ISAD Environmental Science

Topics dealt in the course are "Climate change and land," "Blue carbon," and "Marine plastic litter issue." The following is the schedule in principle. The schedule will be changed based on the progress of the lectures. The following is the tentative schedule in AY 2023. <2023> 1. 3 Oct. (Tue) Introduction 2. 10 Oct. (Tue) "Climate change and land" Ch1 Framing and context" 3. 17 Oct. (Tue) Ch2 Land-climate interaction 4. 24 Oct. (Tue) Ch3 Desertification and Ch4 Land degradation 5. 31 Oct. (Tue) Ch4 Land degradation 6. 7 Nov. (Tue) Ch5 Food security 7. 14 Nov. (Tue) Ch5 Food security 8. 28 Nov. (Tue) Ch6 Interlinkages between desertification, land degradation, food security and greenhouse gas fluxes Ch7 Risk management and decision-making in relation to sustainable development 9. 5 Dec. (Tue) "Blue carbon" 10. 12 Dec. (Tue) "Blue carbon" 11. 19 Dec. (Tue) Blue carbon and coastal conservations 12. 26 Dec. (Tue) "Marine plastic litter" <2024> 13. 9 Jan. (Tue) "Marine plastic litter" 14. 16 Jan. (Tue) Example of the projects for addressing marine plastic litter issues

Venue : Lecture Room is Bld. 7B, 231/232 (tentative) The course will be conducted with face-to-face class. The course consists of lectures and group discussions among students.

Attendance, discussion in the lectures and the report will be evaluated at the end of the semesters.

1. IPCC, "Climate Change and Land" (2020). 2. Nellemann et al., "Blue Carbon - The Role of Healthy Oceans in Binding Carbon," United Nations Environment Programme (2009). 3. UNIDO, "Addressing the challenge of Marine Plastic Litter using Circular Economy methods," (2019). All the course materials can be downloaded from the websites.

References related to the course materials are given in the course.

The lecture is given in English.