WFM 6311: Climate Risk Management © Dr. Akm Saiful IslamDr. Akm Saiful Islam WFM 6311: Climate Change Risk Management Akm Saiful Islam Syllabus December, 2009 Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM) Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)

WFM 6311: Climate Risk Management © Dr. Akm Saiful IslamDr. Akm Saiful Islam Semester: October 2009 Semester Instructor: A.K.M. Saiful Islam, Ph.D. Contact: Room No. 309 Tel , Ext (Off.) Web: Course Web page:

WFM 6311: Climate Risk Management © Dr. Akm Saiful IslamDr. Akm Saiful Islam Objectives: Understanding the concept of Integrated Water Resources Management in relation to Climate Change. Understanding the climate system and the hydrological cycle. Being aware of the economic, environmental and social impact of climate. Understanding of adaptation in relation to water and climate change.

WFM 6311: Climate Risk Management © Dr. Akm Saiful IslamDr. Akm Saiful Islam Course Content The global climate system: global heat and water balance, atmospheric circulation, ocean circulation, coupled ocean and atmospheric processes; Climate variability and climate change; Assessment of climate change risks; Forecasts and scenarios development; Impact of climate change on water related hazards; Economic, social and environmental implications; Mitigation measures and adaptation techniques; Mainstreaming climate change risk management

WFM 6311: Climate Risk Management © Dr. Akm Saiful IslamDr. Akm Saiful Islam Module-1 Climate System and Hydrologic cycle  Atmosphere  Cryosphere: Sea, Ice sheet, Glacier  Hydrosphere: River, Lakes, ocean interactions  Hydrologic Cycle  Biosphere and Ecosystem

WFM 6311: Climate Risk Management © Dr. Akm Saiful IslamDr. Akm Saiful Islam Module-2 Climate variability and climate change.  Global warming and green house gases  Historic aspects of global climate change  Climate change in South Asian context: Case study

WFM 6311: Climate Risk Management © Dr. Akm Saiful IslamDr. Akm Saiful Islam Module-3 Prediction of climate change  Global and regional climate change predictions  Dynamic and static downscaling for impact study.  Uncertainty of predictions

WFM 6311: Climate Risk Management © Dr. Akm Saiful IslamDr. Akm Saiful Islam Module-4 Impact of climate change on water sector  Flood risk assessment  Drought risk assessment  Sea level rise and salinity intrusion  River Erosion and livelihoods  Cyclone and storm surges

WFM 6311: Climate Risk Management © Dr. Akm Saiful IslamDr. Akm Saiful Islam Module-5 Economic, social and Environmental implications of climate change  Economics of climate change  Social impact of climate change: vulnerable social groups and gender.  Impact of climate change on deltaic ecosystem (arid, coastal and deltaic system).  Implication of climate change on agriculture, food security and livelihood.  Implication of climate change on water supply, sanitation and health (heat stress and vector born diseases).  Vulnerability analysis, adaptive capacity and sensitivity.

WFM 6311: Climate Risk Management © Dr. Akm Saiful IslamDr. Akm Saiful Islam Module-6 Mitigation measures and adaptation techniques.  Mitigation measures and carbon trading.  Non structural and structural adaptation.  Adaptation techniques in the context of integrated water resource management.

WFM 6311: Climate Risk Management © Dr. Akm Saiful IslamDr. Akm Saiful Islam Module-7 Policy, laws, international conventions and country program.  Global awareness and IPCC interpretations  Koyoto protocol and other international conventions.  Responses to climate change: global, national and local  National Climate change strategies and activities.  Institutional arrangements of climate change.

WFM 6311: Climate Risk Management © Dr. Akm Saiful IslamDr. Akm Saiful Islam Grading Class Attendance 5% Assignments25% Midterm Exam 30% Final Exam 40%