Baltic Sea Region Climate Change Curriculum

1. Baltic Sea Region Climate Change Curriculum

Online meeting
31st of March, 2020
13.00-14.30 (CEST)
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2. Agenda

Time
13.00
Meeting starts, welcome to all the participants
13.05
Short welcome and information about the BUP symposium 2020 from Madeleine Granvik,
director of BUP.
13.10
Recap from November
13.20
Update on chapter 1-15 (2-3 min per chapter)
13.50
Revisiting the curriculum, discussion
14.00
Course module online, presenting the BUP web, discussing options
14.05
Discussion on the future development of this project
14.20
Practicalities surrounding the Visby meeting
14.25
Setting a new dates for an online meeting
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3. Welcome to Visby and the BUP symposium 2020!

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4. The BUP Symposium 2020

• BUP Parallel Activities, Monday 24thAug
• BUP Research Forum – “Research and Innovation for a Sustainable
Baltic Sea Region”. Nine Theme sessions, Tuesday 25th – Wednesday 26th
Aug
• 5th World Symposium on Sustainable Development at
Universities (WSSD-U-2020), Thursday 27th – Wednesday 28th Aug
• Univ.Vice Chancellor Meeting 25th Aug.
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5. BUP SYMPOSIUM 2020

• 9 Theme sessions
• 160 abstracts submitted
• 37 posters submitted
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6. BUP SYMPOSIUM 2020

• Journal Sustainability, Special issue: "Challenges and Possibilities for
Sustainable Development in a Baltic Sea Region context“ Ed. Madeleine Granvik
• Journal Sustainability, Special issue: "Environmental Education for Sustainable
Development“ Eds. Walter Leal & Madeleine Granvik
• Journal Baltic Region, Special issue: “Sustainable Development in the Baltic
Sea Region” Eds. Madeleine Granvik & Elena Kropinova
• Book "Universities, Sustainability and Society: Supporting the Implementation of the
Sustainable Development Goals”. It will be part of the award-winning “World
Sustainability Series”, published by Springer.
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7. BUP Member Universities

Priority to take part in BUP activities,
and without any extra cost:
- Conferences for researchers, academic teachers, students
- PhD Training, PhD Supervisor Collegium
- Summer courses
- Calls for mobility grant and PhD awards
- Rectors’ conference every third year
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8. Recap from November

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9. 15 chapters

15 chapters
to teach climate change
in the Baltic Sea Region
Course module
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10. Course module, each chapter

Content
• One written text (approx. 2500 words)
• One PowerPoint presentation (approx. 25 slides)
• Lecture notes, short guidance to each slide for teachers
• References to addition reading
Additional materials
• Exercises, discussion material, case studies, games, workshops, etc.
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11. Sharing the results

First step
• Publish the materials online at www.balticuniv.uu.se
• Spread it through our network
• Share it at the BUP symposium in Visby
Second step (requires additional funding)
• Peer-reviewed course book
• Video lectures
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12. Timeline for BSRCCC, 1st phase

Autumn 2019
November 2019
March 2020
August 2020
December 2020
Project
start
Kaunas
Meeting
Online
Meeting
Presenting
first version
End of the
first phase
The BUP symposium
Visby, Sweden
1.5 hour
Rectors, researchers, funders & public
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End of current funding
from Swedish Institute
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13. 1. Course introduction – why teaching climate change?

Authors: Pontus Ambros, Madeleine Granvik & Oleksandra Khalaim
• Introduce «Why teach climate change?»
• Teaching methodology
• Baltic Sea Region
• Baltic University Programme
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14. 2. Global Climate System

Authors: Galina Pilovets, Svitlana Boychenko & Piia Post
• Give an understanding about the climate system, components and
interactions between them.
• Definition of climate (global), factors and reasons of global climate
aand its changes. State of the climate components, climate feedbacks,
uncertainties, energy budget, etc.
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15. 3. Baltic Sea Region Climate System

Authors: Jukka Käyhkö
• Biosphere, Atmosphere, Hydrosphere (Baltic Sea), Cryosphere, Land
System, Continentality, Maritime and Seasonality
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16. 4. Climate Change observed globally

Authors: Jaak Jaagus
• To give a general knowledge on observed changes in global climate, its
main drivers and consequences (language of IPCC report).
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17. 5. Climate Change observed in the Baltic Sea Region

Authors: Svitlana Boychenko, Jaak Jaagus,Viktor Karamushka & Natalia Danilkina
To help students gain knowledge on climate observations metrology,
drivers, properties, and consequences of CC in the BSR. As well as skills
on analyzing climate data.
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18. 6. Climate Projections

Authors: Irina Danilovich
To show how climate will be changing in the future.
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19. 7. Scientific (un)certainty about climate change

Authors: Audronė Telešienė, Piia Post & Markus Will
• To develop a more complex and comprehensive understanding of the
scientific certainty about CC and the nature of CC risks.
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20. 8. It’s bad – Impacts of Climate change

Authors: Jaak Jaagus,Viktor Karamuchka, Uladzimir Zuyeu, Aliaksei Novik & Irina Danilovich
Consider the extent and impacts of climate change on environmental
systems, social and human health, economic systems, at the global and
regional level.
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21. 9. Socio-economic impacts of climate change

Authors: Audronė Telešienė
To develop the ability to critically discuss the socio-economic impacts
of the CC in the Baltic Sea Region; ability to perceive it as complex and
interrelated.
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22. 10. Prevention / mitigation of climate change in the BSR

Authors: Magdalena Kuchler
Give a general overview of mitigation needed and measures in different
sectors
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23. 11. Adaptation

Authors: Sinikka Suomalainen, Cecilia Lundberg & Maria Falaleeva
Give general overview of adaptation need and measures in different
sectors.
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24. 12. Economic transition

Authors: Maria Falaleeva & Remigijus Čiegis
• Drivers for economic transition diversifying “normal” classical economy.
• Where are we going?
Energy transition
Low/no carbon economy
Circular economy
Loughlin (?) economy
• ● How we got there/economic instruments
• Carbon pricing
• Green financing
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25. 13. We can fix it! -Political fix.

Authors: Viktor Karamuchka, Uladzimir Zuyeu, Maria Falaleeva,
Elena Laevskaya and Magdalena Kuchler
To develop an understanding of political measures and determine how
they can be applied in the BSR.
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26. 14. Social transformation (individual / micro level)

Authors: Aiste Balzekiene, Audronė Telešienė, Maria Falaleeva & Elena Laevskaya
To develop the understanding of individual contributions to climate
change (cause and solution), empower the students to pursue climate
friendly lifestyles. To develop critical approaches to climate change
communication.
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27. 15. We can fix it! – Techno fix

Authors: Linas Kliucininkas, Markus Will and Joost Platje
Provide info/knowledge on trends of technological innovations to
prevent climate change.
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28. Revisiting the curriculum

Discussing changes to the
15
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29. Course module online

https://www.balticuniv.uu.se/education
/sustainable-development-course/
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30. Discussion on the future development of this project

Video materials
Peer-reviewed
course book
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31. Practicalities surrounding Visby

Presenting the results:
24th of August, 2020
13.00-14.30
Campus Gotland, Uppsala University
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32. New online meeting

Meeting in about
1 Month?
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