Lecture series on Climate Protection
Category:
Courses
Educational hub:
Sustainability & Climate Change
Target audience:
Students
University:
Universität Innsbruck
ECTS credits:
2,5
Mode of delivery:
Virtual
Contact name:
Christina Raab
Contact email:
aurora-courses@uibk.ac.at
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1
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Language:
English
Study cycle:
Master
Additional info:
Start date:
2026-10-14
End date:
2027-01-27
Application start:
2026-07-01
Application deadline:
2026-07-26
SDG:
SDG4. Quality education, SDG7. Affordable and clean energy, SDG13. Climate action
Course credit:
Yes
Free course:
Yes
Aurora competence framework:
Only for enrolled students:
Yes
Open for registration to all Aurora Universities:
Yes
Faculty:
N/A
Micro-credential:
No
Micro-credential URL:
Yes
Aims of the Programme
The course aims to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of climate change, its impacts, and evidence-based solutions. By bringing together experts from different disciplines, it encourages participants to connect scientific research with practical climate action and sustainable decision-making.
Content & Methods
The programme combines keynote lectures with workshops, scientific discussions, and interactive sessions that present current research findings and encourage interdisciplinary exchange on climate protection.
Key Topics
Students mitigation, explore climate energy change systems, sustainability, interdisciplinary research, global climate policies, and innovative solutions for climate protection. The course also examines the relationship between individual actions, societal challenges, and global environmental change.
Microcredentials
This course can be combined with “800.875 Sustainability Communication: Connecting Research to the SDGs with 3MT Flash Talks” to earn the Aurora Microcredential “Climate Action & Sustainability Communication.”
Course Details
ECTS: 2,5
Level: Master
Format: hybrid online lecture
Language of instruction: English
Online phase: 14.10.26 – 27.01.27
Microcredential Certificate
Course number: 800.872
Application Period: 01.07.-19.07.26