This is an interactive online course on climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction.
RedR UK is offering an 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 run a total of six times with each being contextualised to one of 3 regions: East Africa, South Asia & Southeast Asia. These courses will use 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 6-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.
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 East Africa, South Asia or Southeast Asia. The course will be delivered in English via Zoom.
