Title of the training

Climate Change, Adaptation, Mitigation and Climate Justice

Duration

1 day (8 hours)

Purpose and scope

The aim of Climate Change, Adaptation, Mitigation and Climate Justice training is to provide individuals with knowledge and awareness on climate change, the effects of climate change, adaptation to climate change, climate change mitigation and climate justice, and to develop attitudes and skills to determine strategies and actions at individual and institutional levels, to adapt to climate change, to mitigate climate change, to minimize and ultimately eliminate climate injustices.

Target audience

Although Climate Change, Adaptation, Mitigation and Climate Justice Education is primarily designed for high school students and undergraduate students, it is recommended to be taken as a beginner level training on global climate change and sustainability for all young people and adults. It is designed as a beginner’s level training for each individual who aspires to be part of the solution and an active member of the local, national and global communities that taking actions for the solution in the areas of climate change, global warming and sustainability.

Trainers

Climate Change, Adaptation, Mitigation and Climate Justice training is given by trainers who are experienced in training and capacity building on climate change, climate change effects, climate change adaptation, climate change mitigation and climate justice, have information about national and global developments, policies and trends in these subjects, have done projects or research in these areas.

Objectives and learning outcomes

Those who have completed Climate Change, Adaptation, Mitigation and Climate Justice training are expected to;

• Define climate change,
• Explain the trends observed and predicted in the climate,
• Explain the effects of human activities on climate change,
• Explain greenhouse gas emission and climate change scenarios,
• Explain the effects of climate change on health, human life and environment in various dimensions,
• Identify strategies for adaptation to climate change and propose adaptation actions at different levels,
• Understand the urgency of climate change mitigation,
• Individually evaluate the effects of climate change,
• Identify ways to mitigate climate change, propose mitigation strategies and actions at individual and institutional levels,
• Explain how climate change unfairly affects different social segments,
• Propose strategies and actions to improve climate justice.

Content

The content of the Climate Change, Adaptation, Mitigation and Climate Justice training includes the following topics:

• Climate change
• Climate impacts of human activities
• Observed and projected trends in climate
• Different greenhouse gas emission and climate change scenarios
• Impacts of climate change
• Climate change adaptation
• Why should we adapt to climate change?
• Approaches to assess compliance needs
• The process of selecting compliance actions
• The roles of individuals, countries and the global community in adapting to climate change
• Climate Change Mitigation
• The urgency of reducing emissions based on current emission levels and the current “carbon budget”
• Ways to reduce emissions in various sectors
• The role of governments and institutions (private or civilian) in reducing emissions
• Calculation of individual emissions and individual actions to reduce climate change
• Climate justice
• Historical responsibility for the climate crisis
• Inequalities in climate impacts
• Why are lower income groups more affected by climate change?
• Injustice in agriculture, nutrition and food security
• The dimension of disadvantage in climate justice
• Increased barriers by climate change
• Climate change and gender inequality
• Climate justice for future generations
• How can we improve the climate justice

Delivery and method

This training is applied face-to-face. However, if conditions arise that prevent face-to-face training, the training may be delivered remotely by using the Me-Learning© online learning platform and the Actio© meeting management tool.

Trainer guides learners through interaction, brainstorming, discussion, case studies, group studies and practices in a way that facilitates learning and improves application skills, as well as the presentation of basic information about climate change, climate change adaptation, climate change mitigation and climate justice. In particular, group studies and practices are carried out to develop skills in determining adaptation and mitigation strategies and actions, and creating strategies and actions to minimize climate injustices.

Learning tools and materials

In this training, in addition to presentation, worksheets, exercise and practice templates and similar documents are used as teaching materials for activities such as brainstorming, discussion, case study and group work on climate change, climate change adaptation, climate change mitigation and climate justice.

If the training is carried out online, individual registration and entry for the training, management of participation and similar administrative arrangements can be carried out with the Actio© Event Management System in order to ensure effective management of the training event as well as to reduce the use of all kinds of paper and waste. In distance education, Me-Learning© learning management system may be used.

In accordance with our waste reduction policy, printed materials are not distributed in this training unless it is educationally necessary.

Assessment and evaluation

A question sheet is administered, online or in print,  to the participants before and after the training to determine the level of awareness and knowledge on Climate Change, Adaptation, Mitigation and Climate Justice. In addition, at the end of the training, the Training Evaluation Questionnaire is applied.

All participants who complete the training receive a certificate of participation showing that they have completed the Climate Change, Adaptation, Mitigation and Climate Justice Training, with duration of the training clearly stated.

Keywords

Climate, climate change, climate change adaptation, climate change mitigation strategies, climate justice, climate change and disadvantaged, climate change and gender equality