What impact will global warming really have? This free course, Climate change: island life in a volatile world, examines the potential problems faced by the people of the Pacific Island of Tuvalu as a result of rising sea levels. Where would you go if your island is only a few feet above sea level? Who would you blame?
Overview
Syllabus
- Introduction
- Learning outcomes
- 1 Dividing the planet
- 1 Dividing the planet
- 2 Island territories, ocean flows
- 2 Island territories, ocean flows
- 2.1 Issues of responsibility
- 2.2 Climate change in a globalised world
- 2.3 Divisions that matter: thinking through territories
- 2.4 Worlds in motion: the importance of flows
- 3 Settling islands
- 3 Settling islands
- 3.1 Voyages of discovery and settlement
- 3.2 Migrations of life
- 4 Volatile worlds
- 4 Volatile worlds
- 4.1 When climate changes
- 4.2 Shifting ground
- 4.3 Dilemmas of climate change
- 5 Conclusion
- 5 Conclusion
- References
- Acknowledgements
