Climate Change & Disaster Risk Reduction - Somalia
About
Develop the competencies to respond to and advocate for improved interventions around climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction.
This is an interactive online course on climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction.
RedR UK is offering a free innovative, high-quality online training course aiming to provide participants with the knowledge and skills to respond to and advocate for improved action around climate change and disaster risk reduction.
The course is contextualized to Somalia and uses case studies throughout to support development of DRR activities that allow for the adaptation and mitigation of the impact of climate change.
The training is a 7-week fully online course with a mix of live and asynchronous (offline) content every week, delivered on RedR UK's dedicated e-learning platform. The course requires a commitment of around 5 -7 hours a week from participants.
Learning objectives
By the end of the course you will be able to:
- Define CCA-DRR and how they can be integrated with the common goal of reducing vulnerability and strengthening society resilience.
- Describe the stages of the Disaster Management Cycle and how community-based disaster management helps to prepare people to respond to the unexpected effects of hazards.
- Develop Anticipatory Actions as part of DRR, and design Early Warning Systems' 'last mile' communications to enable good gender equality action before a disaster.
- Explain the Climate Risk Assessment framework, how it builds towards resilience, and how it can be applied in town planning and environmental protection.
- Explore the interconnectedness between climate change, water management and health, and discuss community practices for building local resilience within water management.
- Construct a Community Adaptation Plan for the town in this course's case study with CCA and DRR solutions that build resilience into the at-risk community.
- Design DMC stages that include Anticipatory Actions for the town in the course's case study, and use the Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Analysis (CVCA) tool to build towards developing a resilient Community Adaptation Plan.
Who should attend?
This course is designed for local humanitarian responders (e.g. local NGOs, CBOs, climate actors) to include climate related considerations into their actions within Somalia. The course will be delivered in English via Zoom.
How to join?
If you would like to attend, please register through Eventbrite. You will receive instructions on how to join the course after registration.
HPass badge
Upon completion of the training, participants will be eligible to apply for a HPass Badge, a digital indicator of achievement and a way for participants to demonstrate their skills and experience in the humanitarian sector. You can find more information on HPass Badges here.