Tag: training
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Climate Training for Development Professionals
The International Research Institute for Climate and Society and the U.S. Agency for International Development will launch a new set of training webcasts geared for development professionals who want to be more fluent in the science that underpins their climate change adaptation projects.
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Farmers in Senegal Use Forecasts to Combat Climate Risks
Recent trainings in Senegal have improved trust between farmers and researchers, leading to increased use of climate forecasts and other information.
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Identifying Teaching and Training Tools on Peacebuilding, Fragile States and Natural Resource Management
The Earth Institute at Columbia University hosted a two-day workshop that brought together practitioners, trainers, and academics to explore innovative approaches to teaching and training on natural resources management in fragile states and peacebuilding contexts. The workshop concluded with a clear statement: current academic and training programs do not provide a coherent methodology for students…
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Video: Climate and Public Health
Climate and public-health communities are learning to speak each other’s language to improve decision making. Watch our short video to learn more.
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Some Thoughts on the Summer Institute
The Summer Institute, mentioned here, drew to a close last week and while attending a session on final presentations by the participants, I was struck by how participants, depending on their backgrounds, benefited differently from the course and took away unique learnings. For instance, one participant, Daddi Jima Wayessa, Head of Malaria and other Vector-borne…
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Health people, meet climate people!
Since Monday, 12 public-health professionals and climate scientists from ten countries have been at Columbia University’s Lamont campus to learn how to use climate information to make better decisions in health-care planning and disease prevention. They’re taking part in the second Summer Institute on Climate Information for Public Health, organized by the International Research Institute…
