MSc Course Weather and Climate Risk
The course 'Weather and Climate Risk' is part of the MSc program 'Integrated Climate System Science' at the University of Hamburg but is also open to BSc and MSc students of Meteorology and Oceanography.
Lecturer: Christian Franzke
Course description
The course covers the physics of extreme weather and climate events, the basics of the insurance and catastrophe modeling sectors and weather derivatives. The students will also learn risk communication.
Topics which will be covered:
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Extreme weather and climate events
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Climate change and extremes
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Tipping elements and early warning
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Insurance, Reinsurance and Microinsurance
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Catastrophe Modeling
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Extreme Value Statistics
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Weather Derivatives
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Risk Communication
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Social aspects of extremes and resilience
Skills required
Knowledge of basic meteorology and climate dynamics
Learning outcomes
Students will have learned about the fundamental physics of extreme weather and climate events. They will have an understanding of the socio-economic aspects of weather and climate risks, especially the insurance and catastrophe modeling sectors. Students will learned about best practice how to communicate weather and climate risks to different stakeholders and the public.
The students will have understood the topics through illustrative examples and case studies.