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Natural Disasters
Cost $49 · . Course Length: 0 hours estimated
No region on Earth is immune from natural disasters. As we gain scientific understanding into the causes and nature of such phenomena, we become better able to mitigate the effects of disasters. Yet as the world's population continues to grow, an increasingly...
Offered through edX | and created by McGill | Taught by John Gyakum, John Stix
Tsunamis and Storm Surges: Introduction to Coastal Disasters
Cost $59 · . Course Length: 24 hours estimated
In 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake triggered a major tsunami that devastated northeast Japan, killing more than 15,000 people and crippling a nuclear power plant. Natural disasters like this one can be seen throughout our Earth’s history. They will continue to...
Offered through edX | and created by Waseda University, WasedaX | Taught by Tomoya Shibayama
How to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse (and Other Emergencies)
Cost $99 · . Course Length: 20 hours estimated
Would you survive the zombie apocalypse? This self-paced, personal preparedness online course teaches you how to recognize pending crises and disasters, develop the skills to successfully prepare for and manage events using preparedness theory and...
Offered through edX | and created by University of Alaska Fairbanks | Taught by Sean McGee
Steps in Japanese for Beginners3 Part1
Steps in Japanese for Beginners 3Cost $89 · . Course Length: 25 hours estimated
A younger student has entered Andy’s dormitory. Andy feels like he wants to help the new student by teaching him what he knows about life in Japan. Unfortunately, the new student does not seem to need Andy’s help and seems to like doing things in his own way.What...
Offered through edX | and created by Waseda University | Taught by Naoko Kinoshita, Kaori Sano
Natural Disaster and Climate Change Risk Assessment in Infrastructure Projects
Cost $25 · . Course Length: 30 hours estimated
Welcome to the Natural Disaster and Climate Change Risk Assessment in Infrastructure Projects course. Climate change is real, and it affects many aspects of our lives. Temperatures are becoming progressively more extreme and natural disasters are increasingly...
Offered through edX | and created by Inter-American Development Bank | Taught by Sergio Lacambra, Ginés Suarez
Designing, Implementing, and Maintaining a Disaster Recovery Plan
Cost $35 · . Course Length: 2 hours estimated
Disasters can strike anytime, anywhere and for any reason. They can come from inside a company via a disgruntled employee, corporate spies or simple carelessness, or externally via natural disasters, terrorist attacks, acts of war, etc. In this course, Designing,...
Offered through Pluralsight | Taught by Christopher Rees
Drones and Autonomous Systems 2: Applications in Emergency Management
Drones and Autonomous SystemsCost $149 · . Course Length: 12 hours estimated
If you want to be the technology specialist who can procure and gain insight into cutting edge systems to help save lives and cut disaster losses, this Professional Certificate provides the foundational knowledge you need. It is designed for recreational...
Offered through edX | and created by UMUC, USMx, UMGC | Taught by Irmak Renda-Tanali, D.Sc., Brian Powers, M.A.
Managing Cybersecurity Incidents and Disasters
Managing CybersecurityCost $79 · . Course Length: 0 hours estimated
Most organizations plan for routine operations, but what happens when unexpected events overtake the routine? This course examines contingency planning used to prepare for and manage non-normal operations, including cybersecurity incidents – like hacking attempts,...
Offered through Coursera | and created by University System of Georgia | Taught by Herbert J. Mattord, Ph.D., CISM, CISSP, CDP, Michael Whitman, Ph.D., CISM, CISSP
AI and Disaster Management
AI for GoodCost $49 · . Course Length: 12 hours estimated
In Course 3, AI for Disaster Response, you will begin by learning how natural disasters create both short and long-term impacts on the economy, environment, and community. You will then learn how to mitigate some impacts using a framework for planning, designing,...
Offered through Coursera | and created by deeplearning.ai | Taught by Robert Monarch
Environmental Safety
Cost $49 · . Course Length: 24 hours estimated
Energy is an important part of the world today. Without energy production is impossible, development is impossible, life itself is impossible. Any activity is somehow connected to the energy industry. The future development of the world depends on progress in the...
Offered through Coursera | and created by Saint Petersburg State University | Taught by Fedorova Irina Viktorovna, Pavel Maryandyshev, Alexey Kangash
Disaster Risk Management and Korean Policies
Rated 4.0★ stars based on | 1 ratings · . Cost $49 · . Course Length: 24 hours estimated
In the past, developing countries such as Korea lacked guidelines for exploring effective policies for disaster-resilient growth, resulting in unnecessary sacrifices in terms of time, resources, and human capital. Through the lessons learned by Korea, currently...
Offered through Coursera | and created by Yonsei University | Taught by Sohn, Hong-Gyoo
Planet Earth...and You!
Rated 4.5★ stars based on | 17 ratings · . Cost $49 · . Course Length: 38 hours estimated
Earthquakes, volcanoes, mountain building, ice ages, landslides, floods, life evolution, plate motions—all of these phenomena have interacted over the vast expanses of deep time to sculpt the dynamic planet that we live on today. Planet Earth presents an overview...
Offered through Coursera | and created by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Taught by Dr. Stephen Marshak, Dr. Eileen Herrstrom
DevOps Foundations: Chaos Engineering
Cost $29 · . Course Length: 0 hours estimated
In a world of distributed systems, a single minute of downtime can be costly. Chaos engineering addresses the potential for catastrophic and unlikely systems failure. It’s a type of resilience testing to ensure production systems can withstand infrastructure,...
Offered through LinkedIn Learning | Taught by Michael Smith
Public Health in Humanitarian Crises 1
Foundations of Global HealthRated 4.8★ stars based on | 101 ratings · . Cost $49 · . Course Length: 20 hours estimated
This course, Public Health in Humanitarian Crises 1, introduces discussions about the public health approach to problems experienced by people affected by disasters, both natural and related to conflict. The course discusses the many changes which occur in...
Offered through Coursera | and created by Johns Hopkins University | Taught by Mija Ververs, Gilbert Burnham, MD
Public Health in Humanitarian Crises 2
Rated 5.0★ stars based on | 1 ratings · . Cost $49 · . Course Length: 20 hours estimated
This course, Public Health in Humanitarian Crises 2, addresses public health issues of people affected by disasters, both natural or conflict-related. It discusses the many changes that occur in people’s lives when they are uprooted by a disaster, including many...
Offered through Coursera | and created by Johns Hopkins University | Taught by Gilbert Burnham, MD, Mija Ververs
Non-Communicable Diseases in Humanitarian Settings
Rated 4.8★ stars based on | 5 ratings · . Cost $49 · . Course Length: 10 hours estimated
NCDs are the leading cause of death in almost every region of the world, and place a huge burden on individuals, families and societies. Humanitarian settings have a negative effect on the levels of disease, and the possibility of treatment. The importance of NCDs...
Offered through Coursera | and created by University of Copenhagen | Taught by Siri Tellier
Living Heritage and Sustainable Development
. Course Length: 24 hours estimated
Français / Español How is intangible cultural heritage – or ‘living heritage’ – related to sustainable development? How is it relevant for addressing today’s development challenges in areas such as health, education, gender, natural disasters and conflict? Why is...
Offered through edX | and created by SDG Academy | Taught by Cristina Amescua Chávez, Ahmed Skounti, Anna Wai Yu Yau and others
Nature-based Solutions for Disaster and Climate Resilience
. Course Length: 42 hours estimated
Nature offers many solutions for reducing the impacts from disasters and climate impacts. This may include protecting forests on steep slopes, maintaining sand dunes along coastlines, wetlands to buffer excess rainwater. These so-called ‘Nature- based solutions’...
Offered through edX | and created by SDG Academy | Taught by Nathalie Doswald, Mikhail Fernandes, Xinyue Gu
GREENTECH: Mainstreaming Technologies in Green, Blue and Clean Operations
Cost $5 · . Course Length: 12 hours estimated
Effectively addressing environmental challenges relating to pollution and sustainable natural resource management under a changing climate are central to sustainable development. Globally, air pollution is estimated to result in 7 million deaths annually. About 80...
Offered through edX | and created by World Bank Group | Taught by OLC and SURR, OLC and ENB
Health in Humanitarian Crises
Cost $74 · . Course Length: 12 hours estimated
Most FutureLearn courses run multiple times. Every run of a course has a set start date but you can join it and work through it after it starts. Find out more The course will be particularly relevant to healthcare practitioners and NGO staff, especially those in...
Offered through FutureLearn | and created by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine | Taught by Adrienne Testa, Karl Blanchet, Jessica Petz and others