Multilevel Local, Nation- and Regionwide Education and Training in Climate Services, Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation

The proposal is aimed at development of competency-based curricula for continuous comprehensive training of specialists in the field of climate services in Ukraine, as well as the initiation and development of additional education in climate change for decision-makers, experts in climate-dependent economic sectors and the general public, which contribute to stabilization of the national economy in the face of climate change and its adaptation to the upcoming climate change.We will develop competency-based concepts on professional education in the field of climate services and additional education for experts in climate-dependent economic sectors, with regard to existing European experience in this field; teaching and methodological materials, distance and blended learning courses in order to form methodological support for the continuous and comprehensive training of specialists in the field of climate services; blended learning courses in the field of climate change and adaptation to it for decision-makers, as well as massive open online courses in the same area for experts in climate-dependent economic sectors; massive open online courses in the field of climate change and adaptation to it for the broad masses of the population. In order to reach the largest possible audience, ensure ongoing knowledge exchange and initiate new academic opportunities, a virtual research and education platform with a branched system of distance learning courses covering all training cycles and target groups, and the tools for conducting research in the field of climatology and climate change will be organized.Thus, this project proposal completely solves the issues on organization of climate education, which Ukraine is facing, and will contribute, due to the building-up of infrastructure capacity and human resources, to establishment and development of climate services in Ukraine, that, in turn, will contribute to the achievement of sustainable development goals.