The course highlights the most significant aspects of climate change dynamics with emphasis on local and regional implications for sustainable management of primarily biological resources at a national and international level. Basic principles of climatology and atmospheric dynamics will be presented and the greenhouse effect will be discussed. Sources of greenhouse gases (GHG) and contributions to total emissions will be discussed along with recommendations on mitigation strategies to reduce their emissions. The vulnerability of the agricultural sector, the forests and water resources sectors to climate change will be addressed and their potential adaptation strategies discussed. The socio-economic factors impacting on the implementation of mitigation and adaptation strategies to climate change will be discussed and the evolution of climate change related international laws and treaties will be reviewed. This course will be delivered via lectures and examined by an in-course test, a project report and a final examination.
The University of the West Indies
St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
Tel: (868) 662-2002
Fax: (868) 663-9684
Department of Geography
Faculty of Food and Agriculture
UWI St. Augustine
Tel: (868) 662-2002 Ext. 84129
