Economics of Disaster Prevention and Preparedness: Smart investments for disaster and climate resilience – MODULE 1
Course details
Climate change poses unprecedented challenges. Given limited budgets and resources, smart and targeted investments are needed to enhance disaster and climate resilience.
This course conveys knowledge about how to plan and scale up smart and focused investments for disaster and climate resilience and supports the audience in enhancing strategic planning and decision-making skills. Participants will learn about data, tools, methods, and examples that can inform their decisions to protect communities and contribute to a sustainable future.
The course provides information about available methodologies for assessing and prioritizing investments in resilience as well as costing of climate change adaptation measures (for example at national or sectoral levels).
The course is based on the findings of the European Commission and World Bank’s study 'Economics of Disaster Prevention and Preparedness’ Phase 2.
We invite you to take also the other course, MODULE 2, from this study.
Please see also the course stemming from Phase 1 of the study ‘Economics of Disaster Prevention and Preparedness’.
Target audience
Decision-makers, practitioners, and government officials across different administrative levels (civil protection, disaster risk management, urban planning, transport, climate change, environment, and other sectors), staff of international organisations, EC Staff, academia and experts, broader interested community working on/interested in disaster and climate resilience.
Learning objectives
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Understand how to apply data and analytical tools for disaster risk management and smart investments in preparedness;
- Evaluate and compare different prioritization approaches, such as Multi-Criteria Analysis (MCA), Benefit-Cost Analysis (BCA), and the Triple Dividend of Resilience (TDR);
- Analyze case studies to see how prioritization tools can be implemented in real-world disaster resilience scenarios;
- Apply prioritization frameworks to maximize the impact of investments in critical infrastructure and services.
Offered by
This content is offered by the European Commission. The European Commission is the European Union's politically independent executive arm. It is alone responsible for drawing up proposals for new European legislation, and it implements the decisions of the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union.
Schedule
- Presentations
- Knowledge Test
- Case Studies
- Summary
- Final Assessment
- Resources
