WFM 6311: Climate Change Risk Management

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WFM 6311 Climate Change Risk Management
Syllabus

• Akm Saiful Islam

Institute of Water and Flood Management
(IWFM) Bangladesh University of Engineering and
Technology (BUET)
December, 2009
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Semester October 2009 Semester Instructor
A.K.M. Saiful Islam, Ph.D. Contact Room No.
309 Tel. [phone], Ext. 7923
(Off.) Email akmsaifulislam_at_iwfm.
buet.ac.bd Web
http//teacher.buet.ac.bd/akmsaifulislam Course
Web page http//teacher.buet.ac.bd/akmsaifu
lislam/climatecourse2009.htm
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Objectives

• Understanding the concept of Integrated Water
  Resources Management in relation to Climate
  Change.
• Understanding the climate system and the
  hydrological cycle.
• Being aware of the economic, environmental and
  social impact of climate.
• Understanding of adaptation in relation to water
  and climate change.

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Course Content

• The global climate system global heat and water
  balance, atmospheric circulation, ocean
  circulation, coupled ocean and atmospheric
  processes
• Climate variability and climate change
• Assessment of climate change risks
• Forecasts and scenarios development
• Impact of climate change on water related
  hazards
• Economic, social and environmental implications
• Mitigation measures and adaptation techniques
• Mainstreaming climate change risk management

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Module-1

• Climate System and Hydrologic cycle
• Atmosphere
• Cryosphere Sea, Ice sheet, Glacier
• Hydrosphere River, Lakes, ocean interactions
• Hydrologic Cycle
• Biosphere and Ecosystem

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Module-2

• Climate variability and climate change.
• Global warming and green house gases
• Historic aspects of global climate change
• Climate change in South Asian context Case study

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Module-3

• Prediction of climate change
• Global and regional climate change predictions
• Dynamic and static downscaling for impact study.
• Uncertainty of predictions

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Module-4

• Impact of climate change on water sector
• Flood risk assessment
• Drought risk assessment
• Sea level rise and salinity intrusion
• River Erosion and livelihoods
• Cyclone and storm surges

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Module-5

• Economic, social and Environmental implications
  of climate change
• Economics of climate change
• Social impact of climate change vulnerable
  social groups and gender.
• Impact of climate change on deltaic ecosystem
  (arid, coastal and deltaic system).
• Implication of climate change on agriculture,
  food security and livelihood.
• Implication of climate change on water supply,
  sanitation and health (heat stress and vector
  born diseases).
• Vulnerability analysis, adaptive capacity and
  sensitivity.

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Module-6

• Mitigation measures and adaptation techniques.
• Mitigation measures and carbon trading.
• Non structural and structural adaptation.
• Adaptation techniques in the context of
  integrated water resource management.

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Module-7

• Policy, laws, international conventions and
  country program.
• Global awareness and IPCC interpretations
• Koyoto protocol and other international
  conventions.
• Responses to climate change global, national and
  local
• National Climate change strategies and
  activities.
• Institutional arrangements of climate change.

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Grading

• Class Attendance 5
• Assignments 25
• Midterm Exam 30 Final Exam 40