- Analyse climate change risks and assess vulnerability in various contexts.
- Identify effective adaptation strategies for climate change impacts.
- Evaluate international experiences in climate change adaptation.
- Develop sector-specific adaptive strategies for climate resilience.
- Apply analytical tools to assess climate risks and vulnerabilities.
- Integrate adaptive strategies into policy and decision-making processes.
- Compare global approaches to climate change adaptation and learn best practices.
UNIT 1. CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS IN TERMS OF ANALYSIS AND VULNERABILITY Climate change risks to water resources Climate change risks to biodiversity and ecosystem services Climate change risks to food safety and manufacturing systems Climate change risks to human settlements and infraestructures Climate change risks to human health UNIT 2. ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE What is climate change adaptation? Resilience Climate change approaches Climate adaptation options Implementing adaptation The thin line between development and adaptation UNIT 3. INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE IN CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION UNFCCC: Commitments and progress in global climate change adaptation Warsaw international mechanisms for loss and damage International strategies: Euroclima + National adaptation programmes of action (NAPA) and adaptation plans (NAP) Cities and climate change adaptation UNIT 4. SECTORAL ADAPTIVE STRATEGIES Adaptive strategies in comprehensive water resource management Adaptive strategies in biodiversity and ecosystem services Adaptive strategies in human settlements and infraestructura Adaptive strategies in productive systems and food security From climate crisis to climate action: where are we going now?