São Paulo School of Advanced Science on Climate Change: Scientific Basis, Adaptation, Vulnerability and Mitigation |
The goal of the School is to provide graduate students with advanced knowledge on climate change science and related topics: Observations and future projections; impacts; vulnerability; adaptation and mitigation; and the Paris Agreement: How to reach the 1.5°C target, including aspects of public policy.
Participants will discuss with renowned scientists important themes of the three IPCC Assessment Report 5 Working Groups, in a multidisciplinary and multicultural context. The program will include theoretical classes, work in groups, a poster session, science-policy discussions, and visits to key institutions in the State of São Paulo conducting climate change research with policy applications.
This School is for graduate students and early career scientists. Priority will be given to candidates currently enrolled in graduate programs (Masters/MSc and Doctoral/PhD courses).
About 100 students, 50 from Brazil and 50 from other countries, will be selected to participate in the School. A limited number of travel grants is available.
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Institution
Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas - IAG/USP
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Field of Knowledge
Geosciences
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Academic Director
Tercio Ambrizzi
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Grant Number
2016/18487-1
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Date
2017-07-03 to 2017-07-15
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Registration Deadline
closed
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Site
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City
São Paulo
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Keywords
Climate, Climate Change, IPCC, Impacts, Vulnerability; Adaptation; Mitigation
Photo credits: IAI projects CRN 2017, 2031, 2060, 2094, 3076, 3108 and Holm Tiessen
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Program
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The course is organized around five major themes: (1) Observations and future projections (scientific basis); (2) Impacts; (3) Vulnerability; (4) Adaptation and mitigation; and (5) the Paris Agreement: Are 1.5 degrees a reasonable limit? The 2-week course will include theoretical classes, work in groups, a poster session, science-policy discussions, and visits to key institutions in the State of São Paulo conducting climate change research with policy applications.
Specific topics are:
Introduction: indicators of climate change and treatment of uncertainties;
Observations: atmosphere, ocean and surface;
Detection and attribution of climate change: from global to regional;
Information from paleoclimate archives;
Evaluation of climate models & tendencies;
Impacts of modes of climate variability: monsoon, ENSO, annular modes;
Urban areas in the global change context;
Natural and managed resources and systems, and their uses (freshwater resources; coastal systems and low-lying areas; food security and food production systems);
Human health, well-being, and security (human health: impacts, adaptation, and co-benefits; human security; livelihoods and poverty);
Adaptation (adaptation needs and options; adaptation planning and implementation; adaptation opportunities, constraints, and limits; economics of adaptation);
Agriculture, forests and other land uses;
Consequences on ecosystem functioning and ecosystem services provision;
Drivers, trends, and mitigation;
Energy systems;
The Paris Agreement: Are 1.5°C a reasonable limit? - a debate.
Speakers
Prof. Dr. Cristiano Mazur Chiessi (Universidade de São Paulo)
Prof. Dr. Edwin Castellanos (Universidad del Valle de Guatemala)
Prof. Dr. Ernest Jeffrey Moniz (MIT Energy Initiative) – to be confirmed
Prof. Dr. Gerardo Perillo (Universidad Nacional del Sur)
Prof. Dr. Hartmut Graßl (Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie)
Prof. Dr. Holm Tiessen (Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research)
Prof. Dr. Iracema F. A. Cavalcanti (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais)
Prof. Dr. José Paruelo (Universidad de Buenos Aires)
Prof. Dr. Maria Carmen Lemos (University of Michigan)
Prof. Dr. Maria de Fatima Andrade (Universidade de São Paulo)
Prof. Dr. Weber Antônio Neves do Amaral (Universidade de São Paulo)