Concepts of climate change and variability; historical climate change; causes; evidence of change; climate change and the society; vulnerability to the impacts of climate change; Impacts of climate changes on terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems, agriculture, human health and economy; adaptation and adaptive capacity; mitigation and mitigative capacity, international conventions and protocols on climate change; international concerns: policy responses, adaptation mechanisms to climate (agronomic practices, soil and water management, Adaptation mechanisms(conservation agriculture, pasture management, selecting animal breeds and crop varieties that can adapt to climate changes); Mechanisms for carbon trading. engineering for efficiency and sustainability, carbon capture and sequestration. The Ethiopian climate change adaptation strategies.
- Teacher: Yibeltal Yihunie