Climate 101: Science, Impacts, and Society

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Overview

Are you ready to boost your climate knowledge? Our engaging, asynchronous e-learning course will help you discover key climate terms and mechanisms, prepare you with essential knowledge about hazards impacting your community and industry, and introduce you to effective adaptation and mitigation strategies at regional, national, and international levels. This 1.5-hour course is tailored to your location and industry and equips you to make a real impact in your field.

Learning Outcomes

  • Describe fundamental climate concepts including the greenhouse effect, feedbacks, mitigation, adaptation, and resilience
  • Understand that humans depend on and are affected by Earth’s systems at the local, regional, and global level
  • Describe the impacts of climate change on ecosystem health and human communities, including how those impacts are unevenly distributed
  • Describe how human activities contribute to climate change and identify actions to reduce impacts
  • Develop a basic understanding of how different industries interact with social equity, public health, economic prosperity, and environmental systems in the context of climate hazards
  • Gain basic awareness of industry-specific, national, and global solutions to mitigate and adapt to climate change
  • Explore credible sources of information about climate change

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