Community-Centered Adaptation to Climate Change: Announcing Two Online Courses

CSDi is announcing a pair of online field courses on community-centered adaptation to climate change. These courses begin by introducing basic climate change concepts, and develop as participants identify local vulnerabilities and investigate appropriate solutions.

Participants work with real communities to develop projects ready to present to donors. Urban participants can partner with participants in developing nations to gain community contact.

OL 341: Adapting to Climate Change 1: The Community Focus
July 13 - August 30. Six Weeks.

What is climate change adaptation? What does this mean at the community level? What practical tools are available today for communities to use in adaptation? How do we incorporate these into a project design? How do you transfer knowledge? For practitioners who wish to begin working now at the community level to successfully adapt to the challenges that face us.

OL 342: Adapting to Climate Change 2: Sustainable Implementation.
September 7 - October 18. Six Weeks.

How do you manage a community-centered adaptation project? The importance
of community engagement. Developing skill sets for your community to use in the adaptation process. Learning tools: monitoring & evaluation. Community
empowerment during project hand-over. Sustainability, follow-up & mentoring.

Complete information and course syllabi:
http://www.csd-i.org/online-learning/

Also, be sure to visit the adaptation professional group at CSDi's Development Community and join colleagues in sharing resources & collaborating online:
http://developmentcommunity.csd-i.org/