Climate Change -eLearning

After passing this course, student understands main basic knowledge about climate change as a scientific phenomenon, as well as about mitigating it and adapting to it. The student understands the basics of how climate functions and can define causes and consequences of climate change. The student can explain what measures can be taken to mitigate climate change and how it is possible to adapt to it. The student can look at climate change from various perspectives and make connections between the environment, the economy and different parts of society. The course develops the following generic skills: digitalization, ethics, internationality, sustainability and responsibility, critical thinking, and identification and development of one's own expertise.

Time: It is possible to complete the course continuously online. In autumns, a broader 5 cp course LS00EM51 Climate Change is also offered. If you have already completed this course, you can only get 3 ECTS from the LS00EM51 Climate Change - course (content partly the same). If you have already completed the 5 ECTS LS00EM51/3352703 Climate Change course, you cannot anymore complete this course (the content is the same) Key words: Climate, climate change, global warming, greenhouse phenomenon This course is open to everyone. The course is part of Kestävyysopintojen opetusyhteistyöverkosto – Teaching Cooperation Network of Sustainability Studies.