Climate and Water

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Climate and Water
Staff Training program on Water and Climate
Change Vulnerability and Adaptation
Proposed

• Dr. A.K.M. Saiful Islam
• Dr. Sujit Kumar Bala

Associate Professor, IWFM Bangladesh University
of Engineering and Technology
August 2-9, 2009
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Designing Courses

• Modification of Existing M.Sc. Course entitled
  Climate Change Risk Management
• 3 credit
• 14 weeks and 3 hours/week
• Short course Climate change risk and adaptation
  for Water Professionals
• 3 days

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Existing M.Sc. Course ContentClimate Change
Risk Management

• The global climate system global heat and water
  balance, atmospheric circulation, ocean
  circulation, coupled ocean and atmospheric
  processes
• Climate variability and climate change
• Assessment of climate change risks
• Forecasts and scenarios development
• Impact of climate change on water related
  hazards
• Economic, social and environmental implications
• Mitigation measures and adaptation techniques
• Mainstreaming climate change risk management.

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Proposed M.Sc. Course Content Climate and
Water

• Objectives
• Understanding the concept of Integrated Water
  Resources Management in relation to Climate
  Change.
• Understanding the climate system and the
  hydrological cycle.
• Being aware of the economic, environmental and
  social impact of climate.
• Understanding of adaptation in relation to water
  and climate change.

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Proposed Climate and Water
Module-1

• Climate System and Hydrologic cycle
• Atmosphere
• Cryosphere Sea, Ice sheet, Glacier
• Hydrosphere River, Lakes, ocean interactions
• Hydrologic Cycle
• Biosphere and Ecosystem
• Climate variability and climate change.
• Global warming and green house gases
• Historic aspects of global climate change
• Climate change in South Asian context Case study

Module-2
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Proposed Climate and Water
Module-3

• Prediction of climate change
• Global and regional climate change predictions
• Dynamic and static downscaling for impact study.
• Uncertainty of predictions .
• Impact of climate change on water sector
• Flood risk assessment
• Drought risk assessment
• Sea level rise and salinity intrusion
• River Erosion and livelihoods
• Cyclone and storm surges

Module-4
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Proposed Climate and Water
Module-5

• Environmental implications of climate change
• Impact of climate change on deltaic ecosystem
  (arid, coastal and deltaic system).
• Implication of climate change on agriculture,
  food security and livelihood.
• Implication of climate change on water supply,
  sanitation and health (heat stress and vector
  born diseases).
• Vulnerability analysis, adaptive capacity and
  sensitivity.
• Economic and social implications of climate
  change
• Economics of climate change
• Social impact of climate change vulnerable
  social groups and gender.

Module-6
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Proposed Climate and Water
Module-7

• Mitigation measures and adaptation techniques.
• Mitigation measures and carbon trading.
• Non structural and structural adaptation.
• Adaptation techniques in the context of
  integrated water resource management.
• Policy, laws, international conventions and
  country program.
• Global awareness and IPCC interpretations
• Koyoto protocol and other international
  conventions.
• Responses to climate change global, national and
  local
• National Climate change strategies and
  activities.
• Institutional arrangements of climate change.

Module-8
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References

• http//www.cap-net.org/node/1516

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References

• http//www.unesco-ihe.org/Education/Short-courses/
  Online-courses/Water-and-Climate-Change

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Short course

• Climate Change Training For Water Professionals
• held on 18-20 October, 2008.
• held on 17-19 November, 2008.
• Number of participants 35
• Organized by BUET and BCAS

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Short Course Climate Change Training For Water
Professionals

• Climate Change Risks.
• International conventions and country programs.
• Economic Implications of climate change.
• Social Implications of climate change.
• Implication of climate change in water sector of
  Bangladesh.
• Climate change modeling.
• Impact of climate change on flooding and sea
  level rise.
• Planning for climate change risk management in
  Bangladesh.
• Climate change mitigation technologies.
• Climate proofing of water infrastructures new
  design and rehabilitation considerations.
• Demonstration through Case studies