Building Capacity for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Through Mainstreaming Climate Change in Curricula of Tertiary Training Institutions in Africa

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dc.contributor.authorEfitre, Jackson
dc.contributor.authorNatugonza, Vianny
dc.contributor.authorMusinguzi, Laban
dc.contributor.authorOlokotum, Mark
dc.contributor.authorNaigaga, Shamim
dc.contributor.authorOgutu-Ohwayo, Richard
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-24T17:49:44Z
dc.date.available2023-01-24T17:49:44Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractClimate variability and change, which intensified since 1970s, are threatening natural resources and livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa where people depend on climate sensitive natural resources, such as agriculture and fisheries, but have limited capacity to adapt. Increasing human and institutional capacity to address threats posed by climate change to natural resources and livelihoods requires building capacity to generate and disseminate information and knowledge on climate change, its impacts, adaptation and mitigation through research, education and raising awareness by tertiary training institutions. Most tertiary training institutions in Africa have curricula covering basic and applied natural resources management but most of them do not include climate change. This paper presents a training curriculum and manual that was developed to fill this gap. The purpose of the paper is to provide in-depth information on how Climate Change can be integrated into the fisheries and aquaculture curricula of tertiary training institutions. It also provides students, scientists, practitioners, and policy makers with an understanding of key concepts and approaches to climate change mitigation measures, adaptation strategies, and policies. The aim is to mainstream climate change in fisheries training. The specific objectives are to facilitate introduction of climate change in fisheries training in Uganda that can be developed further and adopted by other countries in Africa and elsewhere; Equip students with scientific and technical capacity to anticipate and evaluate changes in climate and its influence, communicate information to stakeholders, design, and test adaptation strategies and mitigation measures; and Increase human resource capacity to address climate change issues through reviewing and strengthening of the national education system. The curriculum consists of seven modules covering: Major threats to natural resources; Introduction to climate change; Implications of climate change on aquatic productivity processes and fisheries; Implications of climate change on aquaculture; Livelihoods, impacts, adaptation and mitigation; Aquatic ecosystem modeling in relation to climate change; Principles, policies, regulations and institutions required to address impacts of climate change. The modules will be delivered through lectures, discussions, case studies and field visits. It is recommended that the curriculum and manual be incorporated into training programs of tertiary training institutions to build the capacity required to address climate change challenges particularly for fisheries in Africa.en_US
dc.identifier.citationEfitre, J., Natugonza, V., Musinguzi, L., Olokotum, M., Naigaga, S., & Ogutu-Ohwayo, R. (2017). Building capacity for climate change mitigation and adaptation through mainstreaming climate change in curricula of tertiary training institutions in Africa. In Climate change research at universities (pp. 423-440). Springer, Cham. DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-58214-6_27en_US
dc.identifier.other10.1007/978-3-319-58214-6_27
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/7177
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringer, Chamen_US
dc.subjectClimate changeen_US
dc.subjectAdaptationen_US
dc.subjectMitigationen_US
dc.subjectCapacity buildingen_US
dc.subjectFisheries resourcesen_US
dc.subjectLivelihoodsen_US
dc.subjectTertiary institutionsen_US
dc.titleBuilding Capacity for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Through Mainstreaming Climate Change in Curricula of Tertiary Training Institutions in Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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