Course Unit Code | Course Unit Title | Type of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | Number of ECTS Credits | 162000404109 | CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS | Elective | 2 | 4 | 3 |
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Level of Course Unit |
Short Cycle |
Objectives of the Course |
Climate change is the major global problem that will effect the world in future. It is important to prepare and to apply compomiser global strategies despite political regimes and ideologies. In this lesson it is aimed to analyze common strategies and internatonal roles about climate change beside its effects and dimensions. |
Name of Lecturer(s) |
Öğr. Gör. Sevtap DOĞRU |
Learning Outcomes |
1 | Being able to know effects and dimensions of climate change | 2 | Being able to perceive roles of international orgazations and actors about climate change | 3 | Being able to learn future strategies about climate change | 4 | Being able to evaluate the position of Turkey about climate change | 5 | Being able to make additions to climate change strategies of future |
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Mode of Delivery |
Evening Education |
Prerequisites and co-requisities |
None |
Recommended Optional Programme Components |
To remind the topics of the previous lesson for 15 minutes.
To give a general overview on the topic of the current week.
To give a lecture accompanied by a presentation prepared using the materials provided by the basic course book and other resources.
To make control-oriented brainstorming practices during some weeks.
To support the course topics with sample event examinations.
To analyze the given case studies.
To internalize the knowledge of students through homework applications. |
Course Contents |
Historical Background: Energy, Environment and Development, Energy and Environment: Interaction, Climate Change: Resources, Technical Analysis, Reactions: National - Regional - Global Perspectives and Policy, on Climate Change International Negotiations (policy framework), the Kyoto Protocol before and Later, Environmentally Compatible-Applied Project Management, Conceptual Framework: Carbon Markets / Emissions Trading and Carbon Tax (CO2 Economics), European Union Carbon Emissions Trading Scheme / applied in Turkey Carbon Markets Strategy and Market Recent Developments in Turkey, Energy Policy and project Future of the Green Revolution and the content of that Incentive Mechanisms. |
Weekly Detailed Course Contents |
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1 | General information about the lesson | | | 2 | Climate change concpet, dimensions and importance of climate change | | | 3 | Compromise/conflict scenairos at global level about climate change | | | 4 | Effects of climate change on humanity and nature: flood, famine, drought | | | 5 | Effects of climate change on agriculture | | | 6 | Global climate change strategies and treaties | | | 7 | Montreal Protocol and United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change | | | 8 | Midterm Exam | | | 9 | Kyoto Protocol | | | 10 | Post-Kyoto negotiations, IPCC and CANCUN | | | 11 | 2020 and 2050 targets of EU and EU s climate change strategy | | | 12 | UNDP, World Bank and OECD | | | 13 | FAO, WHO, Greenpeace, WWF | | | 14 | Technology transfer at new climate change negotiations | | | 15 | The Future of Energy Policy and Projects in Turkey, Green Revolution and content- Incentive Mechanisms. | | | 16 | Final Exam | | |
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Recommended or Required Reading |
1. Yunus Emre Özer, Climate Change", "Encyclopaedia of Corporate Social Responsibility",DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-28036-8,Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Almanya,(2013), p.355-362,
2. Ulusal Iklim Değişikliği Strateji Belgesi 2010-2020
3. Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Iklim Değişikliği Eylem Planı 2011-2023
4. JOEL B. SMITH, HANS-JOACHIM SCHELLNHUBER,M. MONIRUL QADER MIRZA, Vulnerability to Climate Change and Reasons for Concern: A Synthesis, http://www.cee.mtu.edu/~reh/papers/pubs/non_Honrath
/ipcc01/wg2_impacts_adaptation_and_vulnerability/wg2TARchap19.pdf
5. http://www.eea.europa.eu//themes/climate/dc
6. http://www.ipcc.ch/
7. Zerrin Toprak, Çevre Yönetimi ve Politikası, Izmir 2012.
8. Lessons Notes (Lect. Sevtap DOĞRU) |
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
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Assessment Methods and Criteria | |
Midterm Examination | 1 | 100 | SUM | 100 | |
Final Examination | 1 | 100 | SUM | 100 | Term (or Year) Learning Activities | 40 | End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities | 60 | SUM | 100 |
| Language of Instruction | Turkish | Work Placement(s) | None |
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Workload Calculation |
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Midterm Examination | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Final Examination | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Attending Lectures | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Discussion | 7 | 1 | 7 |
Question-Answer | 7 | 1 | 7 |
Individual Study for Mid term Examination | 1 | 15 | 15 |
Individual Study for Final Examination | 1 | 20 | 20 |
Homework | 1 | 6 | 6 |
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Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes |
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* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High |
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