The United Nations University Institute for Sus­tainability and Peace (UNU-ISP), Tokyo, invites applications for the intensive five week post­graduate programme on Building Resilience to Climate Change. The courses have been developed under the framework of the University Network for Climate and Ecosystems Change Adaptation Research (UN-CECAR). UN-CECAR is a joint initiative of more than 20 leading universities across Asia. It is committed to developing postgraduate educational and research programmes on climate and ecosystems change, adaptation and sustainability sci­ence. UNU-ISP acts as the Secretariat for UN-CECAR.

Course subjects
Course I (2 credits) Science, Impacts and Vulnerability

1. Introduction to the Programme
2. Weather, Climate and Atmospheric Processes
3. Climate Change (UNFCCC, WMO)
4. Observed Climate Change and Impacts
5. Scenarios for Future Impact Assessments
6. Climate Projections & Uncertainty
7. Selecting Appropriate Future Climate Predictions
8. Climate Change Impacts: Ecosystems
9. Climate Change Impacts: Water Sector
10. Climate Change Impacts: Food Security
11. Climate Change Impacts: Extreme Events
12. Assessing Climate Change Impacts: National and Regional Scales

Course II (2 credits) Approaches to Adaptation

1. Basic Understanding of Key Concepts
2. Global and National Challenges
3. Mitigation and Adaptation Practices and Resilience (Urban Areas)
4. Mitigation and Adaptation Practices and Resilience  (Rural Areas)
5. Adaptation in Practice (International Donors Context): Flood Disaster Risk Management
6. Adaptation in Practice: National Target Programme Development
7. Community Adaptation
8. Community Engagement Practices
9. Economics of Climate Change: Cost and Benefits Analysis
10. Economic Assessment of Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Measures
11. Global and National Policies on Financing Adaptation Strategies