Concepts and Context of Disaster Management, Risk, and Climate Change

TEACHING UNIT 1. RISK MANAGEMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE MANAGEMENT International Context of Disaster Risk Management (Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction) International Context of Climate Change (The IPCC: Overview and Climate Change Scenarios) Concepts Related to Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change. Levels of Coordination. Action Strategies for Risk Management, and Structural and Non-Structural Risk Mitigation Measures Scenario-Based Risk Management TEACHING UNIT 2. DISASTER RISK AND CLIMATE CHANGE Overview of Climate Change (Physical Basis of Climate Change) The IPCC: Overview and Climate Change Scenarios The relationship between development, risk, and disasters (the construction of risk) and the effects and impacts of climate variability and climate change. Extensive and Intensive Risks, the Effects of Climate Variability and Climate Change, and Their Impact on Human Development Inequalities and Conditions of Vulnerability, and the Impacts and Effects of Climate Variability and Climate Change. TEACHING UNIT 3. SYSTEMIC APPROACH TO RISK MANAGEMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE MANAGEMENT Areas of Risk Management and Climate Change Management (from the institutional to the sectoral, private sector, territorial, and community levels) Stakeholders and Actions for Disaster Risk Management Planning Tools for Risk Management and Climate Change Institutional Framework, Entities, and Organizations for Implementing and Monitoring Actions. Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies for Climate Change LEARNING UNIT 4. PROCESS-BASED APPROACH AND STRATEGIES FOR INTEGRATED DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE What the process-based approach (the shift from an emergency and disaster response focus) entails in the context of climate variability and climate change. Strategic Processes (Planning, Organization, and Monitoring) Mission-Critical Processes (Knowledge, Mitigation, Preparedness/Response) Support Processes (Strengthening Human Resource Knowledge and Capacities, Public Communication, Information for Decision-Making, and Information Systems) Strategies for Comprehensive Disaster Risk Management in the Context of Climate Variability and Climate Change.