Making Climate Adaptation Happen: Governing Transformation Strategies for Climate Change
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Course description
Explore how adaptive governance could help policymakers plan for and manage sudden environmental changes.
Learn the governance tools to respond to climate changeClimate change is one of the biggest challenges facing governing bodies across the globe.
On this course, you will be introduced to climate science, the societal effects of climate change, and the responses already available in the form of climate adaptation.
Identify why climate change adaptation is importantAdaptive governance is a term used to describe an approach to managing the uncertainty posed by rapid environmental changes in a more responsive manner than traditional modes of governance.
As such, it could be a vital governance tool in the fight against climate change. Being able to nimbly react to fast-changing environmental crises requires certain skill-sets that many governing bodies currently lack.
Create a climate change adaptation planLearning alongside experts in governance and adaptation strategies, you’ll examine the science behind climate change, exploring the terminology and facts behind what it is and how we adapt to it.
You’ll summarise the development of the current architecture of global governance for dealing with climate change.
Differentiate climate change adaptation and mitigation policiesExploring the costs and benefits of climate adaptation versus climate mitigation, you’ll identify the governance and social science theories that can help tackle environmental change, and the role international climate finance can play.
What topics will you cover?- Climate science and controversies
- Climate adaptation governance
- Climate finance
- Nature-based solutions
Entry requirements
This course is developed for current and future environmental policy professionals working in both the public and private sectors. It will also appeal to students or professionals interested or working in political science, environmental management, risk management, governance studies, and other related social science fields.
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