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Workshop structure

Case study

Discipline

Skills

Details

1

Introductory workshop:

case study of Caribbean multi-hazard coasts

Sargassum – issues & opportunities

 (coupled with SARTRAC research)

Geography, Remote Sensing, Social Sciences

The importance of evidence-based policy in adapting to climate change

Learning objectives:

• Define disasters
• Define SIDS
•  Understand issues and opportunities related to Sargassum
• Understand the role of different scientific disciplines in evidence-based policy making

2

Skills workshop I

Remote sensing

Basic coding in Google Earth Engine

The importance of mapping in adapting to climate change

Learning objectives:

To have a basic understanding of seaweed algal blooms as a case study for climate change adaptation and hazard mitigation

• To use JavaScript in a free open-access platform to identify seaweed blooms in satellite imagery​
• To compare how seaweed algal blooms change over time and in different locations

3

Skills workshop II

Social sciences

Stakeholder analysis

The importance of social sciences in adapting to climate change

Learning objectives:

• Define climate change and climate change adaptation
• Define social science
• Explain why social science is important for climate change adaptation​
• Apply a commonly used social science research method (stakeholder analysis) to climate change adaptation case studies
• Understand the role of policy making in climate change adaptation

4

Skills workshop III

Flooding in developed and developing countries

Remote sensing and big data

Managing big data

Basic coding in Google Earth Engine

What happened at Somerset Levels?

Learning objectives:

• Describe two examples of flood risk, from a developing and developed country.
• Apply a method for calculating flood risk using the case study of Somerset Levels.
• Assess the benefits, costs and risks of using big data in research

5

Final workshop:

case study of coastal flooding

Social sciences

Adaptation research framework

Why do households adapt to hazards?

Learning objectives:

• Describe coastal flood risk to households in the UK
• Define adaptive capacity and adaptation motivation
• Provide examples of factors affecting adaptation motivation