Climate Change Adaptation (CX) 12 months Undergraduate Program By KFUPM |Top Universities
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Program Duration

12 monthsProgram duration

Main Subject Area

Engineering - Civil and StructuralMain Subject Area

Program overview

Main Subject

Engineering - Civil and Structural

Degree

Other

Study Level

Undergraduate

Study Mode

On Campus

This interdisciplinary program tackles a very important area of study as the world grapples with the implications of climate change. The program covers the three main strategies adopted worldwide and in Saudi Arabia in response to climate change effects; namely: mitigation, adaptation, and climate engineering or geoengineering. Mitigation techniques such as carbon capture and storage are discussed in this program. Moreover, the program introduces students to the concepts of incremental adaptation (maintaining the integrity of a system), and transformational adaptation (changing the fundamental properties of a system). Several adaptation techniques are discussed in this program such as climate-proofing, local adaptation, enhancing adaptive capacity, adaptive agricultural production, irrigation retrofit, and reforestation. Climate engineering topics are also introduced in this program related to weather control, solar radiation management, and carbon dioxide removal. Contemporary topics, such as climate adaptation policy, and joint adaptation between countries or in areas of conflict are also part of this program.

Program overview

Main Subject

Engineering - Civil and Structural

Degree

Other

Study Level

Undergraduate

Study Mode

On Campus

This interdisciplinary program tackles a very important area of study as the world grapples with the implications of climate change. The program covers the three main strategies adopted worldwide and in Saudi Arabia in response to climate change effects; namely: mitigation, adaptation, and climate engineering or geoengineering. Mitigation techniques such as carbon capture and storage are discussed in this program. Moreover, the program introduces students to the concepts of incremental adaptation (maintaining the integrity of a system), and transformational adaptation (changing the fundamental properties of a system). Several adaptation techniques are discussed in this program such as climate-proofing, local adaptation, enhancing adaptive capacity, adaptive agricultural production, irrigation retrofit, and reforestation. Climate engineering topics are also introduced in this program related to weather control, solar radiation management, and carbon dioxide removal. Contemporary topics, such as climate adaptation policy, and joint adaptation between countries or in areas of conflict are also part of this program.

Admission Requirements

1 Year

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