Training
New technical information and best practices at the intersection of climate change and development are constantly emerging, requiring that USAID staff and other development practitioners gain new knowledge, skills, and abilities.
In response, USAID provides learning opportunities for staff working to address climate change considerations in their work across sectors. These include face-to-face training and workshops, online courses, asynchronous learning, and interactive webinars. All training is designed to help participants master a defined set of climate change technical competencies.
Many USAID projects also provide climate change learning opportunities for host country counterparts and other development practitioners.
Features
Climate Basics Course
This self-guided, one-hour course introduces how and why Earth’s climate is changing. It also explains why climate is relevant to development—with the ultimate goal of providing staff with a foundation of knowledge upon which to build as they implement the Strategy.
View ContentClimate Finance Training
USAID has prepared an e-textbook and an online training module to help develop this capacity. The e-textbook is a reference guide on finance terms and principles and the characteristics, advantages, and disadvantages of various types of financial instruments for climate change mitigation and adaptation. The online training module provides practical examples on scaling up financing for clean energy, natural climate solutions, and climate adaptation.
View ContentClimate Resilient Development 101
This 2-hour online course, intended for USAID staff and partners, uses interactive features and videos to introduce fundamental concepts of climate resilient development, including how climate impacts are affecting key development sectors.
View ContentWhat is the Climate Risk Management Process?
In this interactive e-learning course, USAID staff and partners can explore the full climate risk management (CRM) process, from planning through implementation. Office-specific versions of this training series are also available.
View ContentIntegrating Climate Risk in Long-Term Planning
The USAID Transparency and Long-Term Strategies (T-LTS) project conducted a four-part online training for practitioners on developing mid-century, low-carbon strategies that consider climate risks and include climate adaptation strategies.
View ContentGender Equity and Social Inclusion (GESI) in Project Management
This module, developed by the USAID Climate Ready Project, focuses on equity and inclusion aspects of project design, management, monitoring, and evaluation.
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