Climate change: island life in a volatile world

Introduction

The course uses the example of climate change to highlight the dynamic and volatile character of the planet, and how globalisation links together, in often unequal ways, people and places across the world. The course focuses on the potentially momentous impact of global environmental change on Pacific Islands like Tuvalu. It introduces students to geographical ways of thinking about the world.

This OpenLearn course provides a sample of level 2 study in Social Sciences [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)] .