- Climate change vs global warming
- Negative impacts of climate change
- Positive impacts of climate change
- Expected climate change impacts
Climate change
Recent and expected climate change impacts (L. Dolák) 15. 4. 2024
Lecture structure
08 Recent and expected climate change impacts
Supplementary reading
- Berners-Lee, M. (2019): There Is No Planet B: A Handbook for the Make or Break Years. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 302 p.
- Dessler, A. E. (2021): Introduction to Modern Climate Change. Texas A & M University, 288 p.
- Funk, Ch. C. (2021): Drought, Flood, Fire. How Climate Change Contributes to Catastrophes. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 332 p.
- Hulme, M. ( 2022 ): Climate change. First published. London: Routledge, 292 p.
- Maslin, M. (2021): Climate change : a very short introduction. Fourth edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 166 p.
- Masson-Delmotte, V. et al. (2021): Climate Change 2021. The Physical Science Basis. Summary for Policymakers. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 41 p.
Supporting learning materials
08 Climate change in the world, its causes and impacts
Further interesting and supplementary links
- Climate Change - based on most topical NASA data
- Global Climate Change Explorer - Explanation how the atmosphere, oceans or biosphere change
- Global Tipping Points Report - assessment of the risks and opportunities of both negative and positive tipping points in the Earth system and society
- What is the outlook for humanity? - Explanation of recent global (climate) issues
- Polar climate change figures - changes of polar sea ice extent, temperature anomalies and much more
- Daily Surface Air Temperature - for the world and various regions
Video materials
Climate Change: How We’re Accelerating Towards The Perilous 2 Degree Milestone
Causes and Effects of Climate Change
The ‘heat bombs’ destroying Arctic sea ice
Johan Rockström on a +2 and +3 degrees world
Seminar
Task 1
Consequences of recent climate change
Watch the video and focus on the following questions:
- What impacts of recent climate change were mentioned in the video? Name at least one each.
- Are you aware of any other impacts not mentioned in the video?
Task 2
The impact of climate change on individuals
In the next 5 minutes, think about what impacts you personally may experience in the coming decades as a result of recent climate change
Write down at least five impacts on your person and then present them
Task 3
2050 Climate Change City Index
- Index for 85 capitals
- Index on the impacts of changes in air temperature, water scarcity and sea level rise in 2050
- Warning about the potential negatives of moving for the youngest generation of people
- Results do not include planned adaptation measures
Answer to following questions:
- Can you see any typical pattern for the top 10 cities ordered according to the highest score in the Climate Shift, in terms of their location (coastal x inland)?
- On which continent are the most vulnerable cities in the top 10 most vulnerable cities by Total Score?
- In which of the following characteristics does your capital city (or another city) in your country) rank highest?
- Potential Sea Level Rise Impact 2050
- Temperature Shift (°C) (Score)
- Climate Shift (Score)
- Water Stress Increase (Score)
- Total Score