Webinar Module II on Frameworks for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in Cities

TERI, in collaboration with the European Union International Urban Cooperation programme, is delivering a capacity building programme on 'Mainstreaming Urban Climate Action'. The programme includes four short webinar modules focusing on building the capacity and knowledge of practitioners in urban local bodies (ULBs), state representatives, policy experts, researchers, scholars, and university students.

This Webinar Module II on 'Frameworks for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in Cities' is the second of the series and focuses on the strategies and frameworks for Mitigation and Adaptation that can be incorporated in urban climate action plans to address climate change impacts. In addition to delving into these strategies, the global and national context of the evolution of climate change policies and contexts that contributed to the development of such frameworks will be discussed.

The Webinar is accompanied by a resource module and an informative video which will be available to the participants.

Key objectives of Webinar Module II:

• Inform the target audience on the existing assessment frameworks for climate change adaptation and mitigation.
• Understand several terminologies and concepts related to mitigation and adaptation, and the importance of such interventions.
• Empower the target audience to prepare a climate action plan which includes integration of technical analyses, policy evaluations and stakeholder consultations.

The benefits of Webinar Module II are:

• Providing an interactive and collaborative platform for participants/viewers to jointly identify and discuss climate change policies and international assessment frameworks.
• Offering directions to participants/viewers for implementing and adopting effective climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies in the future.
• Generating awareness and sensitization amongst urban practitioners and providing participants/viewers with an opportunity to hone decision-making skills for preparation of city-level climate action plans.