Accredited qualifications for capacity development in disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation

This research looks at case studies across 15 Pacific island nations and identifies a lack of capacity and expertise as a key barrier to improving national resilience to disaster risks and climate change impacts. It finds that the issue of capacity and expertise is the result of a lack of accredited and quality assured formal training programmes in the disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) sectors. 

The report calls for accredited formal qualifications for capacity development that can be shared across boundaries. The paper argues that by using the United Nations landmark agreements of 2015, support for regionally accredited capacity development will ensure all countries can produce, access and effectively use scientific information for DRR and CCA. The newly launched Pacific Regional Federation of Resilience Professionals may offer a model that can be used more widely.

Accredited qualifications for capacity development in disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation. Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies, 20(1), 15-34. Shared under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO).