10/27/2022

Working with nature to adapt to a changing climate

With support from the International Climate Initiative (IKI), a new e-learning course on Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) was launched at the beginning of October.

Together with its partners from IUCN and IISD, IKI’s Global Project on Mainstreaming EbA led the planning, coordination and quality assurance of the course development and production.

The course already has more than 2,000 enrolments, with numbers continuously increasing.

Free of charge and flexible

The free, self-paced course hosted on the online learning platform edX.org features nine units comprised of video lectures, case studies, quizzes and handouts. It equips learners with transferable and replicable skills in designing and implementing EbA initiatives by offering targeted training on key principles, risk assessments, monitoring and governance.

A core focus of the course lies in four cross-cutting topics – gender, governance, local and Indigenous knowledge, and biodiversity – which are addressed both in independent modules and throughout other course units.

This course is aimed at decision-makers in public and private organisations, professionals who may not be familiar with EbA but who work in a related field, civil society organisations, actors at community, national and global scales, early-career EbA professionals, current students, university faculty and EbA practitioners from both the Global North and Global South.

Joining the course is possible at any time

Anyone interested in joining the course can do so at any time. All further information can be found on this website:

Ecosystem-based Adaptation: Working with nature to adapt to a changing climate

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Project

Mainstreaming EbA - Strengthening ecosystem based adaptation in decision making processes

Contact

IKI Office
Zukunft – Umwelt – Gesellschaft (ZUG) gGmbH
Stresemannstraße 69-71

10963 Berlin

iki-office@z-u-g.org

Further information

The course was funded by The Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV) and Global Affairs Canada as part of the Nature for Climate Adaptation Initiative funded by the Government of Canada.