TU Berlin for Future – The lecture series on climate protection
Content
In 2023, the highest surface temperatures since weather records began were measured on land and in the world's oceans. Yet still too little is being done worldwide to reduce emissions of climate gases and thus limit the rise in temperature. Germany's climate protection measures also remain insufficient to make a fair contribution to climate protection.
In the winter semester 2023/2024, the interdisciplinary climate lecture "TU Berlin for Future" will once again cover a broad range of topics related to climate protection by TU scientists and external experts. Prof. Dr. Stefan Rahmstorf from the Potsdamer-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung (PIK) will address the explosive nature of the current global climate changes and how much room for maneuver still exists in his keynote speech. The other presentations will address climate (protection)-relevant issues around the energy transition, the building sector, urban development and the bioeconomy, as well as questions of the democratic shaping of the transformation and aspects of justice. Finally, a look at the TU Berlin's path to becoming a climate-neutral campus is not missing from the diverse series of lectures.
The lecture series is organized by the Zentrum Technik und Gesellschaft (ZTG), the departments Economic Education and Sustainable Consumption as well as Landscape Planning and Landscape Development at the TU Berlin, and the Fridays for Future student association at the TU Berlin. It receives support from the Climate Change Center Berlin-Brandenburg.
Organisation
Time: 23 October 2023 to 5 February 2024, every Monday from 4:15 to 5:45 p.m.
Location: online via ZOOM (dial-in data can be found in the ISIS course)
The event is organised by Prof. Dr. Dr. Martina Schäfer, Dr. Viola Muster, Prof. Dr. Stefan Heiland, Dr. Gabriele Wendorf and the student association Fridays For Future at TU Berlin.
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Access to the online lecture
For students of TU Berlin:
- Log in to the ISIS platform and register as a participant in the course TUB4F 2023 - The lecture series on climate protection, part 1. Registration is without a password. The course will be open for enrolment from 1 October 2023. After max. 1000 enrolments or at the latest in the 3rd week of lectures, the ISIS course will be closed for enrolment.
- The header of the course contains the dial-in data for Zoom
- Students who want to earn credit points and take the MC test at the end need a valid ISIS account. The test cannot be taken as a guest.
For external guests:
- Please contact Emely Hannemann (emely.hannemann(at)campus.tu-berlin.de) via mail if you would like to participate in the Zoom sessions.
- You will receive the dial-in information by mail, which is valid for each session.
For visiting students:
- If you are enrolled at a university that also uses ISIS (possibly under a different name), you can enrol in the course with your account. You can test whether you can log in to ISIS with your account at isis.tu-berlin.de.
- If this is not possible: apply for an ISIS account as a visiting student (see next point on service provision).
- If you do not receive your account until after self-enrolment has closed, please contact Emely Hannemann (emely.hannemann(at)campus.tu-berlin.de). We will then enrol you in the course later on.
Provision of your assessed coursework
The lecture series takes place in two parts, which can be attended independently of each other. Part 1 takes place in the winter semester; Part 2 in the summer semester.
3 credit points can be acquired for each module. These are made up as follows:
- Attendance time: 30 h (2 SWS)
- Preparation and follow-up: 30 h
- Exam preparation and examination (online multiple-choice test): 30 h
If you attend both modules, you can thus acquire 6 credit points.
Information for students of the TU Berlin
The modules can be credited as part of your free-choice area of your degree programme. The module is graded.
Current information on exam registration can be found in the ISIS course.
All further information can be found in the ISIS course, course name: TUB4F 2023 - The Climate Change Lecture Series, Part 1. Registration is without password. The course will be open for enrolment from 1 October 2023. After max. 1000 enrolments, the ISIS course will be closed for enrolment.
Information for students from other universities (visiting students)
In order to be able to view all the necessary learning materials and to take the test at the end, you need an ISIS account. If you do not have access there with your university account, this can only be obtained by applying for a listenership for visiting students. Proceed as follows:
- Please fill out the application for a listenership for visiting students.
- Then first obtain the consent of the module representative (please send to Emely Hannemann emely.hannemann(at)campus.tu-berlin.de) and then the consent of the faculty (christel.rothfuss(at)tu-berlin.de). This is done electronically by e-mail.
- Please send the application signed by both offices (electronically) together with a current certificate of enrolment to: nebenhoerer(at)studsek.tu-berlin.de. If the application is signed electronically but not stamped, please send the email of the lecturer/faculty with it.
- After the Student Secretariat has processed your application, you will receive an email for the creation of a TUB account as well as a confirmation of the approved listenership for visiting students.
At the end of the semester, a confirmation of your completion of the course will be issued and sent by email. You will receive this confirmation at the email address with which you are enrolled in the ISIS course. If necessary, please check your TU mailbox or activate the redirection. The issuing of the confirmations takes some time.
All further information can be found in the ISIS course, course name: TUB4F 2023 - The Climate Change Lecture Series, Part 1.
If you have any questions regarding the crediting of the module or the provision of services, please contact:
Dr. Viola Muster
Email: viola.muster[at]tu-berlin.de
