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How Do We Manage Climate Change? (Coursera)

In this course, learners will identify the types of actions that we can pursue to address climate change. These actions fall into two broad categories: 1) mitigation, which refers to efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or enhance carbon sinks, and 2) adaptation, which refers to our preparations for [...]

Our Earth's Future (Coursera)

Our Earth’s Future is about the science of climate change and how to talk about it. You will learn from scientists in the fields of climatology, oceanography, Earth science, and anthropology who study how climate change is affecting people, populations, and ways of life. Explore the multiple lines of [...]

Comportamiento adaptativo (Coursera)

Los seres vivos han evolucionado en entornos cambiantes, por lo que han desarrollado mecanismos que les permiten exhibir comportamiento adaptativo. Usando el método sintético, podemos construir sistemas artificiales adaptativos que implementen dichos mecanismos, con lo cual también podemos incrementar nuestra comprensión de los sistemas [...]

Climate Adaptation in Africa (Coursera)

Sep 30th 2024
Climate Adaptation in Africa (Coursera)
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This course explores why climate change adaptation is important in the African context. Africa is considered one to be one of the most vulnerable regions to climate change. Historically, climate-related hazards such as drought, flooding, pest and disease outbreaks, coastal storms and heat waves have had devastating impacts on [...]

Tourism and Climate Change (edX)

Join this online course and understand how tourism and climate change are inextricably connected. Strategically position yourself, and your organisation, and address the causes and challenges of climate change that we are facing now and in the future. Climate change, global warming, extreme weather, a rising sea level; we [...]

Macroeconomics of Climate Change: Economics of Adaptation (edX)

Learn about adaptation, including the policies and strategies for promoting and mainstreaming it. This online course, presented by the IMF's Institute for Capacity Development, Fiscal Affairs Department, and Research Department, serves as the fourth in a six-part "Macroeconomics of Climate Change (MCCx)" series. [...]

Cities and Climate Change: Mitigation and Adaptation (edX)

Jun 6th 2023
Cities and Climate Change: Mitigation and Adaptation (edX)
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Investigate the relationship between international cities and the effects of climate change through the expertise of urban leaders, practitioners, and academics and through peer-based discussion, applying knowledge to develop mitigation and adaptation strategies for resilient, case study cities.
Jun 6th 2023
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The Great Sustainability Transition: Global Challenges, Local Actions (FutureLearn)

Jan 16th 2023
The Great Sustainability Transition: Global Challenges, Local Actions (FutureLearn)
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Discover how global environmental crises are connected, their impacts, and how to take action in your local community. Learn from experts in environmental science at Leiden University. We are living in an era of unprecedented environmental change. As a result, we are experiencing biodiversity loss, climate change, and overuse [...]

Climate Adaptation for Human Health (Coursera)

The world’s climate is changing, and among the most significant negative consequences is to human health. While climate change is a global health issue, its health impacts vary across geographies and populations. In this course, you will learn why taking action to plan for and adapt to climate change [...]

Climate Change: Solutions (FutureLearn)

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Climate Change: Solutions (FutureLearn)
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Explore the potential solutions to climate change and how they relate to the UN's sustainable development goals. Man-made climate change is one of the biggest threats to the world. The effects are already being seen through receding glaciers, ocean acidification and an increasingly vulnerable food supply. It’s vital we [...]