Climate Adaptation Strategies for Disaster Recovery Training Course in Lagos, Nigeria
Classroom training in Lagos · next cohort Nov 16, 2026 · from USD 2,800
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.
At a Glance
Training in Lagos, Nigeria
Lagos is Nigeria's commercial capital and West Africa's largest business centre.
More about training in Lagos →- Format
- Classroom, in Lagos
- Duration
- Mon - Fri (5 Days)
- Fee
- USD 2,800
- Next start dates
- Nov 16, 2026, Dec 14, 2026, Jan 11, 2027
- Certificate
- Certificate of Completion
- Airport
- Murtala Muhammed International (LOS)
- Time zone
- West Africa Time (UTC+1)
- Currency
- Nigerian naira (NGN). Fees are listed in USD.
- Business districts
- Victoria Island, Ikoyi, Lekki and Ikeja
About this course
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.
Training Objectives
By the end of the course, participants will 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.
- Evaluate nature-based and low-regret options against cost, feasibility and local acceptance.
- Design inclusive recovery processes that reach women, youth, older people and persons with disabilities.
- Identify financing routes for resilient recovery, including climate funds and risk transfer.
- Develop indicators to monitor whether recovery reduces future risk.
What you'll learn
Key Takeaways
Participants leave the course with:
- A draft climate-adaptive recovery plan outline for their own context.
- A hazard and vulnerability map built with a simple, repeatable method.
- A screening checklist for testing recovery projects against future climate risk.
- Arguments and evidence for presenting resilience costs to funders and treasuries.
- A set of monitoring indicators linking recovery results to reduced risk.
Training Methodology
The programme is scenario-driven and aimed at the decisions recovery teams actually face. It uses:
- Short expert inputs on each stage of the recovery cycle
- Field scenarios based on flood and drought recovery in African settings
- Mapping and planning workshops in small groups
- Structured peer review of each participant's draft recovery framework
- Discussion of real constraints such as funding gaps and weak coordination
Day 1: Climate Risk and the Recovery Challenge
- How climate change alters flood, drought and storm patterns
- Disaster risk as hazard, exposure and vulnerability
- The Sendai Framework and the recovery priority
- Why like-for-like reconstruction repeats losses
- Using climate projections and seasonal forecasts in planning
- Case review: recovery after a major flood
Day 2: Assessing Damage, Needs and Vulnerability
- Post-disaster needs assessment and its sector modules
- Community vulnerability and capacity assessment
- Gender, age and disability dimensions of vulnerability
- Participatory hazard mapping with local knowledge
- Prioritising areas and groups for recovery support
- Exercise: building a vulnerability profile
Day 3: Adaptive Reconstruction and Infrastructure
- Build-back-better principles in practice
- Climate-informed design standards for roads, schools and clinics
- Settlement relocation and land use decisions
- Water supply and drainage resilience
- Nature-based solutions such as wetlands, mangroves and catchment restoration
- Exercise: screening projects against future hazards
Day 4: Livelihoods, Food Security and Social Recovery
- Restoring climate-resilient agriculture and livestock systems
- Diversifying income and protecting household assets
- Social protection and cash transfers in recovery
- Early warning systems and anticipatory action
- Community-led recovery and local governance
- Managing displacement and returns
Day 5: Financing, Coordination and Monitoring
- Budgets, climate funds and development partner financing
- Disaster insurance and risk transfer options
- Coordinating national, county and non-state actors
- Recovery results frameworks and indicators
- Learning loops and adjusting plans over time
- Presenting an action plan for the participant's organisation
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
- Agricultural extension and food security officers
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.
Choose Where You Want to Learn
Climate Adaptation Strategies for Disaster Recovery Training Course Venues
NigeriaLagosNext Nov 16· 13 dates$2,800Viewing- NigeriaAbujaNext Nov 9· 13 dates$2,800
KenyaNairobiNext Nov 9· 13 dates$1,500- KenyaMombasaNext Oct 26· 13 dates$1,600
- KenyaNaivashaNext Nov 2· 13 dates$1,500
- KenyaKisumuNext Oct 26· 13 dates$1,500
- KenyaMachakosNext Nov 2· 13 dates$1,600
UgandaKampalaNext Nov 2· 13 dates$1,900
RwandaKigaliNext Oct 26· 13 dates$1,900
TanzaniaArushaNext Nov 9· 13 dates$1,900- TanzaniaDodomaNext Oct 26· 13 dates$1,800
- TanzaniaDar es SalaamNext Oct 26· 13 dates$2,000
- TanzaniaZanzibarNext Nov 16· 13 dates$2,600
South AfricaPretoriaNext Nov 2· 13 dates$3,200- South AfricaJohannesburgNext Nov 2· 13 dates$3,400
- South AfricaCape TownNext Oct 26· 13 dates$3,800
UAEDubaiNext Oct 26· 13 dates$3,800
GhanaAccraNext Nov 16· 13 dates$4,500
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Frequently Asked Questions About Climate Adaptation Strategies for Disaster Recovery Training Course in Lagos
Everything you need to know about this course before you register.
Climate Adaptation Strategies for Disaster Recovery Training Course runs as classroom training in Lagos, Nigeria, in Monday-to-Friday cohorts that start every four weeks. The venue, daily timings and joining details are sent in your Joining Instructions email ahead of the start date.
The next Lagos cohort starts on November 16, 2026, and a new intake follows every four weeks. Pick a date under "Upcoming sessions in Lagos" above and click Register; your seat is confirmed once payment or a signed purchase order is received.
The classroom fee for Climate Adaptation Strategies for Disaster Recovery Training Course in Lagos is USD 2,800 per delegate, covering tuition and course materials. Register 3 or more delegates together and a 5% team discount is applied automatically.
Yes. Besides Lagos, Climate Adaptation Strategies for Disaster Recovery Training Course runs as classroom training in Abuja. It also runs as live online training you can join from anywhere in Nigeria, and in-house at your organisation's own premises.
Yes — Climate Adaptation Strategies for Disaster Recovery Training Course can be delivered at your offices in Lagos or at a venue you choose, on dates that suit your team, with case studies tailored to your sector. Message our training advisors to request a proposal.
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.
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.
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