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Climate Adaptation in Africa
  • Level Foundation
  • المدة 19 ساعات hours
  • الطبع بواسطة University of Cape Town
  • Offered by

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This course explores why climate change adaptation is important globally and in the African context. Africa is considered to be one of the most vulnerable regions to climate change. Historically, climate-related hazards such as drought, flooding, pest and disease outbreaks, coastal storms, and heat waves have had devastating impacts on people and the environment in which they live. Often the damage knocks back progress that has been made in social and economic development, slowing down the achievement of development goals. Climate models suggest that many of these climatic hazards will intensify as the global climate warms. Building resilience to climate risks, through adaptation, is critically important for future development in Africa. The course examines adaptation in theory and in practice, through a focus on four sectors that are critically important for climate resilient development in (1) water security; (2) agriculture and food security; (3) ecosystems and ecosystem services; and (4) resilient cities.

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Course introduction

    • 1 Videos
    • 3 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • Introducing yourself

1 Videos

  • Welcome to the course

3 Readings

  • Meet the course team
  • African cases of climate adaptation
  • How the course works

Development Challenges and Climate Risks

    • 4 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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  • Development Challenges and Climate Risks

4 Videos

  • Africa's Human Development Challenge
  • In conversation with Irene Kunamwene: A Namibian case study
  • How Climate Risks Impact on Development
  • The Adaptation Deficit

Adaptation, Resilience, Vulnerability and Maladaptation

    • 10 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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  • Adaptation, Resilience, Vulnerability and Maladaptation

10 Videos

  • Adaptation, Resilience, Maladaptation and Vulnerability
  • What is Adaptation?
  • Resilience and Maladaptation
  • Unpacking Vulnerability
  • In conversation with Irene Kunamwene: Climate Impacts and Vulnerabilities
  • In Conversation with Gina Ziervogel: Climate Vulnerability
  • Possible Global Scale Changes in Climate
  • Local Scale Climate Change in Africa
  • Local Scale Climate Change Scenarios
  • In conversation with Irene Kunamwene: Adaptive capacity in Namibian households

Activities

    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Week 1: Climate, Vulnerability and Development

1 Readings

  • Additional resources

Week 2 Introduction

    • 1 Videos
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1 Videos

  • Water Shortages as an Adaptation Challenge

Water Security Risks

    • 3 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Water Security Risks

3 Videos

  • Blue, Green, Grey Water
  • Water Security, Water Scarcity and the Adaptation Deficit
  • Climate Changes in Water Scarcity

Impact and Adaptations

    • 6 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Water scarcity adaptation

6 Videos

  • Impacts of Climate Change on Water Security
  • Including Climate in Water Resource Planning
  • Soft Adaptation - Working with Nature
  • Hard Adaptation - Small Scale Options
  • Hard Adaptation for Large Water Ecosystems
  • Demand Management

Cases

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • Water security in your region

2 Videos

  • Lesotho: Water and Social Justice - George Barrett
  • In conversation with Kevin Winter: Water-sensitive cities

1 Readings

  • Water security cases

Activities

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Week 2: Water Security Risks and Adaptations

1 Videos

  • Week 2 Summary

1 Readings

  • Resources

Week 3 Introduction

    • 1 Videos
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1 Videos

  • Food Security in Africa

Risks

    • 5 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Agriculture and food security risks

5 Videos

  • Ways that Climate Impacts on Agricultural Yields
  • Possible Impacts on Agriculture in Africa
  • Adaptation by Closing Yield Gaps in Africa
  • Conservation Agriculture
  • Seed Improvement

Adaptations

    • 4 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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  • Agriculture and Food Security Adaptations

4 Videos

  • Bringing Adaptation into Farm Extension Services
  • Irrigation for Increased Food Production
  • Financial Resources for farm adaptation
  • Long Term Adaptation in Agriculture

Cases

    • 3 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • Food security and climate change

3 Videos

  • Mauritius: Climate-Smart Agriculture - Sunita Facknath
  • Namibia: Livestock Farmers and Climate Adaptations - Simon Angombe
  • In conversation with Admire Nyamwanza: Zimbabwe rural farmers

1 Readings

  • Our cases in context

Week 3 Activities

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 PeerReview
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1 Peer Review

  • Week 3: Climate change and food security vulnerability

1 Videos

  • Week 3 Summary

1 Readings

  • Resources

Week 4 Introduction

    • 2 Videos
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2 Videos

  • Introduction to Ecosytems
  • Ecosystem Services

Ecosystems Risks

    • 3 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Ecosystems Risks

3 Videos

  • Vulnerability of Ecosystems to Climate
  • Vulnerability of Ecosystems to Non-Climatic Drivers
  • Recent Changes in African Ecosystems

Impacts and Adaptations

    • 4 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Ecosystems Impacts and Adaptations

4 Videos

  • Future Impacts on Ecosytems
  • Natural Adaptation of Ecosystems to climate change
  • Human assisted adaptation of ecosystems - Part 1
  • Human assisted adaptation of ecosystems - Part 2

Cases

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • Ecosystem services

2 Videos

  • Tanzania: Forest Ecosystems Adaptation Strategies - Pantaleo Munishi
  • In conversation with George Sekonya: Mopane worms resources

1 Readings

  • Cases in context

Activities

    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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  • Week 4: Ecosystems and Ecosystem Services

1 Readings

  • Resources

Concepts

    • 1 Videos
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1 Videos

  • Cities as Locations of Concentrated Climate Risk

Risks

    • 3 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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  • Cities and the Urban Environment Risks

3 Videos

  • Vulnerability of cities - exposure
  • Vulnerability of cities - sensitivity
  • Vulnerability of cities - adaptive capacity

Adaptations

    • 5 Videos
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  • Cities and the Urban Environment Adaptations

5 Videos

  • Urban adaptation - planning and spatial development
  • Urban adaptation - policy and regulation
  • Urban adaptation - community engagement and insurance
  • Urban adaptation - houses
  • Urban adaptation - roads

Cases

    • 3 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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  • Cities

3 Videos

  • Maputo: Extreme weather and responses Associate - Alberto Mavume
  • In Conversation with Anna Taylor: City of Cape Town
  • In conversation with Anton Cartwright: City of Durban

1 Readings

  • Cases in context

Activities

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Week 5: Cities and the Urban Environment

1 Videos

  • Week 5 summary

1 Readings

  • Resources

Introduction

    • 1 Videos
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1 Videos

  • Adaptation Planning and Implementation: Five Key Steps

Concepts in planning for adaptation

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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  • Adaptation plans and Uncertainty

2 Videos

  • Navigating climate change uncertainty - part 1
  • Navigating climate change uncertainty - part 2

Adaptations

    • 4 Videos
    • 1 Assignment
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  • Approaches to Adaptation Plans

4 Videos

  • Identifying Adaptation Options
  • Choosing Adaptation Options
  • Implementing Strategy - Part 1
  • Implementing Strategy - Part 2

Cases

    • 4 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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  • Planning adaptation

4 Videos

  • South Sudan: Conflict and Climate Change Impacts - Pios Ncube
  • In Conversation with Gina Ziervogel: Governance and Adaptive Governance
  • In Conversation with Gina Ziervogel: Governance in Action
  • In Conversation with Gina Ziervogel: Adaptation Planning

1 Readings

  • Cases in context

Activities

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 PeerReview
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1 Peer Review

  • Week 6: Adaptation planning and food security

1 Videos

  • Week 6 Conclusion

1 Readings

  • Resources

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"Climate Adaptation in Africa" by Coursera focuses on the importance of climate change adaptation, particularly in vulnerable African regions. Led by expert instructors, the foundational course covers key sectors: water security, agriculture, ecosystems, and resilient cities, over 1140 minutes. Available through a Starter subscription, it's ideal for those interested in science, engineering, and sustainable development.

Mark New
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Mark New