SDG Academy

The SDG Academy creates and curates graduate-level courses on sustainable development for learners around the world. From sustainable cities to human rights to climate action, each of our courses addresses the fundamental challenge facing our world today: How do people, communities, businesses and governments coexist, cooperate and collaborate to save the one planet we have? The SDG Academy's courses are fully interactive, so you can meet, debate and learn from both our global faculty of sustainable development experts and your fellow learners. Learn more about the SDG Academy – an initiative of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network.

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Industrial Policy in the 21st Century: The Challenge for Africa (edX)

Self Paced
Industrial Policy in the 21st Century: The Challenge for Africa (edX)
Course Auditing
EdX
SDGAcademyX
SDG Academy
Categories
Economics & Finance
Effort
Advanced
Self-Paced
1-4 Hours/Week
Languages
English
English
Industrial Policy in the 21st Century: The Challenge for Africa (edX)
Why is there so little industry in Africa? Does it matter? What can we do about it? Hear from economist John Page about the continent’s options for industrialization and the future of economic growth in Africa. In this course from the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics [...]
Industrial Policy
Industrialization
Industry
Africa
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Self Paced
Course Auditing
EdX
SDGAcademyX
SDG Academy
Economics & Finance
Advanced
Self-Paced
1-4 Hours/Week
43.00 EUR
English
English

Global Public Health (edX)

Self Paced
Global Public Health (edX)
Course Auditing
EdX
SDGAcademyX
SDG Academy
Categories
Education
Health & Society
Medicine & Pharmacology
Effort
Intermediate
Self-Paced
5-10 Hours/Week
Languages
English
English
Global Public Health (edX)
Understanding the value of health not just as a benefit or right of individuals, but as a global public need. What are the effects of a healthy individual on the world around them? Beyond the hereditary connections between parents and children or the implications of communicable diseases, public [...]
Public Health
Health
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Self Paced
Course Auditing
EdX
SDGAcademyX
SDG Academy
Education
Health & Society
Medicine & Pharmacology
Intermediate
Self-Paced
5-10 Hours/Week
43.00 EUR
English
English

Getting a Good Deal: Negotiating Extractive Industry Contracts (edX)

Self Paced
Getting a Good Deal: Negotiating Extractive Industry Contracts (edX)
Free Course
EdX
SDG Academy
SDGAcademyX
Categories
Sci: Energy & Earth Sciences
Law
Effort
Intermediate
Self-Paced
1-4 Hours/Week
Languages
English
English
Getting a Good Deal: Negotiating Extractive Industry Contracts (edX)
Learn about negotiating extractive industry contracts and strategies for governments to get the best outcomes from negotiation. Many resource-rich countries negotiate complex contracts to govern mining, oil, or gas projects. Despite the critical importance of these contracts in determining the risks and benefits of these projects, many developing country [...]
Negotiation
Contracts
Business Contracts
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Self Paced
Free Course
EdX
SDG Academy
SDGAcademyX
Sci: Energy & Earth Sciences
Law
Intermediate
Self-Paced
1-4 Hours/Week
English
English

Natural Resources for Sustainable Development (edX)

Self Paced
Natural Resources for Sustainable Development (edX)
Course Auditing
EdX
SDGAcademyX
SDG Academy
Categories
Sci: Energy & Earth Sciences
Effort
Intermediate
Self-Paced
5-10 Hours/Week
Languages
English
English
Spanish
French
Russian
Arabic
Natural Resources for Sustainable Development (edX)
Explore the sustainable development opportunities and challenges in using oil, gas and minerals. Natural resources represent a potentially transformational opportunity to support development but are ultimately finite How do we make the most of them without destroying the planet? In this 12-week course, produced by the Natural Resource Governance [...]
Natural Resources
Sustainable Development
Oil
Gas
Minerals
Sustainable Management
Resources Management
Artisanal Mining
Revenue Management
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Self Paced
Course Auditing
EdX
SDGAcademyX
SDG Academy
Sci: Energy & Earth Sciences
Intermediate
Self-Paced
5-10 Hours/Week
43.00 EUR
English
English
Spanish
French
Russian
Arabic

One Planet, One Ocean (edX)

Self Paced
One Planet, One Ocean (edX)
Course Auditing
EdX
SDGAcademyX
SDG Academy
Categories
Sci: Environment
Effort
Intermediate
Self-Paced
5-10 Hours/Week
Languages
English
English
One Planet, One Ocean (edX)
A holistic view of how the ocean functions, how human interactions with the ocean can be understood, and what solutions are available to support both sustainable use and stewardship of our blue planet. Is the ocean the real final frontier? Humans have a greater understanding of the surface of [...]
Ocean
Sustainable Development
Oceanography
Environmental Science
Climate Change
Biology
Coasts
Marine Ecosystems
Sustainability
Aquaculture
Marine Life
Fisheries
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Self Paced
Course Auditing
EdX
SDGAcademyX
SDG Academy
Sci: Environment
Intermediate
Self-Paced
5-10 Hours/Week
43.00 EUR
English
English

Nature-based Solutions for Disaster and Climate Resilience (edX)

Self Paced
Nature-based Solutions for Disaster and Climate Resilience (edX)
Course Auditing
EdX
SDG Academy
SDGAcademyX
Categories
Sci: Energy & Earth Sciences
Sci: Environment
Social Sciences
Effort
Beginner
Self-Paced
5-10 Hours/Week
Languages
English
Arabic
Chinese
English
French
Hindi
Indonesian
Spanish
Nature-based Solutions for Disaster and Climate Resilience (edX)
What are ‘Nature-based solutions’, or NbS? How can they help build resilience to disasters and climate change impacts? Why is NbS relevant? How can I apply NbS in my work and everyday life? Nature offers many solutions for reducing the impacts from disasters and climate impacts. This may include [...]
Nature-Based Solutions
NBS
Disaster
Climate Resilience
Climate Change
Resilience
Green Technology
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Self Paced
Course Auditing
EdX
SDG Academy
SDGAcademyX
Sci: Energy & Earth Sciences
Sci: Environment
Social Sciences
Beginner
Self-Paced
5-10 Hours/Week
40.00 EUR
English
Arabic
Chinese
English
French
Hindi
Indonesian
Spanish

Sustainable Food Systems: A Mediterranean Perspective (edX)

Self Paced
Sustainable Food Systems: A Mediterranean Perspective (edX)
Course Auditing
EdX
SDGAcademyX
SDG Academy
Categories
Food & Nutrition
Sci: Environment
Social Sciences
Effort
Intermediate
Self-Paced
1-4 Hours/Week
Languages
English
English
French
Italian
Sustainable Food Systems: A Mediterranean Perspective (edX)
How do we produce more, better quality, and safer food while simultaneously achieving social and environmental goals? The Mediterranean region is one of the most biodiverse in the world, home to a complex and intricate patchwork of cultures, climates, and cuisines. Food systems in the region -- represented worldwide [...]
Sustainable Food Systems
Mediterranean Diet
Mediterranean
Sustainability
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Self Paced
Course Auditing
EdX
SDGAcademyX
SDG Academy
Food & Nutrition
Sci: Environment
Social Sciences
Intermediate
Self-Paced
1-4 Hours/Week
43.00 EUR
English
English
French
Italian

Sustainable Development: The Post-Capitalist Order (edX)

Self Paced
Sustainable Development: The Post-Capitalist Order (edX)
Course Auditing
EdX
SDGAcademyX
SDG Academy
Categories
Social Sciences
Economics & Finance
Effort
Beginner
Self-Paced
1-4 Hours/Week
Languages
English
English
Sustainable Development: The Post-Capitalist Order (edX)
Sustainable development represents a shift from our current system of inequitable capitalism to one that prioritizes prosperity for all, while remaining conscious of its environmental impact and sustainability for future generations. Learn why sustainable development has been adopted by countries and multilateral organizations around the world, and how this [...]
Sustainability
Sustainable Development
Capitalism
Global Markets
Globalization
Global Capitalism
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Self Paced
Course Auditing
EdX
SDGAcademyX
SDG Academy
Social Sciences
Economics & Finance
Beginner
Self-Paced
1-4 Hours/Week
43.00 EUR
English
English

Planetary Boundaries (edX)

Self Paced
Planetary Boundaries (edX)
Course Auditing
EdX
SDGAcademyX
SDG Academy
Categories
Sci: Biology & Life Sciences
Sci: Energy & Earth Sciences
Social Sciences
Effort
Intermediate
Self-Paced
1-4 Hours/Week
Languages
English
English
Spanish
Italian
Planetary Boundaries (edX)
Can our planet continue to support the current scope of human activity? A thriving global society relies on the stability of the Earth and its resilience across oceans, forests, waterways, biodiversity, the atmosphere and more. So how do we shape sustainability at a global scale? The boundaries set by [...]
Sustainability
Global Equity
Resilience Thinking
Planetary Boundaries
Anthropocene
Social-Ecological Systems
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Self Paced
Course Auditing
EdX
SDGAcademyX
SDG Academy
Sci: Biology & Life Sciences
Sci: Energy & Earth Sciences
Social Sciences
Intermediate
Self-Paced
1-4 Hours/Week
43.00 EUR
English
English
Spanish
Italian

Changing Behaviour for Sustainable Development (edX)

Self Paced
Changing Behaviour for Sustainable Development (edX)
Course Auditing
EdX
SDG Academy
SDGAcademyX
Categories
Social Sciences
Effort
Beginner
Self-Paced
1-4 Hours/Week
Languages
English
English
Changing Behaviour for Sustainable Development (edX)
Human behaviour is at the heart of the SDGs, and many of the challenges faced by society today. We need to harness behavioural insights, to understand human behaviour, what drives it and what can change it. Learn about how behavioural science can be applied to the solutions you are [...]
Sustainable Development
Human Behavior
SDGs
Sustainable Development Goals
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Self Paced
Course Auditing
EdX
SDG Academy
SDGAcademyX
Social Sciences
Beginner
Self-Paced
1-4 Hours/Week
48.00 EUR
English
English