Project "GIS for Gist of Europe" Erasmus+
KA220-SCH-AADBFE5F
Project coordinator: Colegiul Tehnic de Cai Ferate "Unirea", Pascani, Romania
Human-induced climate change, which emerged due to the increasing use of fossil fuels, deforestation, and changes in land use after the industrial revolution, threatens the future of our world. In the 6th evaluation report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), it is stated that human-induced climate change causes much extreme weathers and climate movements in every region of the world, changes are experienced in all climate systems including the atmosphere, ocean and seas, and these changes are at unprecedented levels. (IPCC, 2021). In the reports published by the European Environment Agency (EEA) and the European Environmental Information and Observation Network (EIONET), climate change affects ecosystems, natural resources such as water and soil, human health, energy and agricultural production, transportation, tourism, In the European Union, 89,000 kilometers of coastline and a population of 68 million may be affected by the rising sea level, 112 billion euros of damage may occur due to floods caused by excessive precipitation, and a temperature increase of 2.5 °C until 2080. It is reported that close to a million people may be at risk of starvation. (ECDGE, 2005).
In the face of this global problem facing our planet, strategies such as solving the problem, reducing its effects, and adapting to the new situation are being implemented. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is an information technology that enables the analysis of geographical information of the place in a computer environment and producing solutions. It is also a powerful tool for understanding global climate change. GIS is of great importance in detecting and solving the problems that arise with global climate change. By analyzing meteorological parameters (temperature, humidity, wind) Understanding the melting glaciers and drying lakes, determining the losses in freshwater resources, determining the areas to be afforested with forest analysis, monitoring the sea level rises and places that are likely to be underwater are some of the things to be done with GIS. A GIS-based approach is about global ground systems. It contributes to gaining a scientific understanding and making informed decisions. Thanks to the transfer of individual events to maps, it is possible to see the "big picture" of the events. Adapting GIS technology and methods to the curriculum in schools and gaining them for students is related to climate change. Integrating GIS approaches into the curriculum of natural sciences courses, especially geography courses, and raising generations with spatial analysis skills will contribute significantly to the solution studies to be developed in the fight against climate change.
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