Climate change diplomacy - online course

This course brings together participants from diverse backgrounds to build skills and acquire the knowledge to engage effectively in climate change negotiations and policy processes. At an introductory level, the course will provide a broad overview of climate change issues, equipping participants to represent and promote the interests of their own countries in the global climate change policy process.
By the end of the course, participants should be able to:

- Demonstrate understanding and the ability to participate in current diplomatic and policy processes in the field of climate change;
- Employ current scientific and policy-related climate change terminology;
- Identify those international institutional climate change frameworks where their national interests may be most effectively promoted;
- Identify appropriate partners for climate change policy initiatives;
- Recognise opportunities where global initiatives and processes can contribute to local development needs;
- Propose or contribute to an effective national approach for participation in global climate change processes.

In addition, the course will broaden participants’ general understanding of climate change and the global policy response to climate change. In this regard, by the end of the course, participants should be able to:

- Demonstrate understanding of the climate change phenomenon and the impact of climate change on human society, including different views and schools of thought regarding climate change;
- Identify and describe the interests of the main players in the climate change policy process;
- Identify the various international legal documents and institutional frameworks dealing with climate change;
- Explain the local relevance of global/regional climate change initiatives.