Master of Climate Change

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The signing in 1992 of the Framework Convention on Climate Change United Nations, was the beginning of a series of initiatives aimed at curbing the carelessness that existed previously on emissions of certain gases into the atmosphere, mainly carbon dioxide and methane, causing the increase in global temperature of the earth.

Later, with the signing of the Kyoto Protocol in 1997 and its subsequent entry into force, the ultimate accolade was given to inclusion, with varying success, the phenomenon in government agendas of developed countries, private investment and, ultimately, on the day to day and perception of civil society.

Start of programme: October/April

Mode of Attendance: Distance Learning

Duration: MSc/PGDip min. 2 years; PGCert min. 1 year

This MSc will give you a thorough grounding in how current development models produce environmental problems, like climate change, which then threaten the objectives of development.

Through an interdisciplinary perspective which surveys the science of climate change, adaptation and mitigation, you will acquire the knowledge and analytical skills required for critically engaging with and changing development policy and practice.

Building on the subject area knowledge acquired across the core and elective modules, you will study research methods and elaborate a topic for more detailed investigation in the form of a dissertation.... [-]

Duration: 2 years

Start of programme: April/October

Mode of Attendance: Online Learning

The MSc Global Energy and Climate Policy is the online version of the successful campus degree of the same name. It provides students with a detailed understanding of the transformative change in energy systems now underway around the world and equips them with the knowledge and skills needed to play a part in it. It treats energy and climate change policy as inextricably linked, taking an integrated approach to the study of the two fields. Case studies are drawn from around the world, accounting for different conditions in developed, newly-industrialised and developing country contexts.... [-]