Climate Change Adaptation & Mitigation in Urban Areas
Training of Trainers (ToT)
(AdaptCap)
November8-9, 2012
Venue: Radha Regent Hotel, 171 Jawahar Lal Nehru Salai, Inner Ring Road, Arumbakkam, Chennai
Overall goal of the workshop
The objective of the workshop is to create an understanding on Climate Change related issues at the city level, how to address the challenges and how to support the municipalities for developing responses or plans for meeting the challenges. This workshop material and modules can be used by the trained personnel, in actual implementation of the trainings on ‘Cities and Climate Change’ for the municipal authorities in the project cities.
- Understanding the theory behind Climate Change, Climate Change Adaptation & Mitigation, and its relevance to Urban Areas
- Identifying city level strategies to address and mitigate impacts
- Identifying key adaptation and mitigation measures for urban areas
- Understanding the process of developing action plans and identifying key implementers
- Exploring the institutional mechanism at the urban level which will help address adaptation and mitigation in cities
Time / Description / Method / Responsible
Day 1
10:30 – 10:45 / Introduction
Intro to the workshop: Why are we here? What are the questions we want to answer?
- Brief Round of Introductions
- Agenda for the 1.5 days
- Expectations for the workshop
10:45 – 11:15 / What is Climate Change and why is it relevant for Cities?
- Some fundamental definitions
- Climate change and Cities
- Why local governments are relevant players
- The city as a system: the importance of systems thinking and the opportunities of a green urban economy and green growth
- The interrelations between urbanisation, the global economy, energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, climate risks and urban systems
- Key Deliverables under the AdaptCap project
11:15 – 11:45 / Learning from the past: disasters experienced in the past ten years, impacts, responses, learning and preparedness / Discussion and recording of points on flip chart / All
11:45 – 12:00 / Coffee Break
12:00 – 12:30 / Urban Systems at Risk: Mitigation, Adaptation & Disaster Risk Reduction
- Understanding the basics of Mitigation: energy consumption and emission profile of municipalities in developed, emerging and developing countries
- Understanding the basics of Adaptation:The impacts of climate change on cities and the importance of adaptation – Vulnerability assessments
- Integrated urban development: creating low-carbon, eco-efficient, resilient cities
12:30 – 13:30 / Stakeholder Engagement
Internal engagement: City commitment and climate task force
-Engaging City Leaders
-Methods for securing political commitment, formal allocation of resources, cross-divisional task force. Participants develop a plan for doing this in their own City
External engagement: Stakeholders, communications and engagement plan
-Trainees develop an Engagement Checklist and a communications plan / Ppt / ICLEI
13:30 – 14:30 / Lunch
14:30 – 15:00 / Taking climate mitigation action: From recording emissions to implementing actions and recording reductions
-Overview of entire mitigation process for cities: stressing interaction with wider urban development processes
-Key opportunities and challenges at different stages of process, in different sectors
-Benefits and challenges of undertaking the process / Ppt / ICLEI
15:00 – 15:45 / Group Work on Mitigation Planning
15:45 – 16:00 / Coffee Break
16:00 – 16:30 / Vulnerability Assessments & Adaptation Planning
-Urban & Climate Analysis
-Impact Assessment
-Qualitative & Quantitative Methods for Vulnerability Assessment
-Adaptation Options / Ppt / ICLEI
16:30 – 17:15 / Group Work on Adaptation Planning
17:15 – 17:30 / Wrap Up
Day 2
10:00 – 10:15 / Recap of Day 1 / GIZ
10:15 – 10:45 / Integrating mitigation and adaptation actions: mainstreaming into on-going city plans
-Understanding integration, identifying integration links for individual city
-Key decision points, political dimensions of adopting a low carbon development plan
-Mainstreaming: strategies to ensure implementation and buy-in of all city departments and stakeholders / Ppt / ICLEI
10:45 – 11:30 / Group work on identification of potential opportunities and constraints for integrating climate change into planning processes
11:30 – 11:45 / Coffee Break
11:45 – 12:15 / Adaptation & Mitigation – Some Experiences from other Indian Cities / Ppt / ICLEI
12:15– 13:00 / Developing ‘Local Adaptation & Mitigation Guidelines’: identifying opportunities provided by the AdaptCap Project to build climate resilience / Discussion / AGS/AVVAI
13:00 onwards / Lunch
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