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Updated on June 23, 2025

Climate Resilience & Environmental Sustainability

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Summary: Developing skills and knowledge to strengthen NGOs

Climate change and environmental degradation are increasingly significant drivers of humanitarian crises globally, causing impacts such as food and water shortages, displacement, and threats to livelihoods. As NGOs work with vulnerable communities, often in fragile and conflict-affected contexts, understanding and addressing these risks is crucial for effective relief and development efforts. This learning pathway provides essential knowledge and practical tools to help NGOs integrate climate resilience and environmental sustainability into their operations.

Build your expertise in Strategic Planning

Integrating climate resilience and environmental sustainability into strategic planning allows NGOs to anticipate and respond to climate-related threats, safeguard development gains, and enhance the long-term impact and sustainability of their work in an increasingly unsafe world. Developing expertise in this area ensures that climate risks are at the heart of decision-making, leading to more effective programming and greater alignment with global goals for climate action.

What You’ll Learn

  • Understand the core concepts of climate risk, resilience, and disaster risk reduction.
  • Identify key climate vulnerabilities relevant to your organisation’s work and target communities.
  • Explore how to mainstream climate considerations into NGO policies, strategies, and programme cycles.
  • Learn about different approaches to building capacity for climate action within your organisation and with partners.
  • Identify avenues for accessing climate finance and understand funding dynamics.
  • Discover the value of collaboration and partnerships in enhancing climate resilience efforts.
  • Recognise common challenges and pitfalls in integrating climate action.

Modules in This Pathway

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Module 4: Tools and Strategies for Equitable Empowerment

Introduction This module explores practical tools, strategies, and approaches th

Module 3: Financing for Sustainable Development

Introduction Achieving sustainable development goals, including those related to

Module 2: Trade, Markets, and Food Security

Introduction This module explores the complex relationship between trade policie

Module 1: Understanding Sustainable Economic Development & Equity

Introduction This module introduces the fundamental concepts of sustainable deve

Module 5: Collaborating for Greater Climate Impact

Introduction Addressing climate change and building resilience requires collabor

Module 4: Navigating Climate Finance for NGOs

Introduction Accessing appropriate and sufficient finance is critical for NGOs t

Module 3: Building Capacity for Climate Resilience

Introduction This module focuses on the critical role of capacity development in

Module 2: Mainstreaming Climate Action in NGO Operations

Introduction This module explores how NGOs can integrate climate risk reduction

Module 1: Understanding Climate Risk and Resilience for NGOs

Introduction This module introduces the fundamental concepts of climate risk and

Module 5: Presenting Your Advocacy Plan in a Proposal

Introduction A well-developed advocacy plan needs to be effectively communicated

Module 4: Building Support Through Stakeholder Engagement

Introduction Effective advocacy is rarely a solitary effort; it requires collabo

Module 3: Planning Your Advocacy Strategy and Activities

Introduction With a clear problem and desired change defined, the next step is t

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