ONLINE TRAINING: INTRODUCTION TO CLIMATE RISK INFORMED DECISION ANALYSIS (CRIDA)
ONLINE CRIDA COURSES FROM UNESCO OPEN LEARNING PLATFORM
To support its Member States to assess the impact of climate change and other global drivers on water and ecological resources management and to develop adequate adaptation pathways, UNESCO co-published the Climate Risk Informed Decision Analysis (CRIDA) approach in 2018. To strengthen the capacities to use and implement this innovative approach, UNESCO has developed an online training course on CRIDA in collaboration with AGWA, the US Army Corps of Engineers, Deltares and the UNESCO Category 2 Centre ICIWaRM (International Centre for Integrated Water Resources Management).
The free, self-paced online courses are offered through the UNESCO Open Learning Platform. To date, multiple runs of English and Spanish courses have taken place from 2020-2022. As of November 2022, another run of courses became available in Arabic, French, and English.
Course Dates: Varies
Prerequisites: None
Other Links:
Course Flyer [2020]
CRIDA Website (UNESCO)
CRIDA Publication
Introduction to Climate Risk Informed Decision Analysis (CRIDA)
In these self-paced online courses, the participant will be introduced to the Climate Risk Informed Decision Analysis (CRIDA), which provides guidelines to assess water security vulnerabilities due to climate variability and change, and provides guidance on the development of adaptation pathways for water resources management. The courses consists of 11 modules each that present the CRIDA approach through a set of video lectures and hands-on exercises, as well as presenting a set of global CRIDA case studies.
This online courses end in a capstone project where the participant is asked to develop his or her own CRIDA Case Study using all the knowledge and tools learnt. After successfully completing the course assessments, participants will be awarded with a certificate of completion.
The online CRIDA courses are organized as part of the project ‘Enhancing Climate Services for Improved Water Resources Management in Vulnerable Regions to Climate Change’ (CliMWaR), funded by the Flemish UNESCO Science Trust Fund (FUST).
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About the Knowledge Platform
The Knowledge Platform is designed to promote and showcase an emerging set of approaches to water resources management that address climate change and other uncertainties — increasing the use of "bottom-up approaches" through building capacity towards implementation, informing relevant parties, engaging in discussion, and creating new networks. This is an ongoing project of the Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA) funded by the World Bank Group.
