Webinar
Plan Integration for Resilience Scorecard
American Planning Association and the Association of State Floodplain Managers
October 4, 3:00 p.m. EDT
Cost and registration: Free, register online before the event
This webinar will explore the issue of aligning the various mitigation, development, and response plans within a community to accomplish resiliency goals. Topics include examining inconsistencies and coordination among local plans, learning how to identify incongruities within different networks, and using the Plan Integration for Resilience (PIRS) process to guide communities to better align policies.
Training Course
Integrating Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation
Institute of Development Studies
January 22-26, 2018, Brighton, UK
Cost and Registration: $2,040, apply before October 2
This training course will focus on giving practitioners and policymakers skills and knowledge to better integrate climate change adaptation into disaster risk reduction. Topics include exploring the impacts of climate change on extreme weather, addressing increasing vulnerability to hazards, taking a gendered approach to climate change adaptation, examining community-based disaster risk reduction, and understanding the limitations of early warning systems.