Climate Change Adaptation

Course description

This unique course provides learners with a detailed methodology of how to reduce the risks associated with climate change and provides guidance on how to mobilise funding. Learners will be given an introduction to: i) climate change; ii) human drivers of climate change; iii) climate change impacts across sectors; and iv) vulnerability of different countries and societies to climate change. Learners will then be introduced to the concept of adaptation and the development of action plans to mitigate the predicted impacts of climate change. On completion, learners will come away with an understanding of climate change-related threats and ways in which these can be managed and mitigated.

Who should do the course

• Government officials – looking to expand their knowledge on climate change and adaptation in order to promote adaptation in their sector.
• Environmental and Climate Change Adaptation Consultants - looking to expand their services.
• University graduates – with an interest in climate change and/or environmental services who would like to acquire a unique skill which would differentiate them in the job market.
• School leavers – who are passionate about the environment and are looking for a professional career in climate change and/or environmental services.
• Company Employees – who would like to change careers or add skills that can help them gain promotion in their department and even lead their company environmental policies and department.
• Currently unemployed – add a new skill to your CV which clearly differentiates you in the market. Work from home as a consultant and gain a skill that has international relevance.

Why do the course

• Facilitate adaptation to climate change through the skills that you acquire
• Become a knowledge leader with your new found understanding of climate change and adaptation
• Begin a new career in climate change adaptation consulting
• Expand your environmental consulting skills to include climate change and adaptation

Course outline

Climate change introduction
Climate and weather
What makes the climate change?
The greenhouse effect
How and why has the climate changed in the past?
The natural carbon cycle
The new carbon cycle
Anthropogenic contribution to climate change
Current and future climate change scenarios

Climate change impacts
Agriculture sector
Water sector
Health sector
Forestry sector
Biodiversity sector
Energy sector
Fisheries sector
Cross-cutting nature of climate change

Vulnerability to climate change
Defining vulnerability to climate change
Contributors to vulnerability to climate change
Vulnerability to climate change in different regions

Taking action
Mitigation
Adaptation

Implementing adaptation
Conduct sensitivity analysis (risk and vulnerability analysis)
Identify adaptation constraints and opportunities
Identify similar ongoing interventions (avoid overlap, create synergies)
Undertake analyses of options – biophysical, socio-economic assessments, cost-benefit analysis
Develop of Adaptation Management Action Plan (AMAP)
Implement AMAP
Mainstream adaptation into policies, strategies
Monitor and Evaluate AMAP
Compile and share lessons learned
Catalyse upscaling

Adaptation planning at a national level
Data management
Risk and vulnerability assessments
Capacity building

On-the-ground examples of adaptation

Mobilising adaptation financing
Carbon markets
Innovative funding mechanisms
National budgets
Local decision-making
Least Developed Countries Fund
Special Climate Change Fund

Certification/Accreditation

This GCX Climate Change Adaptation course has been compiled by an experienced team of Climate Change Adaptation Consultants who have many years of international experience in this field. The course is based on global best practices of agencies such as the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the Global Environment Facility (GEF).

Cost

R3800 (excluding VAT)

Contact: Sandra Ririe Email: sandrar@globalcarbonexchange. com Cell: +27 (0) 79 291 8478