Activities

Year Name Information Country
2011 SimCLIM Training Three day intensive training for IMHEN staff, Ha Noi scheduled for May Viet Nam
2011 Climate change and field assessments One week training and field program in Port Vila and Epi island, Vanuatu Vanuatu
2011 Customised training One-on-one training of key staff of various international agencies on a case-by case basis conducted at the offices of CLIMsystems (Tonga and Fiji trainees) New Zealand
2010 Training Links Day long training and interactive workshop with staff of NIES, Japan Japan
2010 Climate change risk assessessments One week training course with NAPA and SNC staff of the Republic of Tuvalu Tuvalu
2010/11 Climate change and SimCLIM Short training with key government staff in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, three day training as follow up Marshall Islands
2010 Climate change and forestry training Contracted through GIZ for an intensive training session with key stakeholders in Tonga. Tonga
2010 Multiple three day instensive SimCLIM training Included the training of Manidis Roberts and McGarry and Eadie, CH2M Hill staff, Griffith University staff, Staff of the Tanzania National Parks, student of the University of Illinois, staff of the World Bank and Asian Development Bank among others. New Zealand
2010 Climate change and impact assessment tools One day workshop held for various Ministry officials, Ha Noi, Viet Nam Viet Nam
2010 SNC Training Two, one week workshop held with SNC contributors for the Republic of Nauru, including training with TrainCLIM, SimCLIM and PlantGro and stakeholder identification and SNC planning and implementation. Nauru
2010 Climate change risk and adaptation assessment for local planning Two, one week workshops, held with local planners and policy makers in Albay Province, Philippines Philippines
2010 SNC Training One week workshop held with SNC contributors for the island nation of the Bahamas, including training with TrainCLIM, SimCLIM and PlantGro and stakeholder identification and SNC planning and implementation. Bahamas
2009 Climate change risk, water and food security and SimCLIM Training Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia as part of part of APN project. Mongolia
2009 SNC Training One week workshop held with SNC contributors for the island nation of Vanuatu, including training with TrainCLIM, SimCLIM and PlantGro and stakeholder identification and SNC planning and implementation. Vanuatu
2008 SNC Training In support of NCSP-UNDP conducted a six day training session on integrated assessment and climate change adaptation for the Caribbean. Held in Trinidad and Tobago. Trindad and Tobago
2008 SNC Training Six day workwhop held in Honiara, Solomon Islands with wide range of government and non-non government representatives using the range of CLIMsystems software. In preparation for the implementation of research to complete the country's SNC. Solomon Islands
2008 SNC Training One week workshop held with SNC contributors for the island nation of Vanuatu, including sofware customisation, utilisation and maintenance for application in conducting the SNC. Vanuatu
2008 SNC Training SNC Initiation workshop with emphasis on Vulnerability and Adaptation, Bridgetown, Barbados. Applying TrainCLIM and its Sea Level Rise Scenario generator, in collaboration with Dr. Xianfu Lu. Barbados
2008 Climate change risk, water and food security and SimCLIM Training Vladivostock, Russia as part of APN project Russia
2008 SNC Training SNC Initiation workhsop with emphasis on Vulnerability and Adaptation, Apia, Samoa. Applying TrainCLIM and its Sea Level Rise Scenario generator, in collaboration with Drs. Xianfu Lu and Graham Sem. Samoa
2007 SimCLIM Training Bejing, China China
2007-2010 ENS310 Climate Change Adaption, University of the Sunshine Coast Course imparts a broad understanding of the theory, methods, tools and skills required for conducting analyses of: vulnerability and adaptation to climate variability and change (including extreme climatic events); reducing and mitigating global warming; and other environmental changes. Run three times per year applying TrainCLIM and SimCLIM software. Australia
2007-2010 ENS314 Climatic and Hydrological Systems, University of the Sunshine Coast Course imparts a broad understanding of the methods, tools and skills required for conducting analyses of weather, climatic and hydrological data, and integrating climate change with hydrological modeling. This includes issues of water supply, floods, droughts and spatial variability, the understanding and management of risk and uncertainty in the integration of hydrological studies with climate science, climate modeling and extreme event analysis, and the linking of extreme events and long term normals with hydrological models. Run twice a year incorporating SimCLIM software. Australia
2008-2010 Climate Change and Adaptation, University of the South Pacific Course imparts a broad understanding of the theory, methods, tools and skills required for conducting analyses of: vulnerability and adaptation to climate variability and change (including extreme climatic events); reducing and mitigating global warming; and other environmental changes. Run once per year applying TrainCLIM software. Fiji
2008 SEGRA 2008 Climate change risk assessment and adaptation planning workshop held as part of the SEGRA Conference, Albury, NSW. Australia
2007 SEGRA 2007 Climate change risk assessment and adaptation planning workshop held as part of the SEGRA Conference, Wollongong, NSW. Australia
2006 Local Government New Zealand Adapting to Climate Change Workshops Four one-day workshops for local authority politicians and officers held in Auckland, Palmerston North, Nelson/Christchurch and Dunedin on how local authorities can adapt to the impacts of climate change. Funded by the Sustainable Management Fund. New Zealand
2006 SEGRA 2006 Climate change risk assessment and adaptation planning workshop held as part of the SEGRA Conference, Launceston, Tasmania. Australia
2005 SEGRA 2005 Climate change risk assessment and adaptation planning workshop held as part of the SEGRA Conference, Yeppoon, Qld. Australia
2003, 2004 Asian Development Banks Climate Change Adaptation for the Pacific Islands In partnership with Maunsell, an infrastructure company, developed a climate risk and mainstreaming program for two Pacific Island Governments, Cook Islands and Federated States of Micronesia. PC based modelling enabled socio-economic evaluation and determining adaptation costs for projects in each country after climate risk assessments were undertaken at specific sites. Training and awareness undertaken in both countries with officials Cook islands
2003, 2004 AIACC V&A Integrated Assessment and Modelling Workshop for Sri Lanka Two workshops held in Colombo for the purpose of V&A training and software model applications Sri Lanka
2003 Training Workshop on Integrated Models for Dryland Situations Funded by the Australian Government, this workshop for government staff held in Melbourne focussed on the development of integrated models for managing dryland environments Australia
2002 V&A training workshop for Peru Funded by the Peruvian Government, this training workshop forcussed on methods and tools for V&A assessment Peru
2002 AIACC Training sessions Repetitive training sessions provided for members of the UNEP-GEF funded AIACC Programme, during training workshop held in Trieste, Italy Italy
2001 V&A Training in support of National Communications for the Maldives One-week training course held in Male, funded by UNDP-GEF, in support of reporting requirements to the UNFCCC Maldives
2001 Summer Institute training sessions at East-West Centre Three-day training sessions on climate change V&A assessment using Vanda training materials, Hawaii USA
2000 CLIMPACTS training on climate change impacts and adaptation assessment and modelling Inter-agency workshop held for the New Zealand Government New Zealand
2000 Thematic Workshop on V&A Assessment A NCSP-UNDP workshop held in Jakarta Indonesia
2000 Regional Exchange Workshop on Climate Change for the Asian Region A NCSP-UNDP workshop in Kuala Lumpur in which Vanda training materials were applied for Asia country participants Malaysia
2000 Caribbean Capacity Building Workshop on V&A Assessment Funded by NCSP-UNDP, this 2-week workshop for Caribbean countries was held in Trinidad and Tobago for the purpose of assisting Caribbean countries with the preparation of their National Communications to the UNFCCC Trindad and Tobago
1999 PACCLIM Training Workshop Funded by the Asia-Pacific Network and the World Bank, the Auckland workshop for Pacific Island countries included training in climate scenario generation tools and impact assessment New Zealand
1999 USP Professional Training A "train-the-trainers" course held at the University of the South Pacific, the recipient of the Pacific Vanda training package, with joint funding from UNDP-GEF and NZ Government Fiji
1998 PICCAP V&A Training Course Six-month training course using the Vanda V&A package for 22 Pacific Island participants held in Hamilton, New Zealand. New Zealand
1997 Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe Two-week trialing of Vanda V&A training package, for 16 participants from southern African countries. Zimbabwe