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Quick Facts
| Medium Of Instructions | Mode Of Learning | Mode Of Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| English | Self Study | Video and Text Based |
Courses and Certificate Fees
| Fees Informations | Certificate Availability | Certificate Providing Authority |
|---|---|---|
| INR 3256 | yes | Coursera |
The Syllabus
Videos
- Welcome to the course
- Africa's Human Development Challenge
- In conversation with Irene Kunamwene: A Namibian case study
- How Climate Risks Impact on Development
- The Adaptation Deficit
- Adaptation, Resilience, Maladaptation and Vulnerability
- What is Adaptation?
- Resilience and Maladaptation
- Unpacking Vulnerability
- In conversation with Irene Kunamwene: Climate Impacts and Vulnerabilities
- In Conversation with Gina Ziervogel: Climate Vulnerability
- Possible Global Scale Changes in Climate
- Local Scale Climate Change in Africa
- Local Scale Climate Change Scenarios
- In conversation with Irene Kunamwene: Adaptive capacity in Namibian households
Readings
- Meet the course team
- African cases of climate adaptation
- How the course works
- Additional resources
Practice Exercises
- Development Challenges and Climate Risks
- Adaptation, Resilience, Vulnerability and Maladaptation
- Week 1: Climate, Vulnerability and Development
Videos
- Water Shortages as an Adaptation Challenge
- Blue, Green, Grey Water
- Water Security, Water Scarcity and the Adaptation Deficit
- Climate Changes in Water Scarcity
- Impacts of Climate Change on Water Security
- Including Climate in Water Resource Planning
- Soft Adaptation - Working with Nature
- Hard Adaptation - Small Scale Options
- Hard Adaptation for Large Water Ecosystems
- Demand Management
- Lesotho: Water and Social Justice - George Barrett
- In conversation with Kevin Winter: Water-sensitive cities
- Week 2 Summary
Readings
- Water security cases
- Resources
Practice Exercises
- Water Security Risks
- Water scarcity adaptation
- Week 2: Water Security Risks and Adaptations
Videos
- Food Security in Africa
- Ways that Climate Impacts on Agricultural Yields
- Possible Impacts on Agriculture in Africa
- Adaptation by Closing Yield Gaps in Africa
- Conservation Agriculture
- Seed Improvement
- Bringing Adaptation into Farm Extension Services
- Irrigation for Increased Food Production
- Financial Resources for farm adaptation
- Long Term Adaptation in Agriculture
- Mauritius: Climate-Smart Agriculture - Sunita Facknath
- Namibia: Livestock Farmers and Climate Adaptations - Simon Angombe
- In conversation with Admire Nyamwanza: Zimbabwe rural farmers
- Week 3 Summary
Readings
- Our cases in context
- Resources
Practice Exercises
- Agriculture and food security risks
- Agriculture and Food Security Adaptations
Videos
- Introduction to Ecosytems
- Ecosystem Services
- Vulnerability of Ecosystems to Climate
- Vulnerability of Ecosystems to Non-Climatic Drivers
- Recent Changes in African Ecosystems
- Future Impacts on Ecosytems
- Natural Adaptation of Ecosystems to climate change
- Human assisted adaptation of ecosystems - Part 1
- Human assisted adaptation of ecosystems - Part 2
- Tanzania: Forest Ecosystems Adaptation Strategies - Pantaleo Munishi
- In conversation with George Sekonya: Mopane worms resources
Readings
- Cases in context
- Resources
Practice Exercises
- Ecosystems Risks
- Ecosystems Impacts and Adaptations
- Week 4: Ecosystems and Ecosystem Services
Videos
- Cities as Locations of Concentrated Climate Risk
- Vulnerability of cities - exposure
- Vulnerability of cities - sensitivity
- Vulnerability of cities - adaptive capacity
- Urban adaptation - planning and spatial development
- Urban adaptation - policy and regulation
- Urban adaptation - community engagement and insurance
- Urban adaptation - houses
- Urban adaptation - roads
- Maputo: Extreme weather and responses Associate - Alberto Mavume
- In Conversation with Anna Taylor: City of Cape Town
- In conversation with Anton Cartwright: City of Durban
- Week 5 summary
Readings
- Cases in context
- Resources
Practice Exercises
- Cities and the Urban Environment Risks
- Cities and the Urban Environment Adaptations
- Week 5: Cities and the Urban Environment
Videos
- Adaptation Planning and Implementation: Five Key Steps
- Navigating climate change uncertainty - part 1
- Navigating climate change uncertainty - part 2
- Identifying Adaptation Options
- Choosing Adaptation Options
- Implementing Strategy - Part 1
- Implementing Strategy - Part 2
- South Sudan: Conflict and Climate Change Impacts - Pios Ncube
- In Conversation with Gina Ziervogel: Governance and Adaptive Governance
- In Conversation with Gina Ziervogel: Governance in Action
- In Conversation with Gina Ziervogel: Adaptation Planning
- Week 6 Conclusion
Readings
- Cases in context
- Resources
Practice Exercises
- Adaptation plans and Uncertainty
- Approaches to Adaptation Plans
Instructors
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