Alterações Climáticas: Ligando Ciência e a Experiência da vida (EMMA)

Offered by Universidade Aberta,
Alterações Climáticas: Ligando Ciência e a Experiência da vida (EMMA)

O objetivo geral do curso Alterações Climáticas: o contexto das experiências de vida é introduzir o conceito de alterações climáticas no contexto do desenvolvimento sustentável, relacionando-o com as experiências vivenciadas por cada um de como, por exemplo, adaptar e mitigar os seu efeitos, relacionados com cheias, falta de água, subida no nível do mar, erosão costeira, e outros.

Assim, algumas das questões fundamentais que se procuram desenvolver neste curso são:

  • Como é que as alterações climáticas estão, e poderão vir, a influenciar a nossa sociedade e o nosso dia-a-dia?
  • Como podemos avaliar o que nos é dito sobre o que fazer relativamente às alterações climáticas, de modo a tomarmos as nossas decisões de uma forma racional e informada?
  • Como é que as nossa tomadas de posição e comportamentos podem influenciar o futuro da sociedade e do planeta?

Com este curso não se pretende determinar o que deve ser feito, mas ajudar-vos a compreender e a analisar criticamente as orientações elaboradas sob uma diversidade de perspetivas. Abordaremos, então, a vertente da ciência, da política, da economia e a componente social das alterações climáticas, assim como a sua ligação com a sustentabilidade.

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