The earth’s climate is warming. New temperature records are being set around the world on a regular basis. Severe weather events are becoming more regular and affecting more people. In Australia, droughts are becoming longer and more severe and winter rainfall in southern Australia is decreasing.

How can we adapt to live in this warmer world? What can we do to prepare ourselves for these changes? What impacts are these changes going to have on a local, regional and global scale?

Explore many of these aspects of climate change through lectures from some of the experts in their fields both from ANU and other agencies.

Course outline

• 22 October: Health & Climate risk management - Dr. Liz Hanna /Melanie Pill
• 29 October: Impacts in the local region - Associate Prof. Geoff CaryAssociate Prof. Geoff Cary / Prof. Saul Cunningham
• 5 November: Changing to a Zero carbon world - Prof. Ken Baldwin / Prof.  Kate AutyProf.  Kate Auty
• 12 November: From mountains to the plains - Dr. Matt Brookhouse / Dr. Matt Colloff
• 19 November: Adaptation from the land to the sea - Dr. Steve Crimp / Dr. Will Howard
• 26 November: From the city to the bush - Prof. Barbara Norman / Prof. Jamie Pittock

Learning outcomes

At the completion of this course, you should be able to:

1. Understand the impact and threats to both human and natural environments of climate change, locally, regionally and globally
2. Understand how can we adapt to climate change both on an individual and societal level
3. Understand the costs/benefits in changing to a reduced carbon world.

Who Should Enrol?

Anyone Interested in learning about climate, environment, sustainability.  

**This is designed as a companion course to 'Sustainable Futures' **