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Organisation :
Bournemouth University

The master's degree "Green Economy" seeks to provide the scientific understanding on which the transition to a green economy can be based, including the principles of environmental sustainability and the societal responses required to implement these in practice.
Core units delivered are: Biodiversity and ecosystem services, carbon management, environmental law...

Online
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Global Development and Environment Institute at Tufts University (GDAE)

This module presents an expanded circular flow analysis that takes the biosphere into account. It reviews critiques and alternatives to GNP/GDP, emphasizing natural resource and environmental as well as social sustainability, then discusses the implications of long-term growth of population and economic output, contrasting the goal of economic growth with...

Online
Organisation :
Global Development and Environment Institute at Tufts University (GDAE)

This module provides an introduction to the economic analysis of environmental issues, providing broader perspectives on sustainability as well as standard environmental economic techniques such as valuation. Applications include fisheries management, sustainable agriculture, and global climate change.
This 60-page module is suitable for several weeks of class time. 

Online
Organisation :
Global Development and Environment Institute at Tufts University (GDAE)

This module presents an overview of innovations in national accounting related to measuring well-being. The module describes satellite accounts for the environment, methods of counting household production, and the construction of well-being indicators such as the Genuine Progress Indicator and the Human Development Index.

Online
Organisation :
Yale University

This course covers issues including challenges in valuing biodiversity and ecosystem services, particularly in developing countries, some core frameworks & methodologies for such valuation, local and national policy solutions, and business responses. The course uses case studies from leading experts to explore the impacts on biodiversity of fiscal and economic...

Organisation :
University of Exeter

There are many services that ecosystems provide that we never even consider, until we destroy them. Natural ecosystems help alleviate flooding, improve food security and protect our coastlines. Yet we consistently replace these ecosystems with manmade alternatives. If we put a price on nature, will it help us to protect...

Organisation :
World Bank Group (WBG)
The course raises awareness of this important agenda in the context of climate resilient development, and it will help teams and project managers in integrating Weather and Climate Services considerations into their projects, both in terms of project conceptualization and delivery.
Online
Organisation :
Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE)

This document presents the training manual for the University of West Indies course, “Understanding and Operationalizing the Green Economy into National Development Planning in the Caribbean Context”. It is designed to engage professionals in the public and private sectors in discussion about what is required to transition to a green...

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Community-based Adaptation Certificate Program Photo
Organisation :
Center for Sustainable Development

In this online courses participants are actually designing development projects—real projects within communities. In the courses, you will develop projects on the ground, which focuses on a community-based adaptation approach to climate change. You will also investigate the special challenges in your adaptation project and refine your project's activities. Build...

Online
Organisation :
UN Climate Change Learning Partnership (UN CC:Learn)
UNCC is offering 10-hours self-paced e-Learning course Introduction to Green Economy that introduces the basic policy instruments and international frameworks of inclusive green economies.