CLIM085 - Climate Change Training for Planners: Impacts, Risks and Adaption
Course Description
This course, offered by the Climate Risk Institute and delivered by leading planning and resilience experts, provides in-depth climate risk assessment and adaptation training tailored for the planning profession and municipal and community planning. You will engage with training modules customized for planners that integrate local and regional information on climate impacts, adaptation solutions, and policy frameworks. You'll also build skills in key areas such as engagement and communication on climate issues.
Through applied examples, readings, case studies, and discussions, you'll develop knowledge and skills applicable 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. This course also integrates information on Indigenous perspectives and considerations of equity.
This course is offered in partnership with The Climate Risk Institute:
Please note: This course is not eligible for the Lifelong Learning Alumni Discount.
Course Outline
In this course, you will:
- Gain an overview of climate risk assessment and adaptation tailored for the planning profession
- Integrate local and regional information on climate impacts, adaptation solutions, and policy frameworks
- Develop skills in engagement and communication on climate issues
- Explore applied examples, readings, case studies, and discussions
- Learn to integrate climate change knowledge into municipal and local priorities such as public health planning and affordable housing
- Understand Indigenous perspectives and considerations of equity in climate planning
This course applies toward the following certificate:
Learner Outcomes
By the end of this course, you'll be able to:
- Incorporate climate change adaptation into your practice
- Understand the fundamentals of climate change science, data, impacts, risk assessment, and adaptation planning
- Identify requirements around climate change adaptation addressed through planning policy and other applicable laws and policies
- Expand your knowledge of tools and strategies for implementing climate change adaptation planning
- Support communication and collaboration around climate change impacts and adaptation planning
- Increase community resilience using planning tools, asset management strategies, and nature-based solutions, while exploring options that present co-benefits for both mitigation and adaptation
Applies Towards the Following Certificates
- Infrastructure and Climate Resilience Planning Micro-credential : Elective Courses