This Training Needs Assessment (TNA) on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) is the outcome of inputs, suggestions, and discussions with practitioners, administrators, and experts from DRR, CCA, and development communities from the local to state level. Each has added significant value to this study. We take this opportunity to express our gratitude to all of them.

Today, the world is experiencing some of the worst climate-induced disaster events. In the past decade, the frequency and intensity of such events have been on the rise. It is now becoming a necessity to understand the risks involved and to evolve suitable methods to cope with this changing scenario. Integration between Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) has become the need of the hour. Despite being closely aligned, these two themes are often viewed as disparate, with little or no scope for overlap. OSDMA, under the GOI-UNDP project on “Enhancing Institutional and Community Resilience to Disasters and Climate Change (2013-2017)”, initiated this Training Needs Assessment (TNA) programme to look into the current capacities of various departments and sectors which are directly affected by climate change induced disaster risks. The focus of this exercise was to identify ways to integrate CCA with DRR and ongoing development processes so as to maximise the outcome of efforts being made towards reducing climate risks. This report is the outcome of the efforts done during the exercise, and it provides insight into the entire process involving different stakeholders and research work.