IPCC and the science of AR6, 5 hp
Following the release of the IPCC AR6 WG1 report: The Physical Science Basis in August 2021, MISU is organising a PhD-level course around the report. The purpose of the course is to give an overview of the report and discuss the conclusions reached in the full report as well as their relation to the statements made in the Summary for Policymakers (SPM).
Description of the course
The main chapters of the IPCC AR6 WG1: The Physical Science Basis report are:
- Chapter 1: Framing, context, methods
- Chapter 2: Changing state of the climate system
- Chapter 3: Human influence on the climate system
- Chapter 4: Future global climate: scenario-based projections and near-term information
- Chapter 5: Global carbon and other biogeochemical cycles and feedbacks
- Chapter 6: Short-lived climate forcers
- Chapter 7: The Earth's energy budget, climate feedbacks, and climate sensitivity
- Chapter 8: Water cycle changes
- Chapter 9: Ocean, cryosphere, and sea level change
- Chapter 10: Linking global to regional climate change
- Chapter 11: Weather and climate extreme events in a changing climate
- Chapter 12: Climate change information for regional impact and for risk assessment
Chapters 3, 7 and 9 will be covered. Additional chapters are selected dependening on the interests of the students attending the course.
How is the course organized?
Lectures and discussions, two hours every fortnight, for a total of 16 lectures. The first two lectures will give an overview of the course while the rest will be devoted to student-led presentations and discussions.
Examination
Examination will include both preparing and giving presentations of specific chapters in the report as well as writing a summary of another chapter than the one(s) presented by the student.
Schedule
Starts on 2 February and ends on 18 May, 2022.
Course Literature
IPCC, 2021: Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Masson-Delmotte, V., P. Zhai, A. Pirani, S.L. Connors, C. Péan, S. Berger, N. Caud, Y. Chen, L. Goldfarb, M.I. Gomis, M. Huang, K. Leitzell, E. Lonnoy, J.B.R. Matthews, T.K. Maycock, T. Waterfield, O. Yelekçi, R. Yu, and B. Zhou (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press. In Press.
Material from the website https://www.ipcc.ch/about/ will be used for the overall description of the IPCC process and its role in relation to the climate research community.
Responsible teacher - contact
Erland Källen (erland.kallen@misu.su.se)
Last updated: December 10, 2021
Source: MISU