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Climate Resilience Framework: Training Materials

Authors: Karen MacClune; Kari Tyler; Sarah Opitz-Stapleton; Kate Hawley; Fawad Khan

The Climate Resilience Framework is a conceptual framework for simplifying and analyzing complex relationships between people, systems, institutions and climate change. The framework helps clarify factors that need to be included in the diagnosis of climate vulnerability, structures the systematic analysis of vulnerability in ways that clearly identify the entry points for responding, and supports strategic planning to build resilience to climate change.

Funded By: 

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); The Rockefeller Foundation (RF); American Red Cross; The Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN). Disclaimer: This document is an output from a project funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and the Netherlands Directorate-General for International Cooperation (DGIS) for the benefit of developing countries. However, the views expressed and information contained in it are not necessarily those of or endorsed by DFID, DGIS or the entities managing the delivery of the Climate and Development Knowledge Network, which can accept no responsibility or liability for such views, completeness or accuracy of the information or for any reliance placed on them."

Series 1: Establishing Resilience Principles

Series 1 of the Climate Resilience Framework: Training Materials is designed to get the lead partners in a local climate resilience planning process started. Participants are first introduced to the conceptual framework behind ISET's engagement approach, the Climate Resilience Framework, and to the key tool used for engagement, the Shared Learning Dialogue. Following this introduction, participants are led through indentifying resilience planning goals, reviewing existing policies, identifying the stakeholders needed to support and engage in the climate resilience building process, and from this group assembling a "climate working group".

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 1.0 GETTING STARTED 
Introduction Activity 1 Activity 2 

 1.1 THE CLIMATE RESILIENCE FRAMEWORK 
Introduction | Activity 1 

 1.2 IDENTIFYING KEY AGENTS THROUGH ORGANIZATIONAL REVIEW 
Introduction | Activity 1 | Activity 2 

 1.3 THE SHARED LEARNING DIALOGUE PROCESS 
Introduction | Activity 1 

 1.4 IDENTIFYING RESILIENCE PRINCIPLES 
Introduction | Activity 1 | Activity 2 

 1.5 POLICY REVIEW 
Introduction | Activity 1 

 1.6 REVIEW AND NEXT STEPS 
Introduction | Activity 1 

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Citation: 

MacClune, K., Tyler, K., & Opitz-Stapleton, S. (2013). Climate resilience framework: Training materials (Series 1: Establishing resilience principles). Boulder, CO: Institute for Social and Environmental Transition-International.

Series 2: Understanding Vulnerability and Risk

Series 2 of the Climate Resilience Framework: Training Materials systematically walks a city climate working group through some of the steps involved in conceptualizing, compliling, analyzing and utilizing an initial citywide vulnerability and climate risk study. This series is designed for a community and/or working group with little previous experience conducting climate vulnerability and risk assessments. However, communities that have conducted vulnerability and risk assessments previously will find that this series contains tips that help re-evaluate previoulsy collected data in more systematic manner, allowing clear identification of gaps.


 2.0 INTRODUCTION TO VULNERABILITY & RISK ASSESSMENTS

Introduction | Activity 1 | Case Study
 

 2.1 DEFINING VULNERABILITY & RISK

Introduction | Activity 1
 

 2.2 CLARIFYING YOUR VULNERABILITY FRAMEWORK

Introduction | Activity 1
 

 2.3 TRENDS ANALYSIS

Introduction | Activity 1 | Activity 2 | Activity 3
 

 2.4 CLIMATE CHANGE, EXPOSURE & RISK

Introduction | Activity 1 | Activity 2 | Activity 3
 

 2.5 POVERTY AND VULNERABILITY

Introduction | Activity 1 | Activity 2
 

 2.6 SYSTEM FRAGILITY

Introduction | Activity 1 | Case Study
 

 2.7 VULNERABILITY AND INSTITUTIONS

Introduction | Activity 1
 

 2.8 CONDUCTING YOUR VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT

Introduction | Activity 1

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Citation: 

MacClune, K., Tyler, K., & Opitz-Stapleton, S. (2013). Climate resilience framework: Training materials (Series 2: Understanding vulnerability & risk). Boulder, CO: Institute for Social and Environmental Transition-International.

Series 3: Building Resilience

Series 3 of the Climate Resilience Framework: Training Materials addresses the right hand loop of the Climate Resilience Framework. It reviews the steps required to: 1) Identify Possible Resilience Actions, 2) Prioritize Actions, 3) Design Your Resilience Strategy, 4) Implement Actions, and 5) Monitor the Results of those Actions. The Series 3 materials do not address all of these steps in detail. The materials included are those that ISET has developed to supplement materials available elsewhere, fill gaps, or address topics in unique ways.

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 3.0 RESILIENCE PLANNING: OVERVIEW

 3.1 INTRODUCTION TO RESILIENCE PLANNING

 3.2 SCENARIO DEVELOPMENT

Introduction | Activity 1
 

 3.3 DEVELOPING RESILIENCE OPTIONS

Introduction | Activity 1
 

 3.4 CAPACITY ASSESSMENT

Introduction | Activity 1
 

 3.5 INTRODUCTION TO COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS

 3.6 PARTICIPATORY COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS

Introduction | Activity 1
 

 3.7 QUANTITATIVE COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS

Introduction | Activity 1
 

 3.8 MULTI-CRITERIA ANALYSIS

Introduction | Activity 1

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Citation: 

MacClune, K., Tyler, K., Opitz-Stapleton, S., Hawley, K., & Khan, F. (2013). Climate resilience framework: Training materials (Series 3: Building resilience). Boulder, CO: Institute for Social and Environmental Transition-International.

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