Learn nature-based solutions and strategies for coastal climate resilience and adaptation.
This professional development course in Coastal Climate Resilience is a collaboration between the and the at UC Santa Cruz. Students in the Coastal Climate Resilience course will draw on UC Santa Cruz's expertise in coastal climate resilience and policy, including the application of nature-based solutions, local adaptation planning, and innovations. Participants will learn from experts in the academic, public, and private sectors.
Through cohort-based instruction and activities grounded in science, participants will build knowledge and skills relating to adaptation and resilience strategies, nature-based solutions, how to apply for funding, innovative financing, the insurance landscape, equitable engagement of interested parties, and more. This course is designed for those actively working in the field of coastal climate resilience with an aim to have practitioners apply learnings in real time.
The course aims to increase the number of practitioners in coastal communities that are knowledgeable and prepared to integrate a range of sustainability solutions. Practitioners will have the opportunity to network and workshop practical solutions that are applicable to their current role in coastal sustainability and resilience.
Students in the Coastal Climate Resilience course will learn to navigate coastal adaptation and sustainability projects from policies to practice for a resilient future. The course will help practitioners build a framework of opportunities, innovations, and practical solutions in coastal climate resilience.
Skills Required:
This course is designed for those actively working in the field of coastal climate resilience with an aim to have practitioners apply learnings in real time. In order to be eligible to enroll students must meet this requirement.
