Adapting Climate Change Education, Skills and Sustainability for Advancing Locally-Led Solutions

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Climate change poses a significant threat to human society. Countries like Bangladesh are greatly prone to climate change-induced disasters which disproportionately affects vulnerable communities. The current approach to generating knowledge, curricula and strategies on climate change adaptation and green transition are often top-down and Northern-led. This leads to a vacuum of contextualized knowledge, green skills and understanding of locally-led innovations from the Global South. To transition to net zero or a low-carbon and sustainable economy, developing green skills among the workforce and vulnerable communities is essential. This project proposes to co-design and co-develop, blended innovative practice-based short courses on climate change education and green skills from the Global South to advance contextualized knowledge and locally-led solutions by developing skills of faculty, students, professionals, and vulnerable communities. Through our 3 key work-packages, we will: 1) Shift the discourse on curricula and skills development in Climate Change, Environment, Health, and Sustainable Development to global southern practice-based curricula and locally-led solutions: Co-design and co-develop short online courses with key stakeholders to equip students, professionals and practitioners with employer demand-driven green skills as a key driver for sustainable employment. 2) Empower and mobilize communities in climate-affected areas to address climate change, environment, health, and sustainable development: Work with Community Ambassadors who will be engaged in the co-design and co-development of training guides to improve community awareness for a greener economy. 3) Develop a Southern-led curricula-based platform on climate change, environment, health and sustainable development: To act as a globally-accessible repository for regional resources, case studies and training materials to ensure sustainability of the project beyond the funding period.