Certificate Course on Nature Based Solutions for Disaster and Climate Resilience

Home Certificate Course on Nature Based Solutions for Disaster and Climate Resilience

COURSE SYLLABUS AT A GLANCE

Unit 1: Why is this topic relevant to me?

Unit 2: What are Nature-based Solutions for disaster and climate resilience?

Unit 3: Nature-based Solutions applied to pressing challenges: urbanization, coastal development, and drylands expansion

Unit 4: Inclusive Action: The importance of multi-stakeholder, multi-level and multi-sector approach in Nature-based Solutions

Unit 5: From policy to practice

Unit 6: The Business Case for Nature-based Solutions

Unit 7: Time for action!

WHO IS THE COURSE AIMED AT?

The course is open to anyone and can be beneficial for the following target groups

  • Practitioners
  • Disaster risk reduction & climate change experts, environmental managers, NGOs, and local government.
  • Policymakers
  • Decision makers at international, national, and local levels.
  • Engineers & Urban planners
  • Including architects, geographers and urban designers.
  • Businesses
  • Including banking, insurance, and Corporate Social Responsibility managers.
  • Youth and Educators
  • Parents, teachers, students,

TOP KEY REASONS TO TAKE THE COURSE

  1. Guidance on how to apply Nature-based Solutions in enhancing resilience to disasters and climate change, whether you are a youth leader, practitioner, policy maker, engineer or business owner.
  2. Gain knowledge about how human activities is interlinked with ecological systems and the main tools and approaches for applying Nature-based Solutions to reducing disaster and climate risks.
  3. Learn how policymakers are including nature as a solution in policy processes for reducing disaster and climate risks. Also, how policies support up-scale Nature-based Solutions for disaster risk reduction.

TRAINING CUSTOMIZATION

This training can also be customized for your institution upon request. You can also have it delivered to your preferred location.

REQUIREMENTS

  • Participants should be reasonably proficient in English.  During the training, participants should come with their laptops.

TRAINING FEE

  • Kenyans: USD 1000.
  • Non-Kenyans: USD 3000
  • The course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments, lunch, and study visits.

ACCOMMODATION

  • Accommodation is arranged upon request.