Becoming Climate Resilient

Strengthen your understanding, confidence and skills to lead practical climate adaptation and build resilience in your organisation.

Becoming Climate Resilient is a one‑day capacity building course that strengthens your understanding, confidence and capabilities to plan and deliver climate adaptation actions. It gives you the practical insight and momentum to lead your organisation’s climate resilience journey, helping you move from awareness to action in Scotland’s changing climate.

The course is delivered by Verture - the climate resilience charity and endorsed by the Edinburgh Climate Change Institute.

As climate change brings about more frequent and severe disruption across the systems we all rely upon, building resilience is an increasingly urgent priority for businesses, government and communities. Yet, adapting to climate change remains a new challenge for many.

Becoming climate resilient provides opportunities not only for responding to climate risks, but also to generate a range of positive benefits for people and nature, now and for the years ahead.

What you will learn

Learning outcomes:

• An understanding of the current and future climate context for Scotland, and how that can impact you and your organisation
• Confidence in identifying and prioritising adaptation actions
• Knowledge, skills and capabilities to support your organisation’s adaptation journey
• Resources tailored to your identified next steps, to support you in becoming a climate resilient organisation

How will the course be run?

This one day course will be delivered in-person at the Edinburgh Climate Change Institute and will consist of presentations, interactive workshops, and group discussion. This format will allow you to engage with other participants, and opportunities to apply learning to your organisation’s context. You will be sent a confirmation and joining information one week prior to the training date.

Who is this suitable for?

This course is designed for anyone wishing to learning more about how to ensure our people, places and organisations can respond to our changing climate. Training is aimed at those with some understanding of climate change, however no specific knowledge of climate resilience and adaptation is required. Please note that the content of this course is most relevant to a Scottish context, however participants based outside of Scotland are welcome to participate.

About your training provider

Verture (formerly Sniffer) is a climate resilience charity based in Scotland. With over 30 years of expertise in climate adaptation and resilience, Verture uses the power of collaboration to grow flourishing futures for all in a changing climate.

Our team work on leading edge climate resilience and adaptation projects across Scotland and internationally, including delivering the Adaptation Scotland Programme, funded by the Scottish Government. We are the leading provider of adaptation support for the public sector in Scotland and our work sets the standard for best practices, for a fairer, climate-resilient Scotland.

Verture is a resident organisation of the Edinburgh Climate Change Institute (ECCI). ECCI expert researchers have informed the development of this training, and endorses Verture's Becoming Climate Resilient training.

Can't see any course dates that suit your availability? Contact us at training@verture.org.uk to explore other arrangements.