Master's Degree in Continuing Education in Disaster Risk Management and Climate Governance + 60 ECTS Credits

This Master's degree has been designed to provide professionals from different disciplines with the necessary knowledge and skills for applied research, and for the management of means and tools that can be used in the fields of Disaster Risk Management and climate governance. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), climate governance is related to mechanisms and voluntary measures destined to run social systems towards prevention, mitigation or adaptation to the risks caused by climate change (Jagers and Steripple, IPCC glossary).

This program’s objective is to equip the students with the knowledge and skills to: - Understand Disaster Risk Management as a continuous process built upon social, cultural, economic and institutional circumstances, and that operates in contexts of constant hazard, climate variability and climate change. - Identify and analyze the actions and measures required for prospective and corrective risk management. - Understand disaster risk finance management, climate finances and post-disaster recovery processes after a disaster. - Understand the role and operations of technological and information tools relevant to risk management, climate variability and climate change. - Understand the climate change context and its relationship with Disaster Risk Management. - Analyze the global climate governance challenges, the key players and the required mechanisms and measures to address such challenges. - Understand the different adaptive climate governance tools and measures applied by territorial, sectorial, institutional, public, private and communal agencies. - Encourage the creation of knowledge to promote research and the development of risk management and climate governance approaches

At the end of the program, the students of this program will have the necessary knowledge and skills to: • Conduct research with Disaster Risk Management and climate governance tools and assets. • Prepare, implement, and evaluate Disaster Risk Management and climate governance technical studies, diagnosis, projects, programs and measures. • Formulate disaster risk mitigation and adaptation strategies • Provide consultancy consulting services • Become a specialized educator or public official.

Therefore, acquiring knowledge and skills in this subject is highly relevant in a world more and more exposed to climate-related phenomena

The main groups of interest include engineers, architects, experts on Earth science, economic science, social science, environmental science, ecologists, sociologists, biologists, hydrologists, educators, geographers and other professionals interested in developing their competences in risk management and climate governance.

La presente formación no está incluida dentro del ámbito de la formación oficial reglada (Educación Infantil, Educación Primaria, Educación Secundaria, Formación Profesional Oficial FP, Bachillerato, Grado Universitario, Master Oficial Universitario y Doctorado). Se trata por tanto de una formación complementaria y/o de especialización, dirigida a la adquisición de determinadas competencias, habilidades o aptitudes de índole profesional, pudiendo ser baremable como mérito en bolsas de trabajo y/o concursos oposición, siempre dentro del apartado de Formación Complementaria y/o Formación Continua siendo siempre imprescindible la revisión de los requisitos específicos de baremación de las bolsa de trabajo público en concreto a la que deseemos presentarnos.