The concept of Green Growth emerged in the Asia-Pacific region to turn resource constraints and the climate crisis into an economic opportunity that generates a double dividend (higher growth with lower environmental impact) by improving the efficiency of resource use and increasing investments in natural capital to drive economic growth...
The objective of the “Sustaining Growth” online training course is to introduce participants to the determinants of growth and its relation to societal progress and the synergies and tradeoffs between the three pillars of sustainable development. The first module under the Sustaining Growth course is called Resource Efficiency and contains...
This online course, developed by UN CC:Learn and UNDP, with support from the Government of Sweden, aims to support policy makers in understanding how to optimize countries’ public expenditures by taking into account the projected climate change impacts.
The e-tutorial is divided into five sections:
- What is climate change?
- What...

Low emission development strategies (LEDS) are country-led and country-specific strategic plans to promote economic growth while simultaneously reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (in absolute and/or relative terms) over the long term.
This curriculum includes training on LEDS and the LEDS process. Specifically, it provides training on:
- organizing the LEDS process...
This free-of charge e-course will provide “everything you need to know” about the basics of climate change. It is structured around 6 Modules: Climate Change Science; International Legal and Policy Framework for Climate Change; Climate Change Adaptation; Climate Change Mitigation and Low Carbon Development; Climate Change Finance; and Climate Change...
The REDD+ Academy is a coordinated REDD+ capacity development initiative led by the UN-REDD Programme and the UNEP Environmental Education and Training Unit, which seeks to match the scale of the global climate change mitigation challenge and enable systematic, focused capacity development to deliver REDD+ on the ground. The Academy...
The course is aimed to strengthen the competences of trade unionists who are involved in promoting sustainable development and decent work. Links will be established between climate change, employment and the principle of just transition to a green economy. Emphasis will be put on the ILO Decent Work agenda as...
The course explores the competencies needed for execution of socially and environmentally responsible procurement while upholding value for money (VFM). It explains the process for development of Sustainable Procurement Plans at national or organizational levels, their contents and targets. At procurement implementation level the course explains how social and environmental...
Green economy is gaining momentum and attracting the attention of policy-makers, civil society stakeholders, and business agents from around the world. The number of countries developing and implementing green economy strategies and policies is growing. But do you know what green economy means in practice? Or what the policy approaches...