GEOS2121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Sea Level Rise, Natural Disaster, Intergenerational Equity

• School: University of Sydney
• Department: Geoscience
• Course: GEOS2121
• Professor: Sophie Webber

Document Summary

Reviewed state and trend of climate change process and impacts. Discussed some of the successes and failures in addressing climate change at the global level. Introduced global response to climate change via ipcc. Purpose of the lecture: to set the foundations for a broader discussion on climate change risk, disaster risk and how to manage them: risk is a social construct, about how it interacts with human society. Provide an overview of the impacts of climate change. Discuss the inextricable link between climate change and disaster risk. Provide an introduction to the theory that underpins action and inaction on climate change and disaster risk and explain key terms. Vulnerability of countries to climate change ranked by risk levels and coping capacity. Geographical regions most vulnerable to climate change: asia and africa. # of reported disasters (1) asia = (cid:862)supermarket (hotspot) of natural disasters(cid:863: experience > # natural disasters but < # coping capacity, ex.