We are in a Climate Emergency. The actions we all choose to take over the next decade will decide whether we succeed or fail to meet the biggest challenge to our civilisation in the 21st century.
This course is for anyone who wants to learn about climate change, why it's important, and better understand the challenge it represents, with a focus on India. You’ll also learn how to take and drive action to make a positive difference.-
Som Narayan explains the interaction and interdependencies between climate change and development.
Emissions and Development
From Lizzy Garner-Foy
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Nishtha Singh explains how climate change impacts a variety of human systems. For example, infrastructure, global financial systems, safety and health.
Climate Impacts on Human Systems
From Lizzy Garner-Foy
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Poornima Kumar introduces week 5 of the course.
Welcome to Week 5
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Who shapes the solutions that can help to combat climate change? Discover who the key players are in delivering these solutions, and why this is important.
Who Are the Key Players?
From Lizzy Garner-Foy
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In order to solve climate change, we - as a global society - need to rapidly cut greenhouse gas emissions. A handy tool to guide us on the way to climate change…
The Hierarchy of Responses
From Lizzy Garner-Foy
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Nishtha Singh explain what climate change is, how the greenhouse effect works to influence changes in our climate, and why it's important that we act to reduce…
What Is Climate Change?
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Erika Warnatzsch introduces the main types of greenhouse gas. She explains how scientists use global warming potential (GWP) of these gases to assess how they are…
Greenhouse Gases
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Gautam Jindal explains how scientists gather information to help us understand our changing climate.
How Do We Study Our Changing Climate?
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Poornima Kumar introduces us to the concepts of climate change mitigation and adaptation. Please note this video is © The University of Edinburgh, 2021, All Rights…
How Can We Mitigate and Adapt?
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Poornima Kumar uses the example of a flood to illustrate how we can use the risk triangle to assess climate hazards.
The Risk Triangle
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Climate Solutions: India trailer (short version).
Climate Solutions: India Trailer (Short)
From Calum Macphail
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Poornima Kumar welcomes you to week 4 of the course.
Welcome to Week 4
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Som Narayan introduces the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and how they interact with global climate change actions.
Sustainable Development Goals
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Som Narayan explains the policy framework for global government action.
Global Government Action
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Pranam Reddy G. takes you through the projected climate change impacts for India.
The Future of India's Climate
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