LSGI1B02 Climate Change and Society

Lecture 1: Introduction to Climate Change

Dr. WANG Shuo
Email: shuo.s.wang@polyu.edu.hk
Office: ZS613
Tel: 3400-3896
Office hours: 2:00pm 4:00pm (Thursday)
https://www.shuoswang.com/
High-resolution projection of climate information
Climate change impact analysis
Ms. Serein Han
Email: serein.han@polyu.edu.hk
Room: ZS606
Tel: 2766-4347
Mr. Jim Lo (Liaison of the EWR Team)
Email: jim.lo@polyu.edu.hk
Room: AG635, English Language Centre
Tel: 2766-4347
Subject description
 Course Objectives

i. To
ii. To historical, current, and future
impacts of climate change on human society
iii. To enable students to appreciate the difference between information
sources from textbooks and scientific literature
iv. To impart skills in basic sentence and paragraph construction in
academic writing
 Intended Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the subject, students will be able to:
a) Understand the historical development of processes which maintain the
climatic balance
b) Recognize the dependence of social development and civilizations in the
particular climatic context and conditions
c) Understand the relationships between society and climate
response to climate change
d) Have a better understanding of climate change induced by greenhouse
gas emissions and our response to climate change
e) Use logical concepts of premises, inference and conclusion, to construct
meaningful discussions in academic writing
 Teaching/Learning Methodology

Lecture (causes, impacts, and mitigations)

Time: 18:30 20:20 (Thursday)
Location: Z207

Tutorial (case studies for further discussions)

Tutorial 1 (Week 3): Discussion on IPCC AR5 p.211-219 -Social and
Ethical Responsibility.
Tutorial 2 (Week 4): Global warming and actions of the UNFCC/IPCC
Tutorial 3 (Week 5): Discussion on population crises (Lee and Zhang
(2012))

English Language Centre (academic writing)