Introduction to Climate Change Adaptation

These are the lecture videos from the free UBC course Climate Literacy: Navigating Climate Change Conversations, which tackles the scientific and socio-political dimensions of climate change. This course introduces the basics of the climate system, models and predictions, human and natural impacts, mitigative and adaptive responses, and the evolution of climate policy. This course formed the basis of the book Understanding Climate Change: Science, Policy, and Practice, which is available at:

University of Toronto Press: http://www.utppublishing.com/Understanding-Climate-Change-Sc­ience-Policy-and-Practice.html

Amazon.ca: http://www.amazon.ca/Understanding-Climate-Change-Science-Pr­actice/dp/1442614455

Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Climate-Change-Science-P­ractice/dp/1442614455

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