Course overview

Welcome to this course on using climate information for adaptation. During the course you will look at a number of subjects relevant to this subject, will have the opportunity to listen to international experts discussing good practice, and will be asked to think about what happens in your own countries and identify ways in which you can improve local practice.

The course is run as an online workshop, with nine sessions delivered over a two-week period. Each session lasts between 60 and 90 minutes, and there is generally one session each day. On one day there are two sessions. At the end of Session 3 you will be given an assignment that you will need to work on collaboratively with other participants from your country over a few days.

It is important to note that each session is highly interactive, and you will not spend very much time listening to expert presentations. Instead, you are expected to study supporting materials before starting the workshop or before each session, so that you have a basic understanding of each subject. In the workshop online sessions you will be working collaboratively with other participants to develop a shared understanding about how these subjects are relevant to your own local situation and to agree action plans for how to move forward after the workshop.

When you complete the workshop satisfactorily you will receive a Certificate of Satisfactory Completion. To do this you must satisfy the following:

• Attend at least five out of the nine online sessions.
  
• Make a contribution to each forum activity.

• The Participants’ Manual, which contains information about how the course is delivered, but most importantly, contains background reading for each session.

• You should complete the “Integrating climate risk information into NAPs” online course, which provides important background information relevant to many of the sessions. Note that this takes about 6 hours to complete, so leave yourself plenty of time to do this before the workshop starts.