Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change

In our online courses students actually develop real projects within communities.

In 341 and 342 you will  develop projects on the ground, but projects that focus on a community-based approach to adapting to climate change.

OL 343 and 344 you will investigate the special challenges in your adaptation project and refine your project's activities. Build sustainability and impact into your project by fully engaging the community. Learn how to launch, manage and hand-over a project whose impact may not be measured in years, but in decades.

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341. Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change 1: Designing and Funding CBA Projects. March 15 - May 16, 2011.  Designing & Funding Community-Based Adaptation Projects. Contemporary methods of developing sustainable, impact-oriented projects. Gain practical field experience using evidence-based activities. Develop a real project in real time.

342. Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change 2: Planning for Impact. March 15 - May 2, 2011, and, May 17 - June 27. Imbed impact into your adaptation project with a powerful set of management tools. LogFrames, detailed budgets, timelines, compelling fact sheets, M&E plans, outcomes and impact. These tools will communicate to donors and stakeholders exactly what you are trying to accomplish and can be used for effective management of the project once funded.

343. Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change 3: The Community Focus. May 17 - July 11, 2011, and, July 5 - August 29. What does climate change adaptation mean at the community level? What practical tools are available today for communities to use in adaptation? For practitioners who wish to begin working now at the community level to successfully adapt to the challenges that face us.

344. Community based Adaptation to Climate Change 4: Sustainable Implementation. March 15 - May 2, and, July 19 - August 29, and September 6 - October 17. How do you launch & implement a community-based adaptation project? The importance of community engagement. Developing skill sets for your community to use in the adaptation process. Learning tools: monitoring & evaluation. Community empowerment during project hand-over. Sustainability, follow-up & mentoring.

Resources include links to specialized adaptation sites, practical articles on identifying climate change challenges, and information on adaptation techniques.

Online course participants are using our courses to develop real, on-the-ground projects with real communities individually and through cross-hemisphere student partnerships. People from 92 different countries and 200 organizations have used our courses to develop projects that impact over 70,000 people.

Be sure to visit our Online Development Community to see groups that support our courses.