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Climate Change Curriculum Development Preparing the Next Generation of Climate Change Experts

Module 1 Module 2 Basic Climate Change Social & Environmental Soundness

Module 3 Module 4 Low Emission Land Use Planning Carbon Measurement & Monitoring

1 4 3 6 Curriculum Modules Years Countries

60 700 30,000 730 Universities Professors Undergraduates Graduates Training Needs Refining Curriculum Curriculum Rollout in Assessment • Active learning exercises created • Conducted with universities and • Training scenarios designed • Strong leadership by Vietnam partners Forestry University, • Lesson plans, lecture notes, key University and University • Relevant topics prioritized to messages developed develop climate change curriculum • An inter-disciplinary team of • Teaching demo conducted professors established to advance • Four module teams formed • Feedback provided for module climate change education • Module outlines developed improvement • Curriculum initiative supported by • Curriculum materials refined USAID Vietnam Forests & Deltas • Interactive seminars organized in five locations: , Da Lat, Vinh, Thanh Hoa and Long An

12 professors 56 professors & climate change experts 245 professors & governmental officers 8 universities 12 universities 13 universities & schools 4 countries: Thailand, Laos, 6 targeted countries 5 locations in Vietnam Cambodia & Vietnam

Jan & Jun, Aug & Oct 2012 Aug 2013 Aug 2014 Dec 2014 Bangkok Bangkok May 2014 Kuala Lumpur Dec 2014 Bangkok Bangkok Vietnam

Materials Training of Trainers Curriculum Rollout in Development and for the Asia-Pacific Thailand Curriculum Testing • Intensive Training of Trainers for • Curriculum initiative led by three the Asia-Pacific conducted universities: Kasetsart, • Module teams expanded and Phayao • Four parallel interactive trainings • Learning objectives defined delivered • Competent team of inter-disciplinary • Necessary knowledge, skills and master trainers established • Innovative ideas exchanged across attitudes identified four modules • Interactive seminar delivered for a • Four packages of module materials network of 16 universities • Series of active learning activities developed applied • Additional support by USAID LEAD • Test training on four modules and RECOFTC conducted

60 professors & climate change experts 100 professors & climate change experts 50 professors & climate change experts 12 universities 14 universities 16 universities in Thailand 6 countries: Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, 6 targeted countries plus India Vietnam, & Papua New Guinea Curriculum Rollout in Curriculum Rollout in Success Stories Cambodia Laos in Climate Change Education in the • Curriculum initiative led by the • Strong leadership by the National Asia-Pacific Royal University of Phnom Penh University of Laos and the Royal University of • Solid team of master trainers Agriculture • Success stories in advancing created to advance climate change climate change in the Asia-Pacific • Committed team of master trainers education created to advance climate change • Success stories and lessons • Support provided by the US education learned documented and shared Embassy Vientiane • Support provided by the US • Key messages sent to university • Interactive seminar delivered for a Embassy Phnom Penh leaders and development actors network of 6 universities • Interactive seminar delivered to 8 • Planning ways forward universities

245 professors & governmental officers 80 professors, governmental officers 60 professors & governmental 7 countries: Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, 13 universities & schools & practitioners officers in Laos Cambodia, Malaysia, Papua New 5 locations in Vietnam 8 universities in Cambodia 6 universities in Laos Guinea & Ethiopia 63 universities & colleges 700 professors 30,800 students

Dec 2014 Jan 2015 Feb 2015 Apr 2015 May 2015 Aug 2015 Sept 2015 Bangkok Phnom Penh Bangkok Vientiane Bangkok Bangkok onward

Regional Training on Advanced Training Next Steps LELUP Role Plays on Climate Change Curriculum in Thailand • E-learning platform developed • A series of dynamic trainings on • Curriculum materials including LELUP role plays conducted presentations, lecture notes and • Intensive Training of Trainers for reference materials published the Asia-Pacific conducted • Realistic set of common online at: circumstances and challenges • Four parallel interactive trainings leafasia.org/curriculum in a complex context of land use delivered courses.recoftc.org planning created and tested • Innovative ideas exchanged across • Curriculum promoted at • Strategies on how to teach LELUP four modules USAID/Washington’s role plays designed climatelinks.org website • Series of active learning activities applied

50 professors & climate change experts 27 professors & experts 40 professors & climate change experts Worldwide outreach 16 universities in Thailand 12 universities 15 universities in Thailand 6 targeted countries Module 1 Basic Climate Change

CLIMATE CHANGE

HUMAN TEMPERATURE INTERFERENCE

HUMIDITY EXTREMES ACTS IMP VARIABILITY WIND VULNERABILITIES ADAPTATION

MITIGATION

RESPONSES

Key Messages

Given the significance of climate Learning about climate change This module covers a broad range change for people and the is relevant for students in many of climate change topics, including environment, students need broad disciplines, including natural and causes and effects; mitigation knowledge on climate change social sciences. and adaptation; and effective topics. communication.

Taking early action on a 2014 Dr. Somvang Phimmavong of the decree by the Vietnam Ministry of National University of Laos is using Education in capacity building on the USAID LEAF curriculum materials climate change in the education for online classes at the ASEAN sector, Da Lat University introduced Cyber University and the Faculty a mandatory course, ‘Introduction to of Forest Sciences has designed a Climate Change’, to more than 8,000 students in 2015 new master’s degree program on Forest Resource with great success. Management for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation. Dr. Lam Ngoc Tuan, Dean of the Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, says, “In the “Not only are my students more engaged, but near future, Da Lat University will expand the climate developing these materials with professors and change course to different target groups and adapt the instructors from so many different universities has training design to specific disciplines and localities.” enriched climate change education in Laos,” Dr. Somvang says. Module 2 Social & Environmental Soundness

Key Messages

Knowledge on social and Much of the course material is This module covers a broad environmental soundness can relevant to any climate change range of social and environmental optimize human and environmental action realized through on-the- soundness topics, focusing on well-being beyond boundaries ground projects. core underlying principles as well of climate change mitigation and as REDD+ project application. adaptation.

Since implementing the USAID Dr. Tran Thi Thu Ha of Vietnam LEAF climate change curriculum at Forestry University updates the the School of Natural and Physical curriculum with local evidence of Sciences at the University of Papua climate change impacts relevant New Guinea, Mr. Freddie Alei to the audience. Her students are has had more students enroll in his very active in classroom activities course, increasing from 100 to 260. He also adapted by bringing in authentic examples of climate change the curriculum for a new course entitled ‘Social and impacts and discussing adaptation and mitigation Environmental Soundness in the Pacific (SESP)’, for measures for a specific area. fourth year students in the Environmental Science & Geography Discipline. “In the scenario about climate change in Thanh Hoa province and how the people there try to adapt and “When I introduced these new materials at the mitigate climate change effects on the people, I think university, it was fantastic because everybody started the important thing is whether you train academics at attending the course and they really like it because the the university level or train people at the local level, you materials were updated, the references and everything must adapt the material,” explains Dr. Thu Ha. were updated,” Freddie says. Module 3 Low Emission Land Use Planning 5 1 Monitoring Enabling & Evaluation Environment

4 2

Negotiation Assessment & Prioritization of Current Condition 3

Analysis of Future Options

Key Messages

A changing climate is increasing This module explores five critical A set of five role plays facilitates demand and competition for steps to help land use planners interactive learning of complex increasingly scarce land resources and policy makers find the low emission land use planning and low emission land use balance of social, economic and concepts. planning plays an important role in environmental needs. balancing competing needs.

After being trained by USAID LEAF, Teaching at the Faculty of Mrs. Somvilay Chanthalounnavong Environmental & Natural Resources of the National University of Laos Management at Vietnam’s Da Lat feels more confident delivering her University, Ms. Cao Thuy Anh is courses. She explains, “It’s easier for excited to share how satisfied her me to prepare lessons because the students are with the rich materials in material is ready to use. There are examples, case the USAID LEAF curriculum. studies and guides for the instructor about how to explain the concepts and how to use the material.” “We have a lot of information as well as examples from different countries. Based on the curriculum materials, I Mrs. Somvilay uses role plays in her classes, which add other examples from Vietnam and so the students stimulate active learning and faciliate discourse about really like it. Another part is that the slides are very the complexity of technical land use planning. She interactive. We have a lot of diagrams, pictures, and takes early steps to prepare future policy makers in not a lot of words like we used to prepare for the slides Laos to gradually shift from traditional to adaptive land so the students really enjoy it,” Ms. Thuy Anh says. use planning with emphasis on emission scenarios. Module 4 Carbon Measurement & Monitoring

Key Messages

Forests play an important role The UNFCCC has called This module provides an overview in regulating earth’s climate. for transparent, reliable and of forest carbon stocks and Increasing forest area and accurate inventories of carbon change and also introduces avoiding deforestation and forest emissions and stocks at regional methodologies for forest carbon degradation are key components and national scales from all measurement and monitoring. of climate change mitigation. signatory countries as a first step towards climate mitigation.

Dr. Modh Zaki Hamzah, Deputy At Kasetsart University in Thailand, Dean of Forestry at Universiti Dr. Sapit Diloksumpun is applying Putra Malaysia, is very proud that standard operating procedures for two faculties from the university carbon measurement in the field. are involved in the USAID LEAF Her students really enjoy learning curriculum development. systematic methods and useful tools.

At the university, his team is revising the curriculum by “Everyone is concerned with climate change in Thailand integrating materials from the USAID LEAF curriculum. now, including universities,” says Dr. Sapit. “USAID Satisfied with his curriculum revision work, Dr. Zaki LEAF has prepared very good teaching materials and says, “We are revising our curriculum under the integrating them into Thai universities is important for Bachelor of Forestry Science program for three minors, the future of climate change education in Thailand and which are Forest Management, Wildlife Ecology and across the region.” Management and Urban Forestry Management.” Courses available at: courses.recoftc.org

Module 1 Module 2 Module 3 Module 4 Basic Climate Change Social & Environmental Low Emission Land Use Carbon Measurement & Soundness Planning Monitoring

The e-learning platform will: • Ensure sustainability of the climate change curriculum • Provide a mechanism to receive user feedback and updates • Introduce new target groups to the climate change curriculum • Facilitate sharing of case studies and success stories by educators and practitioners • Strengthen the network of academic institutions and stakeholders engaged in climate change education

Key participating universities

I think one of the most successful things USAID LEAF has done that I am thrilled about is the curriculum materials. USAID LEAF did it right because they got the universities involved from the outset and got them enthused. They have bought into it and are invested in it. It’s an “ invaluable resource for future generations of climate change study.”

Dr. Sandra Brown Lead Scientist, Winrock International 2007 Nobel Peace Prize diploma recipient

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