Sustainability and Adaptation MSc, PgCert, PgDip

Centre for Alternative Technology

Examine the causes and urgency of climate change, what actions are needed and – crucially – what solutions we have already, on our MSc in Sustainability and Adaptation.

This course uses the concepts of sustainability and adaptation transformation to frame an analysis of environmental and climate change policy and its implications for society on an international, national, local and individual level. With a wide range of modules, the course offers a holistic view of sustainability and the opportunity to explore a wide variety of topics in depth related to sustainability and adaptation.

Key Areas of study

Some of the topics you’ll study include:

• Sustainability thinking and adaptation transformation planning
• Acute resilience pathways for cities and communities
• Environmental politics and social and economic systems
• Sustainable design of buildings and environmentally responsive materials and resources
• Transformational change
• Risk and vulnerability assessment and adaptive capacity
• Land use and food security
• Restoration ecology, environmental assessments and ecosystem services, including waste and water
• Energy provision and energy flows in buildings