7 Topics
5 Days
Programme Overview
Training Description
Who Should Attend
• Disaster risk management professionals
• Climate change and environment officers
• Policy and planning experts in government institutions
• Humanitarian response and emergency services personnel
• Urban and regional development planners
• Community-based organization leaders and coordinators
• Public health and resilience strategists
• Researchers and academics in environmental sciences
Session Objectives
- Understand the fundamentals of climate-smart disaster risk reduction principles
- Analyze the interconnection between climate change impacts and disaster vulnerabilities
- Develop actionable early warning and anticipatory response strategies
- Design integrated resilience and risk governance frameworks
- Evaluate climate-related hazards using risk assessment tools and data modeling
- Apply ecosystem-based adaptation and mitigation techniques in DRM planning
- Integrate inclusive approaches that address gender, equity, and community resilience
About the Course
Drive the shift from reactive disaster response to proactive climate resilience. This practical course provides professionals with essential tools to bridge climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction (DRR) across community and national levels.
Through hands-on risk assessment methodologies, participants will learn to design climate-smart strategies and implement both structural and non-structural mitigation measures against floods, droughts, and extreme weather. Attendees will walk away ready to integrate risk-informed planning into sustainable development and ensure long-term climate adaptation.
Curriculum & Topics
7 Topics | 5 Days
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Subtopic 1.1:
Climate risk vs. traditional disaster risk paradigms
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Subtopic 1.2:
Principles of climate-smart adaptation and mitigation
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Subtopic 1.3:
Overview of international frameworks and agreements
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Subtopic 1.4:
Building the case for climate-informed decision-making
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Subtopic 1.5:
Climate vulnerability and exposure mapping
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Subtopic 2.1:
Types and characteristics of climate-induced hazards
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Subtopic 2.2:
Risk profiling using GIS and remote sensing tools
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Subtopic 2.3:
Multi-hazard risk modeling and scenario planning
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Subtopic 2.4:
Tools for climate and disaster risk diagnostics
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Subtopic 2.5:
Integrating local knowledge with scientific data
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Subtopic 3.1:
Components of a climate-smart early warning system
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Subtopic 3.2:
Forecasting models and data interpretation
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Subtopic 3.3:
Community engagement in warning dissemination
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Subtopic 3.4:
Crisis communication protocols
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Subtopic 3.5:
Simulation and emergency response planning
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Subtopic 4.1:
The role of ecosystems in buffering climate risks
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Subtopic 4.2:
Designing green infrastructure for hazard mitigation
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Subtopic 4.3:
Watershed and coastal zone management approaches
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Subtopic 4.4:
Urban nature-based interventions
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Subtopic 4.5:
Restoration of degraded landscapes for resilience
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Subtopic 5.1:
Community-based DRM planning approaches
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Subtopic 5.2:
Participatory vulnerability and capacity assessments
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Subtopic 5.3:
Gender-responsive climate adaptation practices
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Subtopic 5.4:
Strengthening local governance systems
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Subtopic 5.5:
Indigenous knowledge and traditional practices in DRM
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Subtopic 6.1:
Policy integration for climate resilience
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Subtopic 6.2:
Cross-sectoral coordination mechanisms
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Subtopic 6.3:
Building institutional capacities for risk governance
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Subtopic 6.4:
Role of national and local governments in DRM
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Subtopic 6.5:
Private sector and civil society engagement
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Subtopic 7.1:
Climate and disaster risk financing instruments
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Subtopic 7.2:
Public-private partnerships in resilience building
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Subtopic 7.3:
Accessing international climate finance
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Subtopic 7.4:
Monitoring, evaluation, and learning systems
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Subtopic 7.5:
Risk-informed investment decision-making
