GIS and Remote Sensing For Climate Change Impact Analysis and Adaptation Course

INTRODUCTION 

This training will offer a set of methods and techniques that use GIS and Remote Sensing for analysis and monitoring of climate change, with applications in climate change impacts and adaptation. Participants’ will also acquire a better understanding of climate change impacts, adaptation measures for freshwater resources, and time series analysis. The course is targeted at the categories of professional mentioned above who require knowledge and skills on the use of GIS and Remote Sensing in their organizations on Climate Change Impact Analysis and Adaptation.

Duration:

5 days


WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Impact and Adaptation practitioners, development workers, including officials of national and local governments, extension officers, defense forces, emergency services staff, staff of training institutes, institutions of public administration, national and international NGOs, UN agencies and the private sector.

REQUIREMENTS

  • No prior knowledge of GIS
  • Participants must carry personal laptops for software installations

OBJECTIVES AND OUTPUT TO PARTICIPANTS

  • Evaluate the spatial data requirements in Climate Change Analysis and Adaptation
  • Assess spatial data availability and understand the importance of Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI), for data sharing by organizations involved in Climate Change Analysis and Adaptation
  • Apply GIS and RS for designing implementations of large scale early warning systems
  • Use participatory GIS (PGIS) at community level
  • Use Mobile data gathering techniques
  • Design and implement their own GIS projects that integrate remote sensing data, and GPS-based field information
  • Have a better understanding of the links of both natural and anthropogenically induced climate change, its impacts, and adaptation and mitigation response options concerning water-related issues
  • Acquire advanced knowledge necessary to inform policy makers and stakeholders about the implications for water resources not only of climate change and climate change response options but also of various climate change scenarios and climate change response options, including associated synergies and tradeoffs.
  • Use collaborative mapping tools such as Google Maps and Ushahidi to increase collaboration and information sharing.

Course duration:

4 days

COURSE CONTENT

Module 1: Basic Principles and Concepts

  • Understanding of key concepts used in climate change and variation studies
  • Introduction to GIS and Remote Sensing
  • Map projections and coordinates systems
  • Geo-referencing: Referencing data to real locations
  • Digitisation: updating vector data from secondary sources
  • Geovisualisation
  • Vector Analysis
  • Raster Analysis
  • GPS-based field information and participatory GIS tools
  • Mobile Data Gathering for field assessments/Surveys
  • Collaborative mapping (Google Maps, Earth and Ushahidi)
  • Map making with QGIS

Module 2: Climate Change Image Acquisition and Analysis

  • Introduction to digital image analysis
  • Image/photo Interpretation: Extraction of features
  • Visual Interpretation of images -Software options
  • Introduction to image classification
  • Land cover/land change mapping
  • NDVI generation
  • Weather, Climate and Atmospheric Processes
  • Observed Climate Change and Impacts

 

Module 3:Role of GIS in climate change variables.

  • Ice/Glacier Monitoring
  • Vegetation Change Monitoring
  • Carbon Trace/Accounting
  • Atmospheric Dynamics
  • Terrestrial Temperature Monitoring
  • Erosion Monitoring and Control
  • Ocean and Coastal Monitoring
  • Biodiversity Conservation
  • Drought and Desertification
  • Health and Disease
  • Flood Monitoring
  • Agriculture

Module 4: Climate Change Prediction and GIS

  • Climate Predictions and Major Sources of Uncertainty
    • Introduction and background
    • Climate models both present and future and the different scenarios
    • Sources of uncertainty and variation
  • Selecting Appropriate Future Climate Predictions using GIS and RSGlobal and Regional ChallengesMitigation and Adaptation Practices and Resilience (Urban Areas, Rural Areas)
    • Viewing climate points and surfaces
    • Interpolation of rainfall/temperature points
    • Viewing future climatic model surfaces
    • Processing variations in climate models

 

Module 5: Climate Change Adaptation and GIS

  • Adaptation in Practice ( International Context, National Context)
  • Community Engagement Practices
  • Costs and Benefits Analysis
  • Economic Assessment of Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation using GIS and RS based model
    • DPSIR concept model
    • Change versus Impact
    • Change in rainfall and temperature
    • Direct and indirect effects to the environment and economic activities
    • National, regional and local scale
  • Global and National Policies on Financing Adaptation Strategies

Methodology

This instructor led training course is delivered using a blended learning approach and comprises of presentations, guided sessions of practical exercise, web based tutorials and group work. Our facilitators are seasoned industry experts with years of experience, working as professional and trainers in these fields.

All facilitation and course materials will be offered in English. The participants should be reasonably proficient in English.

Accreditation

Upon successful completion of this training, participants will be issued with a Livecode Technologies certificate.

Training Venue

The training is residential and will be held at the Livecode Technologies Training Center in Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya. The course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments, lunch, and study visits.

All participants will additionally cater for their, travel expenses, visa application, insurance, and other personal expenses.

Accommodation

Accommodation is arranged upon request. For reservations contact the Training Officer.

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Training Fees

The course fees is KES 70,000.00 or USD 1000.00 exclusive of VAT. The course fees covers the course tuition, training materials, two (2) break refreshments, lunch and study visits. Participants will cater for their travel and accommodation costs.

Payment

Payment should be transferred to Livecode Technologies account through bank on or before the course commences.

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Cancellation Policy

Payment for the all courses includes a registration fee, which is non-refundable, and equals 15% of the total sum of the course fee.

Tailor- Made

This scheduled course can also be tailored for your organization. To find out how our tailor-made training can help your organization, contact our team on:

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Event Properties

Event Date 04-10-2023 8:00 am
Event End Date 04-14-2023 5:00 pm
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Cut off date 04-06-2023
Individual Price USD 1,000
Location Nairobi, Kenya
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