CLI1200 Climate change: Impacts and adaptations
Faculty of Science
CLI1200 Climate change: Impacts and adaptations is a level 1, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Science, offered in 2025 in Semester 2 at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2025
- Semester 2
- Clayton
- Assessment
- No exam
- 2 tasks
This is the 2025 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Overview
We are transitioning into a new era, where a changing climate presents new challenges for society. You will learn how we can adapt, change and mitigate to prevent the most dangerous impacts of climate change. You will analyse the risks presented by climate change to biodiversity, food and water security, cities and settlements, health, mental health, society and the economy and pose responses to manage those risks. You will then consider the transitions required for the new normal, and how to empower and enable those transitions.
This unit and its complementary unit CLI1100 follow Working groups I, II and III of the Intergovernmental panel on climate change (IPCC) Sixth assessment report (AR6). These elective units can be taken together, or as standalone units, and are designed to complement any major across Monash by teaching you the fundamentals of climate change, its impacts and how we can respond over a broad range of disciplines.
Offerings in 2025
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Clayton | Esp ec |
| Second semester | Clayton | On campus |
Assessment
- AssignmentsProject75%
- Portfolio of in-class activitiesExercise25%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Describe escalating climate change impacts on a range of social and environmental domains and develop adaptive responses to them;
- 2
Assess the risks posed by climate change across a range of sectors and disciplines;
- 3
Develop solutions to climate risks and strategies to implement and execute these solutions in a variety of contexts;
- 4
Analyse and evaluate methods for empowering and enabling climate transitions;
- 5
Demonstrate competence in information technology, data handling, problem solving, communication skills and team work;
- 6
Communicate climate change information and responses to a variety of stakeholders.
Workload and teaching
- Applied sessions24 hours
- Lectures24 hours
- Teaching approachActive learning
12 hours per week, consisting of:
- 2-hours of pre-class activities. Nominally, these are lectures, but they will be a mix of pre-recorded videos, activities and readings
- 2-hours of applied class and
- 8-hours of self-directed learning, which may include additional pre-class activities, revision, working on assignments, groupwork, or engaging with further self-directed activities.
In applied classes you will engage with real climate problems across a wide range of areas and consider how to respond to these challenges.
Where it fits
CLI1200 is part of 2 areas of study in the 2025 handbook.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Adam Kessler
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Adam Kessler
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for CLI1200?
CLI1200 has no prerequisites.
When is CLI1200 offered?
In 2025, CLI1200 runs in Semester 2 at Clayton.
Does CLI1200 have an exam?
No. CLI1200 has 2 assessment tasks and no exam.
Which majors and minors include CLI1200?
CLI1200 is part of Sustainability and responsible management.