CLIM085 - Climate Change Training for Planners: Impacts, Risks and Adaption
Course Description
This course is offered by the Climate Risk Institute and delivered by leading Planning and Resilience experts and will provide in-depth climate risk assessment and adaptation training tailored in the Planning profession or municipal and community planning. The course includes training modules customized for Planners that integrates local and regional information on climate impacts, adaptation solutions, policy frameworks, and helping building skills in key areas of need such as engagement and communication on climate.
Through a variety of applied examples, readings, case studies, and discussions, learners will develop knowledge and skills that can be applied to climate risk assessment processes, climate change adaptation planning, and the integration of climate change knowledge into other municipal and local priorities such as planning processes, public health planning or affordable housing. The course integrates information on Indigenous perspectives and consideration of equity.
Please note: This course is not eligible for the Lifelong Learning Alumni Discount.
Offered in partnership with:
Course Outline
Applies towards the following certificates:
- Infrastructure and Climate Resilience Planning Micro-Credential
Learner Outcomes
- Increase their capacity to incorporate climate change adaptation into practice;
- Develop an understanding of the fundamentals of climate change science and data, impacts , risk assessment and adaptation planning;
- Identify requirements around climate change adaptation that have been addressed through planning policy and other applicable laws and policies;
- Expand their knowledge of tools and strategies available to implement climate change adaptation planning;
- Learn how to support communication and collaboration around climate change impacts and adaptation planning; and,
- Review ways of increasing community resilience using planning tools, asset management strategies, nature-based solutions and explore options that present co-benefits for both mitigation and adaptation.