After completing the course, you will have the necessary knowledge about the type of data required for climate actions and will be able to effectively process and visualize these data in your specific sector or domain. The course will also provide you with the skills for data-informed decision-making in climate action planning. The geographical scope of the course ranges from global, European, national to the local neighborhood, and household level.

In the course, you learn about and get answers to:

• What geographical and attribute data are available or producible to learn about climate change and its impacts on different sectors and communities? How are they produced, and how can they be used in climate management? What are the probabilities and uncertainties associated with them?
•  How can you process these data, and what open-source and proprietary tools, e.g., KAMP, QGIS, Scalgo, are available for visualizing them and understanding their implications?
• How can you develop a decision support system/tool for quantifying the risks and vulnerabilities of infrastructure, communities, and citizens to climate change? How can you assess the cost/benefit of diverse climate actions?

Further, the course will give you the opportunity to network and share experiences with the other participants and present the challenges that you have encountered in your organization towards climate management.

he course is designed based on constructive discussions and dialogues between participants and lecturers. Prior to the course, a questionnaire will be sent to the participants to collect information on their expectations and inquire whether they would like to present real-world cases that can be used in the course.
During this learning experience, each participant will work on their own use case and real-world data to find
solutions to the existing challenges. This approach will enable them to implement and use new knowledge
and tools by providing solutions to real-world problems once the course is complete. Along with the practical experience, participants will have the opportunity to network, exchange knowledge and experiences
with other participants.

The teaching is a mix of theories, e.g., Quantitative & Qualitative methods, Geographical data concepts & analytics, Multi-Criteria Decision Making, Climate change and the implications, Stakeholder analysis as well as case studies, hands-on assignments, and mini projects, which can be related to relevant climate management issues in your organization/company.

• Professor Jamal Jokar Arsanjani, AAU
• Associate Professor Lise Schrøder, AAU
• Assistant Professor Ida-Marie Bonnevie, AAU
• Assistant Professor Irma Kveladze, AAU
• Additional guest lecturers will be invited to give lectures and present cases

The course is designed for everybody with an interest in climate management in a data-driven manner where geographical data are essential. The participants for this course can have work-experience from a board
rage of job functions and organizations.

An exemplary list of the target audience would be (not limited to):

• Researchers, engineers, and practitioners from consulting companies working with climate changes, climate management, climate data etc.
• Architects, charted surveyors, urban/rural planners at municipalities and governmental/local authorities.
• Teachers related to continuing education, higher education.
• Energy sector, power plants
• Utility companies
• Building & Housing construction companies, prefab-housing companies
• Green think tanks and NGOs
• Agri & forestry sectors & marine & fishing businesses.

To ensure that every participant gets the most out of the course, we will send out a questionnaire prior to
the start of the course to identify their specific needs, expectations, or any challenges they may be facing
when handling data. By doing so, our team will tailor the course content according to the feedback from the
questionnaires to provide participants with a more constructive, engaging, and effective learning experience that meets their unique personalized requirements.

The course will start by filling out a questionnaire shared 4 weeks before the course starts by asking the participants about their expectations and possible use cases that they want to bring to the course for elaboration.

Location
The course will take place at Aalborg University Campus in Copenhagen, Sydhavn.

Address:
Aalborg Universitet København, A. C. Meyers Vænge 15, 2450 København SV

Building A(ACM15), Main entrance (1st floor by using the ramp up. Teaching rooms 2.1.042 and 1.001

Parking information

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None – apart from basic motivation to learn new things in a professional context and dedication to learning
new knowledge.

Every individual (with at least a BSc education level) who is interested in learning more about climate change, and how to manage and visualize climate data.

The course will be conducted entirely in English.

3rd October questionnaire will be shared, and deadline for handing in the questionnaire is 24th October to Jamal Jokar Arsanjani, email: jja@plan.aau.dk 

Thursday 31 October 2024, 9:00 AM to 15:00 PM

• Presenting the inputs to the questionnaire and road map for the course.
• How to translate climate scenarios & policies & pledges & the basic understanding of climate information?
• What are the relevant data for climate management? This includes climate data and services, climate impact
  assessment data (related to sea level rise, flooding, storm surges, droughts and heatwaves), socioeconomic data, satellite/geographical data and citizen science data.
• 1st assignment: presenting the assignment (what data is relevant for participants’ use case?).
• Time for networking/grouping of the participants.
• Guest lecturers to present cases

Thursday 14th November 2024, 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM

• Feedback on the 1st assignment.
• What are the relevant tools for climate management given the data used in the 1st assignment? This includes vulnerability & risk assessment tools, spatial decision support systems, and cost-benefit analysis.
• 2nd assignment: presenting the assignment (what tool is relevant for participants’ use case?).

Thursday 28 November 2024, 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM

• Feedback on the 2nd assignment.
• What are the Climate innovations/solutions with an emphasis on Nature-Based Solutions?
• Presenting the participants’ analysis and acquiring the feedback from teachers to be used for the final assignment.
• 3rd assignment: presenting the assignment (what are the possible climate solutions and the pros and cons of such solutions related to participants’ use case?).