PANAMA: Regional Research and Study Abroad Program on Climate Change and Sustainable Development
Panama City, Panama. February 3, 2011---The Water Center for the Humid Tropics of Latin America and the Caribbean (CATHALAC) and the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAHuntsville) are pleased to offer this summer an eight-week Study Abroad Program in Panama, focusing on Climate Change and Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Program is accredited by UAHuntsville and qualifies for six undergraduate credits through the Earth System Science academic program.
Through professional training, hands-on learning, and a four-week internship research project, students will experience how global climate change influences sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean. Students will have the opportunity to explore firsthand the diverse direct and indirect effects of a changing climate on natural and human systems.
Students will acquire basic knowledge and skills on the science of climate change, analyze historical trends in climatic variability and human vulnerability, and examine the current national and international policy debates on climate change adaptation and mitigation. The course is designed from the perspective of Latin American reality, exploring questions of technology transfer, distribution of risks and benefits, and social marginality between More Developed Countries (MDCs), Less Developed Countries (LDCs), and new Emerging Economies. The course will be instructed in English by CATHALAC’s research scientists and professors from the Department of Atmospheric Science at UAHuntsville.
The acquired knowledge and interests developed by the students will lead to the implementation of group internships at different host institutions in Panama. To facilitate professional collaboration and cross-cultural communication the students will receive Spanish training and will live with host families in Panama City.
Program dates: June 5th - July 31, 2011. Deadline for applications is March 15th, 2011. Further information is available on: www.cathalac.org/study_abroad
About CATHALAC
opportunities related to Integrated Watershed Management, Climate Change, Environmental Modeling and Analysis, and Risk Management.CATHALAC headquarters are located across from the Panama Canal in the City of Knowledge (in Spanish - Ciudad del Saber), a former US military base transformed into an international complex for education, research and innovation developed to promote and facilitate synergy between universities, scientific researchcenters, businesses, and international organizations.About UAH
Founded in 1950, UAH is an autonomous campus of The University of Alabama System dedicated to excellence in teaching, research, and service. UAH is a keyparticipant in one of the nation's major international centers for advanced technological research and utilizes its position in this environment to provide unique opportunities and creative programs for students, faculty, and the community. UAH is committed to maintaining a diverse academic community of the highest quality, and to providing an environment that facilitates intellectual, cultural, personal, and professional growth. UAH fosters leadership, creative and critical thinking, clear communication, a respect for knowledge and the pursuit of truth, and an engagement in the challenge and pleasure of a lifetime of learning.
Zvia Leibler Danon
Study Abroad Program Coordinator
Development and International Cooperation
CATHALAC
Tel: + 507-317-3206/3245 - Fax: + 507-317-3299
111 City of Knowledge, Clayton, Panama
P.O.Box 0843-03102, Panama
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www.cathalac.org/study_abroad
