Water & Climate Change
INDES Programs are a set of online courses thematically interrelated and frequently interdependent, offered as a cohesive, more comprehensive, and lengthier learning opportunity. Some of our programs are directed at a diverse audience from organizations that work on a same institutional context such as Subnational Governments or public and private entities and agencies linked to regional integration. In most cases, courses that are part of a program might be taken individually, without any commitment to completing the full program.
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ABOUT THIS PROGRAM
Latin America and the Caribbean are particularly vulnerable to climate change impacts. By 2050, rising sea levels, temperatures increases, changes in rainfall patterns will result in an estimated annual cost of around 2-4% of the region’s GDP. In order to be effective, the region’s development agenda must include further climate change variables into key national strategies involving infrastructure projects, basic services, fiscal reforms, social programs, and economic plans.
Ministries of Finance and Planning are key players when working on promoting low carbon and resilient development path. These ministries are the ones responsible for establishing development plans, designing the budget, as well as defining whether how public investments are carried out. Mainstreaming climate change into these processes becomes crucial for advancing the region into a more resilient and less carbon intensive path. The IDB is working with public institutions in the region to support capacity building in these topics.
IDB engages in capacity building with the objective of facilitating access to information on low carbon emissions financing pathways. We facilitate the exchange of knowledge with the vision of building the capacity necessary for effective use of current and future international mechanisms for climate actions.
Ministries of Finance and Planning are key players when working on promoting low carbon and resilient development path. These ministries are the ones responsible for establishing development plans, designing the budget, as well as defining whether how public investments are carried out. Mainstreaming climate change into these processes becomes crucial for advancing the region into a more resilient and less carbon intensive path. The IDB is working with public institutions in the region to support capacity building in these topics.
IDB engages in capacity building with the objective of facilitating access to information on low carbon emissions financing pathways. We facilitate the exchange of knowledge with the vision of building the capacity necessary for effective use of current and future international mechanisms for climate actions.
CORE COMPETENCY
Depending on the target audience and topics the formats offered by this program are:
On-line Courses with a Tutor: courses for a maximum of 40 participants in each section.
Face-to-Face Workshops: carried out according to the needs of the counterpart, offered to no more than 30 participants.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC): these courses are offered through the Edx platform in collaboration with Harvard University and MIT. The courses include videos and readings, as well as weekly evaluations and fora.
Open Educational Resources: are open and free teaching, learning, and research resources. OERs may include course materials, modules, videos, tests, software, and any other tools used to support access to knowledge.
On-line Courses with a Tutor: courses for a maximum of 40 participants in each section.
Face-to-Face Workshops: carried out according to the needs of the counterpart, offered to no more than 30 participants.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC): these courses are offered through the Edx platform in collaboration with Harvard University and MIT. The courses include videos and readings, as well as weekly evaluations and fora.
Open Educational Resources: are open and free teaching, learning, and research resources. OERs may include course materials, modules, videos, tests, software, and any other tools used to support access to knowledge.
MAIN TOPICS
Water projects in a changing climate context
Intelligent infrastructure
Sustainable Development of Cities
Environmental Impact Assessment
Climate Financing
Adaptation and Mitigation
DESIGNED FOR
The Program is targeted to professionals in the public, private, and/or academic sector, with professional, practical, or research experience in at least one of the topics offered within the program's courses.
PARTNERS
Universidad de Los Andes
World Bank
Brazil’s Ministério da Fazenda
World Bank
Brazil’s Ministério da Fazenda