Urban Climate Adaptation

Calendar

SES #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
1	Introduction: Experimentation and innovation in urban planning
2	Basics of climate change and climate adaptation
3	Vulnerability, adaptation, and adaptive capacity
4	Adaptation and equitable development Imagining resilient cities: Discussion of photos
5	Climate impacts and urban vulnerability Preliminary discussion on term paper/project topics
6	Urban climate governance Guest: Harriet Bulkeley, Professor, Department of Geography, Durham University	Reflection essay 1 due
7	Urban risk and vulnerability assessments Guest: Daniella Hirschfeld, Program Officer, ICLEI USA
8	Urban climate adaptation planning Guest: Missy Stults, ICLEI USA
9	Adaptation options
10	Participation and community-based adaptation	Reflection essay II due
11	Measuring, monitoring, and funding adaptation Buest: Timmons Roberts, Center for Environmental Studies, Brown University
12	Discussion and wrap-up