COURSE OVERVIEW

 This practical and highly-interactive course includes real-life case studies where participants will be engaged in a series of interactive small groups and class workshops. This course is designed to provide participants with a detailed and up-to-date overview of Climate Modeling and Climate Change. It covers the difference between climate and weather and the factors controlling Earth’s climate system; the greenhouse effect and global warming; the difference between natural versus anthropogenic climate change; the climate change evidence and observations; the impacts of climate change on petroleum industry; the climate policy and international agreements, climate modelling and general circulation models (GCMs); and the regional climate models (RCMs) and downscaling including data sources and climate model inputs. During this interactive course, participants will learn the uncertainty in climate modelling and physical risks of climate change to oil and gas industry; the transition risks, climate change and energy transition; the climate change impact on oil exploration and production; the climate-induced risks to supply chain and logistics; the strategies for climate adaptation in oil and gas; the carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS); the methane emission reduction strategies; the renewable energy integration in petroleum sector; the hydrogen economy and the future of oil; the role of digitalization in climate mitigation; and the climate finance, carbon markets and ESG and sustainability.