5th international training course on climate risk management in a changing environment
Course background and purpose
Climate change and its impacts have become one of the most significant challenges of the 21st century. Climate-related risks, whether concurrent or prospective need to be addressed swiftly as part of the development strategy at any level, from a global level down to a local level.
With an upward growth trend in urban centers, population expansion and industrialization in both developed and developing countries, policy makers need to ensure resilience of development to the possible exacerbation of risks from hydro-meteorological hazards due to climate change.
However, understanding the science of climate change and potential interventions and their integration into development policies and practices has become a challenge for development and disaster risk reduction practitioners. The “International training course on climate risk management (CRM-05)” offers a unique and timely opportunity for development and disaster risk reduction practitioners from: the Government, international organizations, UN agencies, NGOs, civil society organizations, private sectors and others to enhance knowledge, expertise and skills on climate risk management enabling them to face this challenge. The course will illustrate climate risk management in urban and rural settings focusing on the sector challenges.
The course participants will be guided through a number of interactive sessions that will enable them to acquire scientific knowledge to assess climate risks and reduce climate risks strategically through: climate risk management planning, implementation and mainstreaming climate risk management into development policies and programs at different levels. Broadly, the course intends to harmonize climate risk management, disaster risk reduction and development planning to enable a holistic approach for sustainable development.
Course objectives
By completing the course, participants should be able to:
- Discuss the science, systems and societal issues of climate change, impacts of climate change and their linkages with climate induced extreme events;
- Assess specific sector vulnerabilities to climate change in different settings;
- Utilize decision support systems for assessing climate impacts, vulnerabilities and risks and use the tools for designing climate risk management policies, programs and interventions to reduce climate induced risks at different levels;
- Discuss and be familiar with the climate change planning processes for designing climate risk management policies, strategies, programs and interventions at different levels;
- Identify a menu of options for climate risk management to a given context. Share good practices and lessons learned on climate risk management from different contexts; and
- Develop hands-on skills on how to develop a CRM initiative (project/program/action) using the existing knowledge in an innovative learning environment.
Modules
Module 1: Concepts and emerging directions of climate change and climate risk management
Module 2: Climate change projections and decision support tools in climate risk management
Module 3: Climate change and urban built systems
Module 4: Climate change and rural ecosystems
Module 5: Climate risk management planning and implementation
Module 6: Future knowledge applications and conclusions