[Ngo Climate Change] 5th International Training Course on Climate Risk Management in a Changing Environment

[Training Course Organizer]

Asian Disaster Preparedness Center

(+66) 2298 0681-92 Ext. 134

[1]http://www.adpc.net/

Safer communities and sustainable development through disaster risk reduction

Dear ADPC colleagues and Partners,

We are pleased to inform you that we will hold the 5th International Training
Course on Climate Risk Management in a Changing Climate on 18 - 28 August in
Bangkok. This training course is related to climate change adaptation and
climate risk management. The participant will understand the science of climate
change, the potential interventions and their integration into the development
policies and practices as thishas become a challenge for development and
disaster risk reduction practitioners.

Further, the participants will be guided through a number of interactive
sessions that will enable them to acquire scientific knowledge to
strategically assess and reduce climate risk through: climate risk management
planning and implementation and mainstreaming. Broadly, the course intends to
harmonize climate risk management, disaster risk reduction and development
planning for a holistic approach to sustainable development.

Interested persons and/or organizations may apply for the course by completing
the application form that can be downloaded at
[2]http://www.adpc.net/tsu/sign-in.asp.

Other Interesting Courses
* [3]9th International Training Course on GIS for Disaster Risk Management
* [4]12th International Training Course on Flood Disaster Risk Management in a
Changing Climate
* [5]43rd Regional Training Course on Disaster Management

Course Curriculum

Conducted over a period of ten days, the course is divided into six modules. The
module details are as follows:

MODULE 1: Concepts and Emerging Eirections of Climate Change and Climate Risk
Management
* Basic Concepts and Terminologies in Climate Risk Management
* Fundamentals of Climate Change Science
* Defining weather, climate and climate change
+ Science behind climate change: greenhouse effect etc.
+ Climate Change and climate variability
* Emerging directions of Climate Risk Management practice
+ Climate change and extreme events
+ Linkage and overlap of CCA and DRR

MODULE 2: Climate Change Projections and decision Support Tools in Climate Risk
Management
* Overview of climate modeling for climate risk management, overview of
projection and modeling of climate change and its impacts
+ Projection of future climate change: General Circulation Model,Regional
Circulation Models, Atmospheric and Oceanic Models etc.
+ Use and applications of the projections and climate modeloutputs in planning
and policy formulation
* Accessing Local Climate Scenarios and climate risk mapping
+ Downscaling of global and regional climate models into local climate
scenarios
+ Overview to a downscaled climate modeling output for local climate scenario

MODULE 3: Climate Change and Urban Built Systems
* Overview of the projected issues of climate change and urban built system
* Overview of the urban settings and climate change impacts on the built
systems
+ Housing and public amenities / urban settlements / heat island
+ Urban infrastructure, common amenities, drainage and flood controls
+ Water, sanitation and hygiene and health
+ Managing megacities / coastal cities in changing climate
* Case study example of climate risk management in urban built systems
+ Detailed case study and critical overview of a case study on urban climate
risk management

MODULE 4: Climate Change and Rural Ecosystems
* Overview of the projected issues of climate change and rural ecosystems
+ Overview of the rural ecosystems and climate change impacts on various
eco-systems
+ Sustainable livelihoods
+ Agriculture and food security
* Case study on climate management in rural settings
+ Detailed case study and critical overview of an agricultural climate risk
management project

MODULE 5: Climate Risk Management Planning and Implementation
* Climate Risk Management Planning Processes at the national
level,sub-national and local levels
* Climate forecasts and applications for proactive risk management
+ Description of various types of climate forecast products (including short,
medium, seasonal, long-range)
* Integration of climate change adaptation in urban built environment and
local development programs
+ Climate proofed housing and infrastructure
+ Urban drainage and flood controls
+ Public health
+ Coastal city and urban land use planning
* Integration of climate risk management in rural development and
ecosystem-based programs focusing on agriculture and livelihoods
+ Agriculture based adaptation (crops, aquaculture and animal husbandry)
+ Incorporation of climate forecasts for selection of livelihood options
including selection of crops
+ Crop insurance and microfinance for climate resilience
+ Farmer’s field schools and data advocacy for climate resilience
+ Concrete examples of two climate forecast applications one in rural setting
(e.g. CFA examples) and another in urban setting(i.e. Urban flood forecast in
Jakarta).
* Climate resilience indicators
+ Overview of climate resilience
+ Climate resilience indicators in urban built environment
+ Climate resilience indicators for coastal environment
+ Climate resilience indicators in rural agriculture based environment
* Cross-cutting issues to address climate change, Climate Risk Management and
socially vulnerable groups
+ Gender, children, elderly, differently able people
+ Other marginalized groups
+ Extreme events and findings of SREX report
+ Early warning system development and contingency planning foreffective
response to changing hazardous environment
+ Economics of Climate Change and Climate Risk Management
* Climate Risk Communication
+ CRC at national and sub-national level
+ CRC at local levels

MODULE 6: Future Knowledge Applications and Conclusions
* Hands-on exercise on project concept development exercise
+ Exercise on development of two project concept notes (in briefmanner) using
the knowledge from the earlier sessions (one reflecting urban setting and
another on rural setting)
+ Presentation of the project concept in groups and mock-evaluation of the
proposals by a technical team, course conclusions and way forward
* Post course action planning
+ Post-test
+ Course evaluation

Note: The contents are shown for guidance only. ADPC's ongoing course
improvement process may lead to some changes in topics and structure.

For further information, please visit [6]http://www.adpc.net/?CRM-5

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Should there is any query about Technical part, please email to Mr. Sisira
Kumara at sisira at adpc.net, but about the logistis part, please email to Ms.
Thanyaphat at tsu at adpc.net.

References

1. http://www.adpc.net/
2. http://www.adpc.net/tsu/sign-in.asp
3. http://www.adpc.net/?GIS4DRM-9
4. http://www.adpc.net/?FDRM-12
5. http://www.adpc.net/?DMC-43
6. http://www.adpc.net/?CRM-5

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