Establishment of educational module “Climate Change” in the University of Liepaja

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  • Ivars Javaitis University of Liepaja

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Lifelong distance education, Natural sciences, Climate change

Abstract

Increase of awareness and high knowledge base of society in the field of climate change and environment in general in global and local ranges is vital to prevent future possible increase of climate changes in the world. In order to more involve society in prevention of future climate changes, national government has come up with National Climate Policy [1], which includes possibility for educational institutions such as University of Liepaja to develop educational programs, including lifelong and distance education programs. To achieve given objective, educational module “Climate Change” is created by University of Liepaja. Goal of this activity is to increase knowledge and capacity of governmental institutions, municipalities, scientific and educational institutions, private businesses, societies and foundations as well as separate members of society. Besides overall information on greenhouse gas emissions and adaptation to climate change, University of Liepaja concentrates more on practical questions, since, in our opinion, practical knowledge on how to use renewable resources, reduce greenhouse gas emissions or even reuse them in industry will create larger impact on achieving the objective. Therefore University of Liepaja concentrates on following topics: practical use of different technical solutions in industry, technical equipment used in industry of renewable energy, technologies used to prevent greenhouse gas emissions and mathematical modeling of possible scenarios, when pollution occurs in populated areas. Developed materials will be available for society, especially for the members of the target group for educational purposes. Materials also can and will be used for distance education.

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Author Biography

Ivars Javaitis, University of Liepaja

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References

Ruling of Cabinet of Ministers of Latvia No.257 “Regulation on small grant scheme’s project applications for open competition “Building capacity for research and activities to improve public knowledge about climate change and its consequences” financed by European Economic Area Financial Mechanism period 2009 – 2014 program “National Climate Policy””, May 20, 2014.

Council of the European Union, Agreement between the European Union, Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein and the Kingdom of Norway on an EEA Financial Mechanism 2009-2014, date of signature 28/07/2010.

Ministry of the Environmental Protection and Regional Development, National Climate Policy, URL: http://eeagrants.org/programme/view/LV02/PA07

University of Liepaja project proposal “Establishment of Educational Module „Climate Change” in the University of Liepaja”, submitted to State Regional Development Agency, 2014.

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Published

2016-01-27

How to Cite

Javaitis, I. (2016). Establishment of educational module “Climate Change” in the University of Liepaja. Journal of Human Sciences, 13(1), 545–550. Retrieved from https://j-humansciences.com/ojs/index.php/IJHS/article/view/3572

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Education