The purpose of this assignment is that students learn to apply the methods for assessing climate change impacts that are introduced in weeks 2 up to 5, and learn how to interpret the results of these analyses. There are 5 assignments that each count for 10% of the grade. The assignments for each week will be made available on Canvas at Monday 9:00 of that week and should be handed in on Canvas on the Friday following the practicum, before 23:59 hours. For example, the assignment on flood risk management in the second week of the course will be available on Monday 7 September at 9:00 and should be handed in before Friday 12 September 23:59 hours. This setup gives students the time to read the assignment before the lecture, and work on it at home as well as during the live online practicum on Wednesday when they are guided by a teacher. The assignments should be in groups of 2 students which will be made by the course coordinators in the first week of the course.
The questions should be answered groups of two, per group you need to hand-in the Answer_sheet.docx via Canvas.
One can run the Notebooks via Google Colab (easy) or store this repository and install a conda virtual environment.
Extact the zip file that was downloaded from Canvas. Copy the folder to the google drive that is connected to your VU account (you can log in with your VU email and password). Go to Notebooks and open the .ipynb (Ipython Notebook file) by clicking open with Google Colab.
First install Conda, see miniconda for more information.
For installing Python and the dependencies locally via Conda, type following commands in your Terminal.
Add conda-forge channel for extra packages:
conda config --add channels conda-forgeCreate a conda environment for the project and install packages:
conda env create -f environment.ymlActivate environment:
activate ClimatePolicy