Attendees will gain a knowledge of:

• The risks and challenges faced by a range of industry sectors
• The scale and spread of the threats of climate change
• The key concepts and science underpinning causes of climate change adaptation
• Environmentally appropriate tools and techniques used in climate change adaptation
• Irrigation Fundamentals
• The range of social and political responses to the threats of climate change

Day 1:

• Climate variability, climate change and adaptation processes for water management
• Climate change overview
• Impact of climate change on the water sector
• Conditions, values and assumptions
• Sectoral adaptive responses
• Overview of development and water management issues in the climatically vulnerable coastal zones.

Day 2:

• Introduction to irrigation
• Irrigation efficiencies
• Dealing with increasing urban run-off and flooding
• Adaptation tools and techniques and scalar responses
• Energy and water
• Water infrastructure and interdependencies
• Industrial ecology, water and climate change adaptation
• Policy and practical responses to adapting to changing climate conditions in general and for the water sector