Regional climate change impact - cumulative effects and mitigation scenarios

A series of webinars will enlighten to students the multidimensional and interdisciplinary character of the overall BIP theme. The following topics are addressed in the webinars trying to decompose the complexity with interventions from different viewpoints: (1) CC regional impact from a bio-/geo-physical point of view: state-of-the-art scenarios according to IPCC and regional models with a specific focus on agricultural practices and food production systems (2) CC regional impact on society (I): insights on implications on economic shifts and conflicts of urbanisation and industrial growth in the light of CC related conventions and treaties, including the issue of climate justice (3) CC regional impact on society (II): effects on public health and well-being, coping mechanisms with food shortages, malnutrition, intoxications and endemics, etc. (4) Methodological: geospatial data integration from various sources (Earth observation data, existing global data sets on population, land cover etc.) and multidimensional data modelling. Explore and better understand CC cumulative effects which are likely to impact, in different magnitudes and regional manifestations, environmental and societal integrity in the non-distant future.

Application Deadline

Virtual Part starting date 2024-02-01

Virtual Part closing date 2024-06-30

Total student workload 100

Specific field of studies No

Pre-requisite for selection CV Motivation Letter Research Project Outline

Academic pre-requisites for applicants n/a

Physical Part starting date 2024-05-27

Physical Part Description The presence phase will be held at PLUS in our well-equipped technical experience and research lab with all the required infrastructure and geospatial tools. Students will do hands-on exercises and scenario games, using the latest geospatial visualisation and analysis tools and engage in a simulated public discourse creating strong visual narratives (‘story maps’). The results are presented and interactively discussed with stakeholders from Uganda (NGOs, public authorities, etc.), who are invited in a stimulating hybrid setting. Intentionally this BIP is conceived as the first issue of a series of BIPs, of which one of the future courses shall be physically implemented at Makerere University.

Physical Part closing date 2024-05-31

Language level required C1

Field of studies related to the course Medicine and Health Social Science and Humanities Computer Science and IT Engineering and Technology Environment and Agriculture Law Natural Sciences and Mathematics Environmental Sciences Urbanism and Geography

Course location Salzburg, Austria

Course language English