Deadline: 28-Oct-22
ANU ICEDS, in collaboration with the Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), has developed this intensive 6‑week online course to provide professionals employed in government, non-government organisations (NGOs), the private sector, academia and community-based organisations in South Asia and Southeast Asia with a contextual understanding of climate change impacts, the adaptation and mitigation options available, and challenges to be overcome.
Modules
- Week 1: Why Climate Change Adaptation? Understanding Drivers of Action, and Moving from Science to Action
- Week 2: An Introduction to Systems Thinking for Climate Change Adaptation
- Week 3: Health, Food Security, and the Built Environment in a Changing World
- Week 4: Water Resource Management, Gender and Social Networks in Responding to Climate Change
- Week 5: The Role of Partnerships, Effective governance and the Psychology of Adaptation
- Week 6: Integration and AAP Completion.
Outcomes
- By the end of this course, it is expected that participants who successfully completed all tasks will have the following skills and knowledge:
- Understanding of the key foundational and advanced concepts/practices required for effective climate change adaptation policy development and implementation, and a comprehension of the political, socioeconomic, regional and international risks, costs and benefits these may entail.
- Understanding of the science behind climate change impact and vulnerability assessment, including data collection and monitoring/surveillance mechanisms for assessing the status of environmental changes.
- Experience of methods and tools for developing and accessing climate change adaptation options with stakeholders.
- Understanding of the management of the environment, regulation, and legal aspects of governance as socio-ecological systems in which human behaviour management is an intrinsic component.
- Awareness of how to identify and critically consider the core components of international and regional legal frameworks, treaties and institutions for responding to climate change for policy makers.
- Appreciation of the complexities of national and regional coordination around climate change adaptation at different scales of governance, from the complexities of effective engagement with traditionally marginalised stakeholders, to the complexities of multi-lateral action.
- Understanding of the shared challenges and contextual differences in climate change adaptation across the region, and the regional and national legal and policy responses and opportunities.
Eligibility Criteria
- They encourage professionals working in government, NGOs, private business or community sector on issues related to climate change adaptation, mitigation and/or disaster recovery to apply.
- This course is open to participants from the following countries/entities only: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Vietnam, and the ASEAN Secretariat.
- A weekly breakdown of the first 5 weeks of the course would notionally look like this:
- Monday – Lecture 1 & Lecture 2 (2-hour block)
- Tuesday – no organised sessions (time available for individual work)
- Wednesday – Lecture 3 & Interactive session (2-hour block)
- Thursday – no organised sessions (time available for individual work)
- Friday – Group Activity & Optional Drop in Session (2-hour block, with drop in session optional)
- Week 6 of the course is focused on each participant presenting their Adaptation Action Plan to the other participants, lecturers and government representatives.
- Overall, participants will spend approximately 37 hours on the course. This includes up to 7 hours per week in weeks 1-5 on the course (i.e. 3 hours in lectures, 2 hours of interactive and group sessions, 2 hours of individual work on AAP and preparation for Group Activity sessions), plus the presentation of their AAP in week 6 (at least 2 hours).
- To qualify for an ANU Certificate of Participation from the course, participants must (as a minimum)
- Develop and present a satisfactory Adaptation Action Plan (AAP).
- Engage in the course online discussion forums.
- Attend a minimum of 50% of the course’s online sessions (recordings available for all sessions).
- Complete the course surveys.
For more information, visit https://iceds.anu.edu.au/study/professional-short-courses/climate-change-adaptation-and-mitigation-south-and-southeast-asia
