Climate change: island life in a volatile world

What impact will global warming really have? This free course, Climate change: island life in a volatile world, examines the potential problems faced by the people of the Pacific Island of Tuvalu as a result of rising sea levels. Where would you go if your island is only a few feet above sea level? Who would you blame?

• Introduction
• Learning outcomes
• 1 Dividing the planet
• 1 Dividing the planet
• 2 Island territories, ocean flows
• 2 Island territories, ocean flows
• 2.1 Issues of responsibility
• 2.2 Climate change in a globalised world
• 2.3 Divisions that matter: thinking through territories
• 2.4 Worlds in motion: the importance of flows
• 3 Settling islands
• 3 Settling islands
• 3.1 Voyages of discovery and settlement
• 3.2 Migrations of life
• 4 Volatile worlds
• 4 Volatile worlds
• 4.1 When climate changes
• 4.2 Shifting ground
• 4.3 Dilemmas of climate change
• 5 Conclusion
• 5 Conclusion
• References
• Acknowledgements