Education on Global Climate and Environmental Change in University of China

Abstract:

Global Climate and Environmental Change is an international hot field. To enhance native awareness on climate change is one mission of "State Policy and Action on Climate Change 2009 in China". As an implement, a course on Global Climate and Environmental Change has been opened in Shanghai Normal University since 2005. The course includes three fields. In the first field, it is introduced on which problems and harms have been caused from Global Climate and Environmental Changes according to UNEP Year Books 2003~2013. In the second field, to introduce the Earth System and Climate-Environment Change. In the third part, the hot climate-environmental issues are analyzed and discussed. By joining this course, the students have understanding earth system science and global change. It helped students to set up the view of ecological civilization of the harmonious development between human and nature, inspire students responsibility to protect the earth. During past 8 year, there were 4 to 5 classes opening for different levels in Shanghai Normal University for each year, more than 1000 students joined the study in the course.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 838-841)
• Pages: 3195-3198
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.838-841.3195
• Online since: November 2013
• Authors: Jian Cheng Kang, Xiaochen Su*
• Keywords: Climate, Education, Environment, Shanghai

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