Floods, droughts and storms are arriving more often, and recovery that simply restores what was lost leaves communities exposed to the next event. Over five days, participants learn how to turn post-disaster recovery into a chance to reduce climate risk. Sessions cover hazard, exposure and vulnerability assessment, post-disaster needs assessment, and the Sendai Framework priorities that guide resilient reconstruction.
You then work through build-back-better principles, nature-based solutions, climate-informed infrastructure and livelihood recovery, before looking at recovery financing, climate funds, insurance and community participation. Case files draw on drought and flood recovery in East Africa and other regions. The programme suits disaster management officers, county and national planners, NGO and humanitarian programme managers, donor staff and engineers working on reconstruction. Delivery is by classroom in major cities, online or in-house for your organisation, and a CPD-accredited certificate is awarded at the end. Afterwards you can draft a climate-adaptive recovery plan, justify resilience measures to funders and set indicators that show whether recovery is genuinely reducing risk.
Disasters are no longer isolated shocks. In many parts of Africa, repeated floods and prolonged droughts erode household assets before communities have recovered from the last event. When recovery programmes rebuild the same roads, schools and livelihoods in the same vulnerable locations, the next hazard undoes the investment. Governments and development partners therefore expect recovery plans to show how climate risk will be lower afterwards than before.
The Climate Adaptation Strategies for Disaster Recovery Training Course follows a recovery programme from assessment to monitoring. Participants begin with climate projections and local risk, then analyse who and what is vulnerable and why. They move on to recovery planning, sector strategies for housing, water, agriculture and infrastructure, and the institutional arrangements that keep adaptation in the plan once funding is released. A full session addresses how recovery is paid for, including national budgets, climate funds, insurance and community contributions.
Teaching is applied. Participants work with realistic scenarios, produce risk maps and sector plans, and leave with a draft adaptation-focused recovery framework for their own district, agency or programme.
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
Participants leave the course with:
The programme is scenario-driven and aimed at the decisions recovery teams actually face. It uses:
Day 1: Climate Risk and the Recovery Challenge
Day 2: Assessing Damage, Needs and Vulnerability
Day 3: Adaptive Reconstruction and Infrastructure
Day 4: Livelihoods, Food Security and Social Recovery
Day 5: Financing, Coordination and Monitoring
The course is aimed at people who plan, fund or deliver recovery after climate-related disasters, including:
On completing the programme, participants receive a CPD-accredited Certificate of Completion issued by Vision Reach Global Consultancy. It is awarded to those who attend the sessions and complete the group and individual planning exercises.
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By the end of the Climate Adaptation Strategies for Disaster Recovery programme, you'll be able to assess hazard, exposure and vulnerability using climate information and community knowledge, apply the sendai framework and build-back-better principles to recovery planning, integrate adaptation measures into housing, water, agriculture and infrastructure recovery, and evaluate nature-based and low-regret options against cost, feasibility and local acceptance. The full breakdown of topics is covered session by session in the Course Outline tab above.
The course is aimed at people who plan, fund or deliver recovery after climate-related disasters, including: Disaster risk management officers in national and county governments, Humanitarian and recovery programme managers in NGOs, Urban and physical planners, Civil and water engineers working on reconstruction, Climate change and environment officers, Donor and development partner programme staff, Red Cross and community resilience coordinators, and Agricultural extension and food security officers.
Climate Adaptation Strategies for Disaster Recovery Training Course typically runs as 5 Days. It's available as in-person classroom, live virtual, and in-house corporate training — every course can also be delivered on-site for your team on dates that suit you.
Climate Adaptation Strategies for Disaster Recovery Training Course is scheduled in-classroom in Nairobi, Kenya, Mombasa, Kenya, Naivasha, Kenya, and Kisumu, Kenya, and 14 other locations, plus a live interactive virtual classroom you can join from anywhere. Check the schedule panel above for exact upcoming dates and fees in each location.
The next live virtual cohort of Climate Adaptation Strategies for Disaster Recovery starts October 12, 2026, with new classroom cohorts also running on a rolling basis. Pick a date and location in the schedule panel above, then click "Register for the Course" — it takes a few minutes and your seat is confirmed once payment or a signed purchase order is received.
Yes — delegates who meet the attendance requirement receive a Certificate of Completion for Climate Adaptation Strategies for Disaster Recovery Training Course from Vision Reach Global Consultancy, issued in the name you register with, so double-check the spelling at checkout.
Climate Adaptation Strategies for Disaster Recovery Training Course is pitched at intermediate professionals. If you're unsure whether it's the right fit for your current role or background, message our training advisors before you register and they'll help you confirm.
Fees for Climate Adaptation Strategies for Disaster Recovery Training Course vary by delivery location and format and are shown in real time in the schedule panel above once you pick a date. Register 3 or more delegates on the same course together and a 5% team discount is applied automatically — larger cohorts can request a custom corporate quote.
Yes — Climate Adaptation Strategies for Disaster Recovery Training Course can be delivered on-site at your offices (or virtually for distributed teams), with case studies and examples tailored to your industry and the specific challenges your team is working through. Switch to the "In-House" tab in the schedule panel above to request a proposal.
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