| Climate change has profound implications for developing countries,
and increasingly development professionals and agency staff working
in or for developing countries are being asked to integrate climate
change management issues into planning, projects and policy. National
governments also are increasingly engaged in official communications
to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and other
initiatives, which require assessment of vulnerability and adaptive
capacity. The purpose of this interactive short course is to equip
non-specialists with a broad understanding of what climate change
may mean for low-income populations and what the scope and prospects
are for adapting to change in the context of development issues
and poverty reduction. Drawing on staff from some of the world’s
leading research institutes on climate change and development (including
the School of Development Studies at the University of East Anglia
and UK’s The Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research),
participants will gain a state-of-the-art knowledge and have the
opportunity to develop their analytical skills in this field through
project work focussing on their own country context or professional
sector.
To ensure participants have a full grounding in climate change
issues the course incorporates expert sessions on climate science,
climate change mitigation and international mechanisms/negotiations
relating to climate change. Key emphasis is then placed on vulnerability
and adaptation in the
context of poverty reduction – exploring what climate change
implies in terms of impacts/vulnerability in developing countries,
implications for specific sectors, principles for assessment of
risk, and how best to go about building resilience, and adaptive
capacity at all scales.
Course Contents
Expert inputs to the two-week course will cover:
- Climate science
- International policy on mitigation and adaptation
- Impacts, vulnerability and adaptation in the context of development
- Resilience and adaptation: examples and lessons from different
sectors
- Principles for effective adaptation
- Linkages with poverty reduction
- Linking mitigation and adaptation
- International funding and implementation mechanisms
The course is structured throughout to encourage participants to
share their ideas through interactive and small-group work. During
the course participants will also be expected to work on the preparation
and presentation of a project related to their country context or
specific professional sector. This will ensure the knowledge and
insight gained from the course is immediately grounded in work that
has practical relevance for the participant.
Participants
This course is designed for people who want to gain a greater understanding
of the implications of climate change for developing countries and
the potential for adaptation. It is aimed particularly at professional
staff from government agencies and NGOs who do not have existing
specialism in the field but who may have new responsibility or interest
in the integration of climate change management into development
planning, projects and policy.
Tutors
Course tutors will be drawn from leading international researchers
on climate change and development associated with the Tyndall Centre
for Climate Change Research, the School of Development Studies and
the School of Environmental Sciences at University of East Anglia
(UEA) including: Professor Neil Adger, Dr Nick Brooks,Professor
Kate Brown, Dr Declan Conway, Dr Roger Few, Professor Mike Hulme,
Professor Peter Newell and Professor Robert Watson.
Dates
2 - 15 September 2009 (2 weeks)
No. of Places
20
Fee
£3,200 (inc. accommodation)
How to Apply
Language Skills
To participate effectively, it is necessary to have full workshop
level competence in English
Location
Overseas Development Group, University of East Anglia, Norwich,
UK
Please also see the MSc in Climate Change and Development:
http://www1.uea.ac.uk/cm/home/schools/ssf/dev/courses/postgrad/master/MScCCID
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