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Urban Rewilding: Restore Your Local Ecosystem
Cost $139 · . Course Length: 15 hours estimated
‘In our triumph to dominate the world, we forgot just how much we depend on it.’ Conflict between nature and humans By 2050, over two-thirds of the world’s population of 10 billion people will be living in cities. This logically leads to increasing competition...
Offered through edX | and created by Wageningen University & Research | Taught by Jonas Skutka, Arend de Haas, Lina Dilly and others
Smart Cities
Rated 5.0★ stars based on | 1 ratings · . Cost $59 · . Course Length: 18 hours estimated
• Week 1: The course starts by examining what smart cities are, exploring the contrasting visions of how they will transform our urban environments and lives, and considers whether smart cities can be sustainable. • Week 2: Looks at the role of people in smart...
Offered through FutureLearn | and created by The Open University | Taught by Rianne C. ten Veen, Lorraine Hudson, Matthew Barker and others
Sustainable Energy
Cost $199 · . Course Length: 19 hours estimated
Climate change is an urgent global challenge demanding engineering solutions and large-scale, systems-oriented coordination. In Sustainable Energy, you’ll join thousands of global learners in examining conventional and renewable energy generation technologies,...
Offered through edX | and created by MITx, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Taught by Michael Golay
Strengthening Geospatial Information Management: Using the Integrated Geospatial Information Framework (Virtual Knowledge Exchange)
Cost $5 · . Course Length: 12 hours estimated
In the digital era, geospatial information technology has emerged as a major contributor to economic transformation for many countries. Every decision we make, every event or daily activity we do occurs at a geographic location. Geospatial information is used...
Offered through edX | and created by World Bank Group | Taught by OLC and SURR, OLC WBGx
Tech for Good: The Role of ICT in Achieving the SDGs
. Course Length: 50 hours estimated
Tech for Good was developed by UNESCO and Cetic.br/NIC.br, the Brazilian Network Information Center’s Regional Center for Studies on the Development of the Information Society. It brings together thought leaders and changemakers in the fields of information and...
Offered through edX | and created by SDGAcademyX, SDG Academy | Taught by Tech for Good Faculty, Dorothy Gordon, Guilherme Canela Godoi and others
Climate Action: Solutions for a Changing Planet
Rated 5.0★ stars based on | 2 ratings · . . Course Length: 40 hours estimated
Harmful emissions, the degradation of the earth’s resources and global warming have loomed large for decades. With the negotiation and ongoing ratification of the sweeping Paris Agreement, commitments to reducing the effects of climate change abound. But how do...
Offered through edX | and created by SDGAcademyX, SDG Academy | Taught by Jeffrey D. Sachs, Jim Williams
Sustainable Digital Innovation
Cost $49 · . Course Length: 24 hours estimated
Two of our most profound business challenges are digitalization and sustainability. They are rapidly changing the way we are doing business both today and in the future. Therefore, in the Sustainable Digital Innovation course, we explore the business opportunities...
Offered through Coursera | and created by EIT Digital | Taught by Jan Agri, Staffan Movin
Sustainable Cities
A Specialization from Coursera. Contains 4 courses · . Course Total length: 68 hours estimated
This Specialization is intended for individuals and organizations interested in developing skills and strategies to create and support sustainable cities. Through these four courses, you will gain a strong understanding of the tools and concepts needed to succeed...
Offered through Coursera | and created by Johns Hopkins University | Taught by William Roper
Sustainable Development - Ideas and Imaginaries
Cost $49 · . Course Length: 20 hours estimated
Ideas and imaginaries inspire human capacity for great endeavours, but ‘conventional wisdom’ frequently prevents necessary change. Achievement of global sustainable development is, therefore, dependent on a profound comprehension of the preunderstandings and...
Offered through Coursera | and created by University of Copenhagen | Taught by Bo Fritzbøger
Islamic Finance for the Sustainable Development Goals
Cost $119 · . Course Length: 20 hours estimated
Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), IsDB Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Fund – Engage Platform, Islamic Development Bank Institute (IsDBI), Durham University Business School, UNDP Istanbul International Center for Private Sector in Development (IICPSD), and...
Offered through edX | and created by Islamic Development Bank Institute | Taught by H.E Dr. Muhammad Al Jasser, Achim Steiner, Dr. Sami I. Al-Suwailem and others
One Planet, One Ocean
. Course Length: 36 hours estimated
Is the ocean the real final frontier? Humans have a greater understanding of the surface of the moon than they do of the depths of these waters. But what we know of the ocean proves it hosts a wealth of opportunity – connecting the world; supporting important and...
Offered through edX | and created by SDGAcademyX, SDG Academy | Taught by Martin Visbeck, Avan Antia
e-Learning Course on Smart City
Cost $5 · . Course Length: 18 hours estimated
Cities, as the crucible and the hub of human innovation and advancement, face critical changes in their fundamental role. Through a smart city, the global community has strived to converge and integrate environmental, digital, bio, and financial technologies to...
Offered through edX | and created by World Bank Group | Taught by OLC and SURR, OLC WBGx
Sustainable Corporate Financing: Application
Cost $149 · . Course Length: 12 hours estimated
Course 2: Sustainable Corporate Financing – Application The financial sector can play a key role in a transition towards sustainable development. Finance professionals are in a position to strategically contribute to an alignment of the real economy with...
Offered through edX | and created by ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences | Taught by Beat Affolter, Julia Meyer, Niccole Jordan and others
Planning & Design of Sanitation Systems and Technologies
Rated 4.7★ stars based on | 175 ratings · . Cost $49 · . Course Length: 30 hours estimated
Do you want to learn how to plan affordable and context-specific sanitation solutions? Be up-to-date on the newest developments in urban sanitation planning and programming? Get to know best practice examples of urban sanitation systems in low- and middle-income...
Offered through Coursera | and created by École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne | Taught by Christoph Lüthi
Sustainable Transportation Networks and Streetscapes
Sustainable CitiesCost $49 · . Course Length: 16 hours estimated
This course will evaluate best practices in transportation networks, thoroughfares, and streetscape designs for the effective movement of people, goods, and services in a region. Sustainable public and private streetscape design and application will be reviewed...
Offered through Coursera | and created by Johns Hopkins University | Taught by William Roper
Urban Water - Innovations for Environmental Sustainability
Rated 3.0★ stars based on | 1 ratings · . . Course Length: 16 hours estimated
In this interdisciplinary course you will learn about the water-related dimensions of environmentally sustainable urbanism. The course features Vancouver, one of the world's leading cities for green design. Each week, you’ll watch lectures plus a compelling...
Offered through edX | and created by University of British Columbia, UBCx | Taught by Karen Bakker
Critical Raw Materials: Managing Resources for a Sustainable Future
Cost $229 · . Course Length: 42 hours estimated
The availability of critical raw materials (CRMs) is under massive pressure. However, these materials are essential for products, technologies and solutions to some of the world’s most crucial issues – such as the energy transition. The small numbers of suppliers,...
Offered through edX | and created by Delft University of Technology | Taught by Alessandra Hool, David Peck, Ester van der Voet
Introduction to Faecal Sludge Management
Rated 4.8★ stars based on | 71 ratings · . Cost $49 · . Course Length: 30 hours estimated
Do you want learn how to apply concepts of sustainable faecal sludge management (FSM) on a city-wide scale? This course starts with an overview of what faecal sludge is and an introduces you to the engineering fundamentals and required information for the design...
Offered through Coursera | and created by École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne | Taught by Dr. Linda Strande
Natural Resources for Sustainable Development
. Course Length: 72 hours estimated
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 Institute,...
Offered through edX | and created by SDGAcademyX, SDG Academy | Taught by Lisa Sachs, Patrick Heller, NR Faculty
Cities are back in town : urban sociology for a globalizing urban world
Rated 4.5★ stars based on | 31 ratings · . . Course Length: 36 hours estimated
Urbanization is reaching a new peak in the contemporary world with the rise of mega cities. Researchers try to make sense of these large urban areas using a variety of concepts. The class will review debates and present social science models of cities to analyse...
Offered through Coursera | and created by Sciences Po | Taught by Patrick Le Galès