Urban Management Tools for Climate Change (UMCC)

 

Cities are increasingly expected to undertake concrete actions to adapt to sea level rise, floods, droughts and other natural disasters exacerbated by climate change and climate variability. The impact of climate change differs for rural and urban areas, coastal cities, mountain cities and low-latitude cities. What concrete activities should coastal cities undertake?
 This course offers management tools for urban policy makers, planners and environmentalists.

 

Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to prepare local climate change plans, which address the global challenges yet focus on concrete local actions. The course will offer specific practices to manage urban design and environmental infrastructure, in particular energy, transport, housing and water.

 

Methodology: case study approach

From the onset of the course, participants will apply theory and best practices to actual group work. Local Climate Change Action Plans will be prepared by participants, including a risk and vulnerability assessment, strategies for mitigation and adaptation assessment along with concrete actions and financial arrangements. Rotterdam will be visited weekly, being one of the 40 cities of the Clinton initiative. The course will look at the Rotterdam Climate Initiative and Rotterdam Climate Proof Programmes and a range of innovative plans and actions – such as ‘floating communities’ - that aim to transform a polluting harbour city below sea level into a CO2 neutral and climate proof city.

 

CLIMACT Prio tool

The Climate Actions Prioritization (CLIMACT Prio) tool, developed by IHS, is a climate awareness, decision support and capacity building tool for the prioritization and assessment of climate mitigation and/or adaptation actions at a local level. CLIMACT Prio tool applies a multi-criteria approach to assist decision-makers and urban planners to identify a wide range of decision criteria and set objectives to assess and prioritize climate actions and technologies. Participants will have the chance to use this tool on group exercises.

 

Admission

For this diploma course, you should have:

 

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