adaptation-report.pdf 5. Making the energy sector more resilient to climate change. Доступ: https://www.iea.org/publications/freepublications/publication/COP21_Resilience_Brochure.pdf
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, seminars, independent work
Assessment methods and criteria
Control is carried out by a module-rating system. The maximum score is 100 points, 60 of which the student can gain during the semester control and 40 points - on the test. The content module 1 (CM1) includes topics 1-4, the content module 2 (CM2) - topics 5-9.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Sergiy Ivanovych Snizhko
Meteorology and сlimatology
heohrafichnyi fakultet

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Meteorology and сlimatology
heohrafichnyi fakultet