Master's Climate Studies

Wageningen University & Research · Wageningen, Netherlands

Level
Master's
Award
MASTER
Study mode
Full-time
Campus
Wageningen
Credits
120 ECTS_PUNT

Wageningen University & Research does not publish a fee for this programme on its own. Its published rate for master's programmes is €21,900 a year for international students.

About this programme

In the MSc programme Climate Studies, Wageningen University has bundled expertise from Earth-, Life-, and Social Sciences. This unique MSc programme is aimed specifically at students who wish to focus on the scientific insights in climate change and its interactions with society and the economy. Climate Studies not only covers the most important geophysical and biogeochemical processes involved in climate change (the mechanisms), but also the socio-economic aspects of causes and effects, as well as adaptation and mitigation as the main categories of societal response. The great relevance of this programme comes from the observed changes in our climate occurring across the Earth, the surge in research aimed at improved understanding of the climate system and its dynamics, and emerging questions about the impact of climate change on ecosystems and society. In science, the debate no longer revolves around whether our climate will change, but how it will change, how we can cope with the impact (adaptation), and how we can limit climate change in the long term (mitigation). These issues are important in both developed and developing countries, and fuel a range of new challenges to natural and social sciences. Society needs answers to questions such as: How and to what extent can greenhouse gas emissions be reduced from technical, economic and policy perspectives? How will climate change affect ecosystems and how will these in turn affect the climate system? What will be the eff

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