IPCC reports seminar course

The report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC report) is one of the most important and comprehensive assessments of our knowledge about our planet Earth and its climate. Three Working Groups (WGs) assess scientific knowledge on the Physical Science Basis (WG1), Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability (WG2), and Mitigation and Climate Change (WG 3). This course focuses on the chapters of these Working Group reports, which are most relevant for PhD students at the SEE Department.

This course offers students a guided reading through the latest IPCC reports with focus on one chapter of their choice. Concepts and methods of the research for the IPCC reports will be introduced and conclusions drawn by the report will be discussed. The course contains of five elements:

1. Lectures giving a general introduction of the basics and working principles of the IPCC and background information of the three IPCC reports.
2. A reading phase, where students will work in small teams with each team focussing on a specific chapter of the reports.
3. Student presentations, where the students will summarise the main findings of the chapter they focused on, set it into a broader context and share their insights with the other teams.
4. A seminar including guests involved in the IPCC reports (chapter authors etc.). The discussion is led by the students (each group is responsible for one guest seminar) and will allow the students to ask questions and hear directly from researchers involved in writing the report.
5. Reflection (essay), where the students connect their new insights with their research project.

Luisa.Ickes@chalmers.se

Ellen Gute and Luisa Ickes (organisation and framework), different scientists from SEE (not yet defined), guest speaker (not yet defined)