Training Course

Climate Change Preparedness

Climate Change Preparedness

Climate change is already occurring and impacting natural ecosystems and human societies. By introducing relatively large uncertainties, climate change and climate variability are adversely impacting both biophysical systems (mountains, rivers, forests, wetlands, etc.) and socio-economic systems (hill communities, coastal communities, agriculture, animal husbandry, etc.). The objective is to develop a uniform understanding of vulnerability, assess vulnerability based on a common methodological framework and map the same. The focus is not only on building the capacity of individual line departments working with the state governments, but also on fostering the adoption of coordinated and integrated approach. Enhanced cooperation among the states of the region will help in improving their understanding and assessment of vulnerability, adaptive capacity and resilience to climate change.

In a developing country such as India, vulnerability assessment is considered as an important exercise to develop suitable adaption projects and programmes, while climate vulnerability assessments for various states and districts already exist, the states and districts cannot be compared to each other as the framework used for assessments are different, thereby limiting decision-making capabilities at the policy and administrative levels.

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Training

Two sets of suitable dates for each course between July 2021 to February 2022;

Course Date:                  August 02-06, 2021

Alternate date:               November 22-26, 2021

Aim:

To develop a uniform understanding of vulnerability, assess vulnerability

Objectives:

Outcome of the training programme:

  1. Understand the need and importance of Climate Change (Preparedness)
  2. Develop critical thinking skills that will help participants to recognize the concept of Vulnerability of Climate Change
  3. Building skills in making informed decisions on the concepts of mainstreaming the Climate Change
  4. To develop vulnerability indices on Climate Change

Contents:

  1. About Climate change
  2. National action plan on climate change
  3. The mean world of climate change
  4. India’s strategy to counter climate change
  5. Global initiatives to prevent climate change
  6. Climate Change: Need to sensitize general population
  7. Climate Vulnerability Assessment
  8. Vulnerability assessment: Methodology
  9. Vulnerability Profile of States
  10. Vulnerability Profile of Districts
  11. Simulation Exercise
  12. Reflections

 Level of participants:

Officers of All India Service, officers working under the Central Staffing Scheme and officers of Central Secretariat Service (CSS), etc.

 

 

Brochure

Day/Date

Time

Topic

Speaker

Monday

 

0930-1000

Registration

 

1000-11.15

Briefing and Experience Sharing

Inaugural Session

 

1145-1300

About Climate change

 

1300-1400

Lunch Break

 

1400-1530

National action plan on climate change

 

1545-1700

The mean world of climate change

 

1700-1730

Group Formation

 

Tuesday

 

1000-1130

India’s strategy to counter climate change

 

1145-1300

Global initiatives to prevent climate change

 

1300-1400

Lunch Break

 

1400-1530

Climate Change: Need to sensitize general population

 

1545-1700

Vulnerability Assessment

 

1700-

Group Work

 

Wednesday

 

1000-1130

Vulnerability assessment: Methodology

 

1145-1300

Vulnerability Profile  of States

 

1300-1400

Lunch

 

1400-1530

Vulnerability Profile of Districts

 

1545-1700

Simulation Exercise

 

1700-

Group Work

 

Thursday

 

1000-1700

Field visit

 

1700-

 Group Work

 

Friday

 

1000-1115

Reflections

 

1115-1300

Group presentation

 

1300-1400

Lunch Break

 

1400-1530

Group presentation

 

1545-1700

Feedback, Evaluation and Valedictory Session

 

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