COURSE OBJECTIVES By completing the course, participants should be able to;Discuss the science, systems and societal issues of climate change, impacts of climate change and their linkages with climate induced extreme eventsAssess specific sector vulnerabilities to climate change in different settingsUtilize decision support systems for assessing climate impacts, vulnerabilities and risks and use the tools for designing climate risk management policies, programs and interventions to reduce climate induced risks at different levelsDiscuss and familiarize with the climate change planning processes for designing climate risk management policies, strategies, programs and interventions at different levelsIdentify a menu of options for climate risk management to a given contextsShare good practices and lessons learned on climate risk management from different contextsDevelop hands-on skills on how to develop a CRM initiative (project/program/action) using the existing knowledge in an innovative learning environment.COURSE CURRICULUM Module 1: Concepts and emerging directions of Climate Change & Risk Management Basic Concepts and Terminologies in Climate Risk ManagementFundamentals of Climate Change ScienceEmerging directions of Climate Risk Management practiceModule 2: Climate change projections and decision support tools in Climate Risk ManagementOverview of climate modeling for climate risk management Overview to projection and modeling of climate change and its impactsAccessing Local Climate Scenarios and climate risk mappingModule 3: Climate change and urban built systems Overview to the projected issues of climate change and urban built systemCase study example of climate risk management in Urban built systemsModule 4: Climate change and rural ecosystemsOverview to the projected issues of climate change and rural ecosystemsCase study on climate management in rural settingsModule 5: Climate risk management planning and implementationClimate Risk Management Planning Processes at national level, sub-national and local levelsClimate forecasts and applications for proactive risk managementIntegration of climate change adaptation in urban built environment and local development programsIntegration of climate risk management in rural development and ecosystem based programs focusing on agriculture and livelihoodsClimate resilience indicatorsCross-cutting issues to address climate change, Climate Risk Management and socially vulnerable groups.Climate Risk CommunicationModule 6: Future knowledge applications and conclusionsHands-on exercise on project concept development exerciseCourse conclusions and way ahead