How can we live a good life on one planet with over seven billion people?
This course explorez greening the economy on four levels – individual, business, city, and nation. It looks at the relationships between these levels and give many practical examples of the complexities and solutions across the...
Hosted by the Government of Burkina Faso, with the support of PAGE, the Poverty and Environment Intiative, Switch Africa Green and the Global Green Growth Initiative, this Academy brings together stakeholders from government, the private sector and civil society to learn about and advance the Green Economy agenda in Burkina Faso...
Do you know about the benefits of greening trade? Learn more about how trade in environmental goods and services can drive the transition to an inclusive green economy! The new e-learning course ‘Green Economy and Trade’, organized by UN Environment and UN Institute for Training and Research, starts on 7...
This course covers the basic definitions and history of sustainable development and sustainability in business - from a niche interest to the present day.
We’ll explore the key drivers to sustainability: the use of standards; the importance of stakeholder engagement; governance (including the use of codes of conduct); innovation for...
The Second Page Academy on the Green Economy will take place from 3 to 14 October 2016 in Turin, Italy. The Academy is organized within the framework of the Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE), involing the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the International Labour Organization (ILO), the United Nations Development...
The World Bank Group has produced a Spanish language version of their MOOC Turn Down the Heat: From Climate Science to Action starting on September 12, 2016. With an overview of COP21 outcomes from Paris, this action-oriented MOOC gives you the opportunity to learn about regional climate change impacts and sector-specific strategies to...
In recent decades there has been increasing global concern about the sustainability of the use of fossil fuels and nuclear power, which has led to increased interest in more sustainable renewable energy sources. These ‘renewables’ have been utilised for centuries, in water mills, windmills and wood stoves. But in recent...
Besides a fundamental redrawing of the geo-political map, the world is facing a new generation of global environmental, socio-economic, political and demographic challenges, for which our international institutions are ill-equipped. Inherent in the new generation of global change challenges are a set of complex linkages, which are poorly understood, but...