Summer School on Climate Change

The aim of the course is to provide knowledge: - concerning the understanding of the importance and complexity of climate change issues; - concerning basic ideas and theoretical concepts relating to climate change research;

- about the latest technological solutions to climate issues;

- to identify the factors influencing climate change in the local environment (city, campus, housing estate);

- to understand how local actions can affect long-term global change;

The certificate aims to familiarize students with the scientific fundamentals of climate change and its assessment, mitigation, and adaptation methods so that the students can take into account climate aspects in their professional work, regardless of their field. The certificate consists of four modules. Students gather knowledge and skills on the scientific basis of climate change in the first module. The second module includes methods and tools for the evaluation of climate change. The third module deals with mitigation and adaptation strategies. Students participate in multidisciplinary, international project-based workshops on climate action in the fourth module. Workshops, initially in the form of Summer School, bring together students within the ENHANCE Alliance with a particular interest in climate change, thus promoting an exchange of ideas beyond the classroom. Students choose courses within each of the modules offered by ENHANCE universities, which differ in the form of classes (online, on-campus) and create a diverse platform for the self-development shaped by participants.

Knowledge

Students will be able to demonstrate their understanding and apply knowledge of:

- selected techniques, strategies, and instruments to limit the causes and effects of climate change in the local environment,

- the social dimension of Climate Change.

Skills

Students will be able to:

- evaluate and choose the proper techniques, strategies, and instruments for limiting the causes and effects of climate change in the local environment,

- apply an interdisciplinary approach to limiting the causes and effects of climate change in the local environment

Responsibility and autonomy

- Students will be able to acquire new competencies and cooperate with representatives of other professions, also in an international group, to solve the actual challenges related to climate change.

Completed at least the first year of bachelor studies

The two-level mutual trust-based quality assurance scheme has been adopted:

• at the university level: Technische Universität Berlin has applied its internal quality assurance procedures and structures to the proposal of Summer School on Climate Change it submitted to ENHANCE and to its implementation - the related learning activities,
• at the Alliance level: the body composed of Education Officers has made decisions regarding the inclusion of Summer School on Climate Change proposed by Technische Universität Berlin to the Innovative Learning Campus part of the joint ENHANCE educational offer, based on the compliance with the formal requirements and ENHANCE goals.

Peer reviewed project

To enrol, please fill the application form: https://forms.office.com/e/CFXtDTwa2u