We are in the process of developing a new component for the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s Academy of Environmental Law Climate Change Law Teaching Project, a collection of lecture materials.  Readers of this blog are encouraged to submit pertinent materials for posting on the site. This can include note lecture notes, Power Point presentations, or audio-visual lectures. Lecture materials in languages other than English are particularly welcome. Please submit your materials to my attention at: [email protected].

Also, we are seeking additional pertinent syllabi for the syllabus bank that we established on the site last year. thanks, wil burns

For those readers who teach advanced climate change courses, the Greenhouse Gas Management Institute’s new three-part paper series on the nettlesome issue of additionality could be an excellent set of readings for students.

Below is a summary by GGMI of the series:

What is Additionality? Part 1: A long standing problem

Part 1 looks at the history of the concept and addresses —and attempts to resolve—some of the problems with definitions used to date. The paper makes the bold claim that the way we have thought about additionality in the climate change policy and carbon markets community has been based on a circular definition. It then offers improved definitions of both additionality and baseline for use by scholars and offset program policy makers. (Download Part 1 here.)

What is Additionality? Part 2: A framework for a more precise definition and standardized approaches

Part 2 goes further by looking at the application of the additionality and baseline concepts to standardized approaches. This paper examines the issue at a theoretical level incorporating guidance from social science and program evaluation. It provides an intellectual framework for thinking about additionality and baselines when the key concept of a policy intervention is included. (Download part 2 here.)

What is Additionality? Part 3: Implications for stacking and unbundling

Part 3, lastly, applies the concepts developed above to the issue of offset credit stacking. It concludes with specific options of how to implement a credible additionality assessment process where a single project has the potential to earn more than one type of offset credit. (Download part 3 here.)

 

CSDi is announcing the March launch of a diploma module of four online
Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change field courses. These
courses begin by introducing basic climate change concepts, and develop
as participants identify local community vulnerabilities, identify
climate change risks and hazards, investigate appropriate solutions,
design M&E plans, develop full projects, launch and manage them.

Complete information and course syllabi:
http://www.csd-i.org/adapting-overview/

Online course participants are using our courses to develop real,
on-the-ground projects with real communities—both individually and
through North/South student partnerships. People from 92 different
countries and 200 organizations used CSDi online courses to develop
projects in 2010 impacting 70.000 people.
http://www.csd-i.org/student-countries-ngos/

MODULE 340: COMMUNITY BASED ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
OL 341. Adapting to Climate Change: Designing & Funding Community-Based
Adaptation Projects.
March 15 – May 16, 2011.
Gain an insight into contemporary methods of developing community based,
sustainable, impact-oriented projects. Gain practical field tools and
develop a range of skills: facilitating participatory needs assessments,
designing projects, and evidence-based activities. Develop a real
project in real time.

OL 342. Adapting to Climate Change: Planning for Impact.
May 17 – June 27, 2011.
Imbed impact into your adaptation project design with a powerful set of
management tools. Log frames, detailed budgets, timelines, compelling
fact sheets, M&E plans, outcomes and impact. These tools will
communicate to donors and stakeholders exactly what you are trying to
accomplish and can be used for effective management of the project once
funded.

OL 343. Adapting to Climate Change: The Community Focus.
July 5 – August 29, 2011.
What does climate change adaptation mean at the community level? What
practical tools are available today for communities to use in
adaptation? Conduct a baseline survey of climate vulnerability, an
adaptation capacity analysis, and gain an understanding of local
knowledge of a changing climate and of coping strategies. For
practitioners who wish to begin working now at the community level to
successfully adapt to the challenges that face us.

OL 344. Adapting to Climate Change: Sustainable Implementation.
September 6 – October 17, 2011.
How do you launch and implement a community based adaptation project?
The importance of community engagement and project co-management.
Developing skill sets for your community to use in the adaptation
process. Learning tools: monitoring & evaluation. Community empowerment
during project hand-over. Sustainability, follow-up & mentoring.

An excellent compilation of analyses of the outcomes at COP16 can be found here on the Triple Crisis blog. There are over 100 sources cataloged in the blog entry.