UNITAR and UNEP Collaborate on Training Module

The UNITAR administered project Climate Change Capacity Development, (C3D) sought to address capacity needs for climate change in developing countries and had as one of its major outputs, a training package on climate change vulnerability and adaptation to serve as a resource guide for trainers. This training package was developed by ENDA-TM one of the project partners that is an expert in this area especially for the African region.

This new training module is expected to be available in mid-May 2009 and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) behind the development of the current IEA training manual, will support the joint effort by writing up and customizing the module to fit the IEA framework. The new training module will be tested in regional workshops and later be customized for e-learning.

This collaboration responds to the first stage of outputs expected under the Belgian financed UNEP Project Integrated environmental assessments and capacity building at sub-regional, national and city levels in the context of Adaptation to and Mitigation of climate change which aims to produce "environment and climate change outlooks through the respective UNEP regional partners in Africa, Asia, Pacific, Latin America & Caribbean, West Asia and Europe.