Climate Change: Complete Guide (2024 Edition)

Crash course on Climate Change based on IPCC reports

What you'll learn

Understand the physics of climate change

Know the impacts of climate change and our adaptation response

Compute an individual / a company carbon footprint

Identify ideas to mitigate climate change

Requirements

No previous experience needed, apart from some basic knowledge in mathematics.

Description

Welcome to our course Climate Change!This course is intended for all learners, from beginners to professionals that want to deepen their knowledge about Climate Change.We are covering multiple topics:- the physics of Climate Change: what are the natural and additional greenhouse effect, where do greenhouse gas emissions come from, what is the global average temperature impact, and what are our climate futures depending on our emissions- the impacts and risks of Climate Change : the physical and transition risks, the impact of Climate Change beyond GHGs, the feedback loops of the climate system, how social inequalities are linked to environmental inequalities, how we can adapt to climate change- the mitigation of the causes of climate change: what is the individual carbon footprint, how do we compute a corporate carbon footprint, what are the mitigation actions at the state, corporate and individual level, what are our mitigation pathways and how do we finance the effort.This course has been written by Pierre Supau, Climate Projet Lead at Do Well Do Good, a boutique consultancy which motto is to reconcile economic performance and greater good. It is based on our business experience as well as best-in-class scientific reports, including those of the IPCC, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Overview

Section 1: The physical science basis

Lecture 1 1. Why is climate change important?

Lecture 2 2. The greenhouse effect

Lecture 3 3. Greenhouse gases increase the natural greenhouse effect

Lecture 4 4. Humanity has relied on fossil fuels to fuel economic growth

Lecture 5 5. Average temperature change is unprecedented in human history

Lecture 6 6. We should cut CO2 emissions per point of GDP by a factor of 10, at least

Lecture 7 7. Our climate futures: there is very little time left to contain climate change

Section 2: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability

Lecture 8 8. Beyond carbon and GHGs - the 9 planetary boundaries

Lecture 9 9. Climate justice and equity - doughnut economics and SDGs

Lecture 10 10. Feedback loops and tipping points

Lecture 11 11. Physical risks, chronic and acute

Lecture 12 12. Transition risks and transition opportunities

Lecture 13 13. The importance of adaptation for most vulnerable countries

Section 3: Mitigation of Climate Change

Lecture 14 14. What are our emissions globally?

Lecture 15 15. How does it translate individually

Lecture 16 16. How do we compute a company carbon footprint

Lecture 17 17. How do we finance the mitigation and the adaptation effort

Lecture 18 18. Mitigation pathways and sectoral measures

Lecture 19 19. What is the responsiblity of individuals, corporates, governments

Lecture 20 20. To go further

Anyone who want to have a complete understanding of climate change, its consequences, and our answers to it.,Professionals that want to deepen their knowledge about climate change.