WFM 6311: Climate Change Risk Management

                        Semester: October 2009

 

1. Instructor:

Dr. Rezaur Rahman
Professor, IWFM, BUET
Email: rezaur@iwfm.buet.ac.bd 
Phone: 880-2-9664640-44 PABX Ext 7814
Web:
http://teacher.buet.ac.bd/rezaur/
Dr. A.K.M. Saiful Islam
Associate Professor, IWFM, BUET
Email: akmsaifulislam@iwfm.buet.ac.bd
Phone: 880-2-9664640-44 PABX Ext 7923
Web:
http://teacher.buet.ac.bd/akmsaifulislam/

2. Class Hours:

  Monday    2:15p.m. - 4:35.m.  (Ground Floor, IWFM)

3. Office Hours:

Tuesday (subject to change)    5:00p.m. - 5:30p.m.  (Room 309,  IWFM)

4. Syllabus:

  • The global climate system: global heat and water balance, atmospheric circulation, ocean circulation, coupled ocean and atmospheric processes;

  • Climate variability and climate change;

  • Assessment of climate change risks;

  • Forecasts and scenarios development;

  • Impact of climate change on water related hazards;

  • Economic, social and environmental implications;

  • Mitigation measures and adaptation techniques;

  • Mainstreaming climate change risk management
     

5. Grading Policy (subject to change):

Mid Term  =30%  Final Exam = 40%
Term Paper =25% Attendance = 5%
 

7. Lecture Topics:

  • Module-1: Climate System and Hydrologic cycle
    [downloads: Syllabus and  Lecture -1]

    • Atmosphere

    • Cryosphere: Sea, Ice sheet, Glacier

    • Hydrosphere: River, Lakes, ocean interactions

    • Hydrologic Cycle

    • Biosphere and Ecosystem

  • Module-2: Climate variability and climate change
    [ download: Lecture-2 ]

    • Global warming and green house gases

    • Historic aspects of global climate change

    • Climate change in South Asian context: Case study
       

  • Module-3: Prediction of climate change
    [ download: Lecture-3 , Lecture-4, Lecture-5a, Lecture-5b, Lecture-5c, Lecture-5d, Lecture-6 and Uncertainty
    Assignment data: Rainfall.txt ]

    • Global and regional climate change predictions

    • Dynamic and static downscaling for impact study.

    • Uncertainty of predictions
       

  • Module-4: Impact of climate change on water sector

    • Flood risk assessment

    • Drought risk assessment

    • Sea level rise and salinity intrusion

    • River Erosion and livelihoods

    • Cyclone and storm surges
       

  • Module-5: Economic, social and Environmental implications of climate change

    • Economics of climate change

    • Social impact of climate change: vulnerable social groups and gender.

    • Impact of climate change on deltaic ecosystem (arid, coastal and deltaic system).

    • Implication of climate change on agriculture, food security and livelihood.

    • Implication of climate change on water supply, sanitation and health (heat stress and vector born diseases).

    • Vulnerability analysis, adaptive capacity and sensitivity.
       

  • Module-6: Mitigation measures and adaptation techniques.

    • Mitigation measures and carbon trading.

    • Non structural and structural adaptation.

    • Adaptation techniques in the context of integrated water resource management.
       

  • Module-7: Policy, laws, international conventions and country program.

    • Global awareness and IPCC interpretations

    • Koyoto protocol and other international conventions.

    • Responses to climate change: global, national and local

    • National Climate change strategies and activities.

    • Institutional arrangements of climate change.
       

9. Term Paper:

  •  Guideline: Students are advise to select a topic relevant to their profession.

  • Report: 10 page report written in Ms Word, due on Last week. Report should contain - introduction to the problem, methodology, results, conclusion.

  • Presentation: Each group will present their study at the end of the semester

List of Students Term Papers:

  1. Group-1
    Topic: Future Impact on physical environment of storm surge disaster in a selected polder under climate change scenario
    Student: Pronab Kumar Halder and Sinora Zaman

  2. Group-2
    Topic: Climate Change and Agriculture in the South-West Coastal Region of Bangladesh
    Student: Sk. Abu Jahid and Malay Krishna MAdhu

  3. Group-3
    Topic: Possible Impacts of Cyclone Under Climate Change Scenario and its Adaptation Measure
    Student: Dipankr Kumar Sarkar and Mausufa Akter

  4. Group-4
    Topic: Economic Vulnerabilities due to Climate Change
    Student: Md. Nazmul Hoque Sumon and Md. Reaz Uddin Khan

  5. Group-5
    Impact of climate change on salinity and indigenous adaptation practices in the coastal area of Bangladesh 
    Student: Mirza A.T. M. Tanvir Rahman

  6. Group-6
    Topic: Probable Impact of Cliamte Change on Flood in Bangladesh (Especially on Riverine Flood)
    Student: Md. Abdulla Hel Kafi and Abu Sale Md. Tofahel Chowdhury

  7. Group-7
    Topic: Probable Impact on the Biodiversity of Sunderban due to Sea-level rise
    Student: Emdad Yusuf and Md. Ashfaqur Rahman

  8. Group-8
    Topic: Impacts of Climate Change on Tropical Cyclones and Storm Surges in Bangladesh
    Student: Md. Monzer Hossain Sarker and Md. Ruhul Amin

  9. Group- 9
    Topic: Assessment of Dry Seasonal Water Availability under Changing Climatic Conditions using RS and GIS Techniques: A Case Study on Beel Gaoha, Chapai Nawabganj
    Student:  Engr. Motaleb Hossain Sarker and Shahriar Rahman

  10. Group-10 
    Topic: Climate Change lead to Sea Level Rise and Impact on Coastal Area Salinity Problem in Bangladesh
    Student: Md. Mosiur Rahman and Md. Rakibul Hassan

  11. Group-11
    Topic: Climate Change Implications for Fisheries and Aquaculture in Bangladesh: A Review
    Student:  Muhammad Golam Mustafa and Afroza Sharmin

10. Software: Regional Climate Models, Ms Excel

9. References:

  • No text book; Reading materials will be suggested in the class.


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