1. General information
Course:
CLIMATE CHANGE
Code:
310727
Type:
CORE COURSE
ECTS credits:
6
Degree:
2335 - Master Degree Program in Environmental Sustainability in the Local and Territorial
Academic year:
2022-23
Center:
Group(s):
40
Year:
1
Duration:
First semester
Main language:
Spanish
Second language:
English
Use of additional languages:
English Friendly:
Y
Web site:
Bilingual:
N
Lecturer:
ROCIO ARANZAZU BAQUERO NORIEGA
- Group(s):
40
Building/Office
Department
Phone number
Email
Office hours
Sabatini/0.26
CIENCIAS AMBIENTALES
5466
rocio.baquero@uclm.es
By appointment by email.
Lecturer:
ROSA MARIA CARRASCO GONZALEZ
- Group(s):
40
Building/Office
Department
Phone number
Email
Office hours
Sabatini / 07
INGENIERÍA GEOLÓGICA Y MINERA
5437
rosa.carrasco@uclm.es
By appointment by email.
Lecturer:
FEDERICO FERNANDEZ GONZALEZ
- Group(s):
40
Building/Office
Department
Phone number
Email
Office hours
Edificio Sabatini, Despacho 0.24
CIENCIAS AMBIENTALES
925265753
federico.fdez@uclm.es
By appointment by email.
Lecturer:
MIGUEL ANGEL GAERTNER RUIZ VALDEPEÑAS
- Group(s):
40
Building/Office
Department
Phone number
Email
Office hours
Sabatini / 0.18
CIENCIAS AMBIENTALES
926051752
miguel.gaertner@uclm.es
By appointment by email.
Lecturer:
CLEMENTE GALLARDO ANDRES
- Group(s):
40
Building/Office
Department
Phone number
Email
Office hours
Sabatini 0.19
CIENCIAS AMBIENTALES
926 05 14 53
clemente.gallardo@uclm.es
By appointment by email.
Lecturer:
MARIA ROSA PEREZ BADIA
- Group(s):
40
Building/Office
Department
Phone number
Email
Office hours
Sabatini, Despacho 0.25
CIENCIAS AMBIENTALES
ext. 5443
rosa.perez@uclm.es
By appointment by email.
Lecturer:
ALFONSO RODRIGUEZ TORRES
- Group(s):
40
Building/Office
Department
Phone number
Email
Office hours
CIENCIAS AMBIENTALES
alfonso.rodriguez@uclm.es
Lecturer:
ENRIQUE SANCHEZ SANCHEZ
- Group(s):
40
Building/Office
Department
Phone number
Email
Office hours
Sabatini / 0.19
CIENCIAS AMBIENTALES
5461
e.sanchez@uclm.es
By appointment by email.
Lecturer:
FRANCISCO JAVIER TAPIADOR FUENTES
- Group(s):
40
Building/Office
Department
Phone number
Email
Office hours
Office 0.04, ICAM
CIENCIAS AMBIENTALES
925268800 Ext. 5762
francisco.tapiador@uclm.es
By appointment by email.
Lecturer:
IVAN TORRES GALAN
- Group(s):
40
Building/Office
Department
Phone number
Email
Office hours
Sabatini/0.35
CIENCIAS AMBIENTALES
5472
ivan.torres@uclm.es
By appointment by email.
Lecturer:
MARIA OLGA VIEDMA SILLERO
- Group(s):
40
Building/Office
Department
Phone number
Email
Office hours
ICAM (Lab Teledeteccion y SIG)
CIENCIAS AMBIENTALES
96874
olga.viedma@uclm.es
By appointment by email.
2. Pre-Requisites
Not established
3. Justification in the curriculum, relation to other subjects and to the profession
Not established
4. Degree competences achieved in this course
| Course competences | |
|---|---|
| Code | Description |
| CB06 | Possess and understand knowledge that provides a basis or opportunity to be original in the development and / or application of ideas, often in a research context. |
| CB07 | Apply the achieved knowledge and ability to solve problems in new or unfamiliar environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to the area of study |
| CB09 | Know how to communicate the conclusions and their supported knowledge and ultimate reasons to specialized and non-specialized audiences in a clear and unambiguous way |
| CB10 | Have the learning skills which allow to continue studying in a self-directed or autonomous way |
| CE02 | Know the main drivers of global change, their causes, trends, interactions and scales of action, and identify and analyze their impacts on natural heritage and environmental quality |
| CE05 | Know the methodological requirements of the monitoring applied to the evaluation of sustainability and interpret them within the framework of adaptive management |
| CE06 | Know the methods for generating projections of anthropogenic climate change and be able to apply them in the evaluation and monitoring of the impacts of said change |
| CE07 | Identify the mechanisms and processes by which climate change can modify the behavior and distribution of organisms and apply procedures for its projection and monitoring |
| CE08 | Understand the behavior of CO2 sinks and emission tracking and accounting methods |
| CG01 | Be able to carry out a critical analysis, evaluation and synthesis of new and complex ideas. |
| CG02 | Use specialized software for environmental management, analysis of environmental problems and environmental research |
| CG03 | Be able to integrate information from various sources and sectors in a critical and relational way, and incorporate it into decision-making processes to identify the most appropriate management options |
| CG04 | Be able to participate in multidisciplinary teams for designing and carrying out plans, projects and monitoring on conservation and sustainable management of natural heritage and environmental quality |
| CG05 | Know how to communicate and discuss proposals, results and conclusions in multilingual, specialized and non-specialized forums |
5. Objectives or Learning Outcomes
| Course learning outcomes | |
|---|---|
| Description | |
| Know the methods of accounting and monitoring of emissions, and the behavior and function of CO2 sinks, as well as apply models to simulate the behavior of sinks. | |
| Advise those responsible for taking measures to adapt and mitigate climate change. | |
| Find and select information on climate change projections suitable for impact studies. | |
| Accurately understand the physical processes that allow environmental measurements from satellites and airborne sensors. | |
| Interpret, analyze and evaluate the potential effects of climate change on the distribution, phenology and demographics of species. | |
| Know and apply statistical methods on satellite images to obtain environmental parameters and indicators of environmental sustainability, and use and correctly handle specific software in digital image processing. | |
| Use different data analysis and climate change impact modeling tools. | |
| Understand, describe and critically analyze the role of satellites in climate change and environmental sustainability studies. | |
| Know the projections of anthropogenic climate change and the methods by which they are generated, as well as their causes, their main consequences, the techniques for their study and the strategies for their mitigation. | |
| Understand scientific articles in the field of climate change projections and its impacts. | |
| Additional outcomes | |
| Not established. |
6. Units / Contents
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Unit 1:
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Unit 1.1:
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Unit 1.2:
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Unit 1.3:
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Unit 1.4:
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Unit 1.5:
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Unit 1.6:
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Unit 1.7:
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Unit 2:
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Unit 2.1:
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Unit 2.2:
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Unit 2.3:
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Unit 2.4:
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Unit 2.5:
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Unit 2.6:
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7. Activities, Units/Modules and Methodology
| Training Activity | Methodology | Related Competences (only degrees before RD 822/2021) | ECTS | Hours | As | Com | Description | |
| Class Attendance (theory) [ON-SITE] | Lectures | CE02 CE05 CE06 CE07 CE08 | 1.28 | 32 | N | N | Theoretical classes corresponding to the syllabus | |
| Laboratory practice or sessions [ON-SITE] | Practical or hands-on activities | CB07 CG02 | 0.96 | 24 | N | N | Practical sessions on various elements of the syllabus, which will lead to the preparation of autonomous reports that will be evaluated by the teachers responsible for these sessions | |
| Final test [ON-SITE] | Assessment tests | CB06 CB07 CB09 CE02 CE05 CE06 CE07 CE08 CG01 CG03 CG05 | 0.16 | 4 | Y | Y | Final exam | |
| Writing of reports or projects [OFF-SITE] | Self-study | CB06 CB07 CB09 CB10 CG03 CG05 | 1.4 | 35 | Y | N | These reports correspond to the face-to-face practice sessions, which will be non-mandatory, and recoverable in the extraordinary call. | |
| Writing of reports or projects [OFF-SITE] | Guided or supervised work | CB06 CB07 CB09 CG03 CG04 CG05 | 2.2 | 55 | Y | Y | Bibliographic or analysis works, associated with a worksheet and a teacher / tutor, which are assigned at the beginning of the subject. They will be recoverable in the extraordinary call. | |
| Total: | 6 | 150 | ||||||
| Total credits of in-class work: 2.4 | Total class time hours: 60 | |||||||
| Total credits of out of class work: 3.6 | Total hours of out of class work: 90 | |||||||
As: Assessable training activity Com: Training activity of compulsory overcoming (It will be essential to overcome both continuous and non-continuous assessment).
8. Evaluation criteria and Grading System
| Evaluation System | Continuous assessment | Non-continuous evaluation * | Description |
| Practicum and practical activities reports assessment | 25.00% | 0.00% | Reports of practices associated with the activity developed in various parts of the subject. |
| Theoretical papers assessment | 45.00% | 50.00% | Individual and group assignments, usually bibliographic or analysis, assigned at the beginning of the course by means of an information sheet and a tutor. |
| Final test | 30.00% | 50.00% | Eminently theoretical final exam, based on short questions, test or development, on all aspects related to the theoretical classes |
| Total: | 100.00% | 100.00% |
According to art. 4 of the UCLM Student Evaluation Regulations, it must be provided to students who cannot regularly attend face-to-face training activities the passing of the subject, having the right (art. 12.2) to be globally graded, in 2 annual calls per subject , an ordinary and an extraordinary one (evaluating 100% of the competences).
Evaluation criteria for the final exam:
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Continuous assessment:- For the competences acquired in the theoretical classes: final test (short questions or test questions)
- For those acquired in the practical classes: Delivery of reports of results and analysis carried out in the sessions
- For the work: Assessment of the report submitted for the work assigned by the corresponding tutor. -
Non-continuous evaluation:The evaluation will be based on a final test and on theoretical work, both with 50% of the mark. The modality assigned by default to the student will be the continuous evaluation. Any student may request the change to the non-continuous evaluation modality (before the end of the class period) by sending an email to the teacher, provided that they have not completed 50% of the evaluable activities.
Specifications for the resit/retake exam:
The same criteria of the ordinary call will be applied. The work and the reports of practices are recoverable, and therefore they can be carried out again in this call, in coordination with the professors responsible for these activities of practices. The non-continuous evaluation will be done through a theoretical exam (50%) and a theoretical work (50%), as in the ordinary call.
Specifications for the second resit / retake exam:
The mark of this call will coincide with the one obtained in the corresponding final test.
9. Assignments, course calendar and important dates
| Not related to the syllabus/contents | |
|---|---|
| Hours | hours |
| Final test [PRESENCIAL][Assessment tests] | 4 |
| Unit 1 (de 2): | |
|---|---|
| Activities | Hours |
| Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] | 16 |
| Laboratory practice or sessions [PRESENCIAL][Practical or hands-on activities] | 6 |
| Unit 2 (de 2): | |
|---|---|
| Activities | Hours |
| Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] | 16 |
| Laboratory practice or sessions [PRESENCIAL][Practical or hands-on activities] | 18 |
| Global activity | |
|---|---|
| Activities | hours |
10. Bibliography and Sources
| Author(s) | Title | Book/Journal | Citv | Publishing house | ISBN | Year | Description | Link | Catálogo biblioteca |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skepticalscience | Explaining climate change science & rebutting global warming misinformation | http://www.skepticalscience.com/ | |||||||
| Bilan Carbone, Guide des facteurs d'émission | ADEME | 2009 | |||||||
| PAS 2050:2008 - Specification for the assessment of the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of goods and services | BSI | 2008 | |||||||
| Barros, V.R., C.B. Field, D.J. Dokken, M.D. Mastrandrea, K.J. Mach, T.E. Bilir, M. Chatterjee, K.L. Ebi, Y.O. Estrada, R.C. Genova, B. Girma, E.S. Kissel, A.N. Levy, S. MacCracken, P.R. Mastrandrea, and L.L. White (eds.) | IPCC, 2014: Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Part B: Regional Aspects. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change | Cambridge University Press | 2014 | https://ipcc-wg2.gov/AR5/report/ | |||||
| Benn, D.I., Evans, D.A. | Glaciers & Glaciation | Hodder Arnold Publication | 10: 0340905794 | 2010 | 802 pp | ||||
| Chuvieco, E. | Fundamentos de teledetección espacial | Madrid | Rialp | 1996 | 568pp | ||||
| Edenhofer, O., R. Pichs- Madruga, Y. Sokona, E. Farahani, S. Kadner, K. Seyboth, A. Adler, I. Baum, S. Brunner, P. Eickemeier, B. Kriemann, J. Savolainen, S. Schlömer, C. von Stechow, T. Zwickel and J.C. Minx (eds.) | IPCC, 2014: Climate Change 2014: Mitigation of climate change. Contribution of Working Group III to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change | Cambridge University Press | 2014 | http://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar5/wg3/ | |||||
| Eggleston H.S., Buendia L., Miwa K., Ngara T. y Tanabe K. (eds) | IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, Prepared by the National Greenhouse Gas Inventories Programme | IGES, Japon | 2006 | http://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2006gl/spanish/index.html | |||||
| Ehlers, J., Gibbard, P.L. | Quaternary Glaciations Extent and Chronology. Part I: Europe | Amsterdam | Elsevier | 0 444 51462 7 | 2004 | 488 pp | |||
| Elachi, C., Jakob J. van Zyl | Introduction To The Physics and Techniques of Remote Sensing | John Wiley & Sons | 2006 | ||||||
| Field, C.B., V.R. Barros, D.J. Dokken, K.J. Mach, M.D. Mastrandrea, T.E. Bilir, M. Chatterjee, K.L. Ebi, Y.O. Estrada, R.C. Genova, B. Girma, E.S. Kissel, A.N. Levy, S. MacCracken, P.R. Mastrandrea, and L.L. White (eds.) | IPCC, 2014: Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Part A: Global and Sectoral Aspects. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change | Cambridge University Press | 2014 | http://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar5/wg2/ | |||||
| Gaertner, M. A., J. M. Gutiérrez y M. Castro | Escenarios regionales de cambio climático | 0213-862X | 2012 | http://revistadefisica.es/index.php/ref/article/view/1331; http://digital.csic.es/bitstream/10261/93845/1/Escenarios%20regionales%20de%20cambio%20clim%C3%A1tico.pdf |
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| García-Mozo H., Mestre A. & Galán | Phenological trends in southern Spain: A response to climate change | 2010 | |||||||
| Gitay, H., A. Suárez, R.T.Watson y D.J. Dokken | Cambio climático y Biodiversidad | IPCC | 92-9169-104-7 | 2002 | http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/technical-papers/climate-changes-biodiversity-sp.pdf | ||||
| Knight, P.G. | Glacier Science and Environmental Change | Oxford | John Wiley & Sons | 1 4051 0018 4 | 2007 | 544 pp | |||
| Lillesand, T. M.; Kiefer, R. W.; Chipman, J. W | Remote sensing and image interpretation | 2004 | 763pp | ||||||
| Meier, U | Growth stages of mono and dicotyledonous plants | Federal Biological Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry | 2001 | ||||||
| Menzel A, Sparks TH, Estrella N, Koch E, Aasa A, Ahas R, Alm-Kübler K, Bissolli P, Braslavská O, Briede A, Chmielewski FM, Crepinsek Z, Curnel Y, Dahl Å, Defila C, Donnelly A, Filella Y, Jatczak K, Måge, F, Mestre A, Nordli Ø, Peñuelas J, Pirinen P, Remišová V, Scheifinger H, M, Striz A, Susnik A, Van Vliet JH, Wielgolaski FE & Zust ASZ | European phenological response to climate change matches the warming pattern | 2006 | |||||||
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| Pearson, R.G. | Distribution Modeling for Conservation Educators and Practitioners. Synthesis | American Museum of Natural History | 2007 | http://ncep.amnh.org | |||||
| Peterson A.T., Soberón J., Pearson R.G., Anderson R.B., Martínez-Meyer E., Nakamura M. & Araújo M.B. | Ecological niches and geographical distributions | Princeton Univ. Press. | 2011 | ||||||
| Rummukainen, M. | State-of-the-art with regional climate models | Wiley | 2010 | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wcc.8/abstract | |||||
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| Stocker, T.F., D. Qin, G.-K. Plattner, M. Tignor, S.K. Allen, J. Boschung, A. Nauels, Y. Xia, V. Bex and P.M. Midgley (eds.) | IPCC, 2013: Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change | Cambridge University Press | 978-1-107-66182 | 2013 | http://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar5/wg1/ | ||||
| van Vuuren DP, Edmonds J, Kainuma MLT, Riahi K, Thomson A, Matsui T, Hurtt G, Lamarque J-F, Meinshausen M, Smith S, Grainer C, Rose S, Hibbard KA, Nakicenovic N, Krey V, Kram | Representative concentration pathways: An overview | Springer | 2011 | doi:10.1007/s10584-011-0148-z | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10584-011-0148-z |