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2.1 Climate Change Adaptation as Educational Mandate
Even though the next section will discuss a project-based approach to climate change
adaptation, the fundamental mandate of universities to educate young people should
be stressed before. Education must include both teaching of scientific facts about
climate change, as well as intensive discussion of risks and threats resulting from it.
This must be done on a broad and scientifically sound basis in lectures and seminars.
Looking at the European universities’ landscape this can be observed. More and
more, complete programs on climate protection, and climate change adaptation are
provided. Table 1 gives only some selected examples of Master’s curricula that are
provided at European Universities (Masterstudies 2019; Finadamasters 2020; Master
and More 2020; PdT 2020).
Apart from curricula that are specifically dedicated to climate and climate change
adaptation subjects concerning climate change are increasingly integrated into “classic” programs as well. Natural, technical, IT- and even societal and philosophical
sciences take up climate change adaptation as a subject in lectures, seminars and
research. They all aim at developing offers and solutions to mitigate the threats and
Table 1 Universities as organizations that have an educational mandate in terms of climate change
adaptation—examples of curricula with relationships to “climate” and “climate change”
Curriculum
University
Country
Master in Marine Science and Climate
Change
University of Gibraltar
Gibraltar
Master in Geographic Information and
Climate Change
Swansea University
United Kingdom
Master in Urban Environment,
Sustainability and Climate Change
University of Rotterdam
The Netherlands
Master in Climate Change
University of Barcelona
Spain
Master in Disaster Risk Management
and Climate Change Adaptation
University of Lund
Sweden
Integrated Climate Systems Sciences
University of Hamburg
Germany
Master of Climate Change
University of Copenhagen
Denmark
Master in Climate Change: Adaptation
and Mitigation Solutions
Polytechnic University of Torino Italy
Master Degree in Adaptation to
Climate Change
Paris-Saclay University
France
Climate Change: Science and Impacts University of Dublin
Ireland
Hydrologia, meteorologia i
climatologia
University of Poznan
Poland
Energy and Climate
University of Antwerp
Belgium
Klimawissenschaften (Climate
Science)
University of Bern
Switzerland
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2.1 Climate Change Adaptation as Educational Mandate
Even though the next section will discuss a project-based approach to climate change
adaptation, the fundamental mandate of universities to educate young people should
be stressed before. Education must include both teaching of scientific facts about
climate change, as well as intensive discussion of risks and threats resulting from it.
This must be done on a broad and scientifically sound basis in lectures and seminars.
Looking at the European universities’ landscape this can be observed. More and
more, complete programs on climate protection, and climate change adaptation are
provided. Table 1 gives only some selected examples of Master’s curricula that are
provided at European Universities (Masterstudies 2019; Finadamasters 2020; Master
and More 2020; PdT 2020).
Apart from curricula that are specifically dedicated to climate and climate change
adaptation subjects concerning climate change are increasingly integrated into “classic” programs as well. Natural, technical, IT- and even societal and philosophical
sciences take up climate change adaptation as a subject in lectures, seminars and
research. They all aim at developing offers and solutions to mitigate the threats and
Table 1 Universities as organizations that have an educational mandate in terms of climate change
adaptation—examples of curricula with relationships to “climate” and “climate change”
Curriculum
University
Country
Master in Marine Science and Climate
Change
University of Gibraltar
Gibraltar
Master in Geographic Information and
Climate Change
Swansea University
United Kingdom
Master in Urban Environment,
Sustainability and Climate Change
University of Rotterdam
The Netherlands
Master in Climate Change
University of Barcelona
Spain
Master in Disaster Risk Management
and Climate Change Adaptation
University of Lund
Sweden
Integrated Climate Systems Sciences
University of Hamburg
Germany
Master of Climate Change
University of Copenhagen
Denmark
Master in Climate Change: Adaptation
and Mitigation Solutions
Polytechnic University of Torino Italy
Master Degree in Adaptation to
Climate Change
Paris-Saclay University
France
Climate Change: Science and Impacts University of Dublin
Ireland
Hydrologia, meteorologia i
climatologia
University of Poznan
Poland
Energy and Climate
University of Antwerp
Belgium
Klimawissenschaften (Climate
Science)
University of Bern
Switzerland