Subject · Environmental engineering

Climate changes and global warming

İF-4183y5 creditsSpring semesterMandatory2025-2026

About this subject

Credits

5

Workload

150hours

Semester

Spring

Academic year

2025-2026

Description

This subject teaches the causes of climate change and global warming, their effects on ecosystems, biodiversity and society. within the scope of the subject, greenhouse gas emissions, atmospheric protection, climate change mitigation and adaptation measures, international climate agreements, as well as azerbaijan's climate policy and sustainable development directions are analyzed.

Course learning outcomes

  1. CLO 1: Explains the main causes, mechanisms and consequences of climate changes and global warming.

  2. CLO 2: It analyzes the effects of greenhouse gas emissions on ecosystems and human activities.

  3. CLO 3: It assesses the impacts of climate change on biodiversity, natural resources and socio-economic areas.

  4. CLO 4: It implements climate change reduction (mitigation) and adaptation (adaptation) measures.

  5. CLO 5: Interprets international agreements and national policies related to climate change.

  6. CLO 6: It justifies sustainable solutions aimed at mitigating the effects of climate change.