Climate Change & Disaster Risk Reduction - Bangladesh

Develop the competencies to respond to and advocate for improved interventions around climate change and disaster risk reduction.

About this Event

This is a free interactive online course on climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction, in the time of COVID-19. Please be aware that there is a selection process to attend this training.

RedR UK is offering a free of charge, 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 will also consider how COVID-19 is impacting these interventions, to ensure responses to COVID-19 are not having a negative effect on climate change adaptation, and that tackling health pandemics are bought into wider disaster risk reduction strategies and frameworks.

The course is contextualized to Bangladesh 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 5-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 6 -7 hours a week from participants. Live sessions will take place every week from 24 January to 26 February on Mondays at 5pm (Dhaka time).

After completing this course, you will be able to:

• Describe climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction, and how to incorporate these practices in your organisation’s operations
• Discuss the key factors associated with climate change science
• Describe relevant implementation and operational activities for climate change
• Explain methods for communication of climate change activities with stakeholders
• Discuss practical climate change and DRR measures for relevant sectors, including health, agriculture and livelihoods

Who should attend?

This course is designed for people at management level in NGOs, humanitarian organizations, local and national government, or private sector, with a climate change and/or disaster response remit within Bangladesh or Southeast Asia. The course will be delivered in English.

Costs and applications

This is a free training course, however full attendance is required throughout. Due to a limited number of spaces available, RedR UK will review applications and accept participants based on suitability, according to pre-determined criteria. We will prioritise professionals working on Climate Change, Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction in Bangladesh, ensuring gender balance and representation from different organisations. To fill in an application form, click on the ‘Register’ button below.

Register

Applications will be open until Monday, 18th January 2021.

For more information, please contact climatechange@redr.org.uk.

HPass Badging

For this module, RedR UK is also offering HPass Badging. An HPass badge is a digital indicator of achievement, and a way for participants to demonstrate their skills and experience. More information on HPass Badging can be found  here. Participants will be able to redeem a badge through a link sent after the module.