Climate Change
These climate change dissertation examples are student-contributed and cover how climate risk is understood, communicated, and managed across communities, organisations, and government. Students often focus on one pathway of impact (heat, flooding, drought, food and energy shocks) and one level of response (households, local authorities, sectors, or national policy), then test what works in practice rather than what is promised in strategy documents.
Common dissertation directions include climate adaptation and resilience (flood defences, overheating in housing, coastal erosion, emergency planning), mitigation choices (decarbonisation, behaviour change, transport policy, retrofit), and the political economy of transition (who pays, who benefits, and what gets delayed). Many projects examine climate justice and inequality: how impacts and protections vary by deprivation, disability, age, or geography, and how funding rules shape which neighbourhoods are prioritised. Communication is another major theme, including risk perception, climate anxiety, misinformation, and which narratives increase public support for change without triggering backlash. Sector-focused dissertations can include energy, construction, agriculture, finance, and supply chains, analysing how targets translate into procurement standards, investment decisions, and measurable outcomes.
Use these climate change dissertation examples to develop keywords such as climate adaptation, resilience, climate justice, decarbonisation, retrofit, flood risk, overheating, behaviour change, and risk communication.
Ecosystem approach to harvesting in the Arctic
Projecting the consequences of warming and sea-ice loss for Arctic marine food web and fisheries is challenging due to the intricate relationships between biology and ice.
Extended low fruit productivity following forest fires
After the smoke has cleared: Extended low fruit productivity following forest fires decreased gregariousness and social tolerance among wild female Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii).
Optimal Design for Solar Greenhouses Based on Climate Conditions
Abstract
Huge energy consumption in greenhouses is a challenge in developing them to intensify food system while decreasing water consumption in the agriculture sector. Utilizing solar energy in solar
Reasons for Deforestation and Desertification
Desert encroachment, drought, erosion, high temperatures are few among many of the consequences of deforestation. This is an assessment of the extent of deforestation in Lafiya, Nasarawa State, Nigeria.
Climate Change: Impacts on the Mediterranean Seagrass Posidonia Oceanica
Climate change: impacts on the Mediterranean seagrass Posidonia oceanica
Introduction
Seagrasses are aquatic angiosperms that form coastal underwater meadows responsible for a variety of ecosystem
Dissertation on Predicting Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Vehicles
This study will use the analysis of neuro-fuzzy technique to identify the most important variables that affect the greenhouse gas emissions for road sector.
Traditional Knowledge Discourses in Climate Change Adaptation
Table of Contents
Chapter 2: Understanding the Critiques of Traditional Knowledge Discourses in Climate Change Adaptation.
2.1 Introduction
2.3 Traditional Knowledge and Intellectual Property Rights
Proposal for Researching the Role of Ozone in NH Climate
This project combines observational data and a hierarchy of models, to assess the role of ozone in Northern hemisphere climate on all time-scales.
Spatio-temporal Variation in Rainfall-Runoff Erosivity Due to Climate Change in the Lower Niger Basin, West Africa
Spatio-temporal variation in rainfall-runoff erosivity resulting from changes in rainfall characteristics due to climate change could have severe consequences on soil and water.
Climate Change: Challenges and Ecological Modernization in the GCC
The intent of this research project is to elucidate the stance of the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries on Climate Change, and to assess whether these monarchies can ever achieve sustainability and ecological modernization.
What is Impact Investing? Green Investments in Climate Change
Introduction to a dissertation that aims to provide insight and knowledge into the decision-making processes of impact investors.
Thе Оutcоmеs Оf COP22
This rеsеarch attеmpts tо analysе thе tеchnical advancеmеnt arising in thе fiеld оf climatе changе, focusing on the оutcоmеs оf cоp22 fоr climatе changе and futurе trеnds.
Impact of Resource Exploration on Climatic Change in Antarctic
The study focuses on core human activities for instance, oil, coal, natural gas and other poisonous explorations, and how their exploration are causing distortions in the Antarctic.
A Global Deal for Aviation – Driving Climate or Technology Change?
Contents
List of Abbreviations (Will update as project progresses)
ABSTRACT: I will write one when the final report is done
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 Introduction
1.1 Aviation’s Role in the
Strategy to Reduce Glasgow Clyde College’s Carbon Footprint
This project has been commissioned with an aim to reduce Glasgow Clyde College’s carbon footprint, whilst providing an educational engineering case study on renewable energy for engineering systems.
Historical Coastal Damages: Impact of Climate Change on Coastal Flooding in London
Investigating Historical Coastal Damages
The Impact of Climate Change on Coastal Flooding in London
Cover Artwork
The Great Wave off Kanagawa, Hokusai
The print series by Hokusai shows
In the UK: How Has the Development of Passivhaus Technology Impacted the Reduction of Carbon Emissions?
This study is aimed to identify and examine the Passivhaus Standard and how it may reduce the carbon emissions produced by residential housing in the UK.
Impact of Climate Change on Human Health
The purpose of this literature review is to give an overview of the causes of climate changes and to focus on how these changes affect humans health and the living quality.
Implementing Alternative Sources of Energy
Chapter 1
Introduction
1.0 Introduction
Hotels constitute a key element of the organized chain of activity in the travel and tourism industry, and occupy a crucial place in concerns over environmental
