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Starting on 19 February 2019, +Acumen is offering a six-week course on "Designing for Environmental Sustainability and Social Impact." The course is designed for social innovators who want to develop entrepreneurial solutions for environmental conservation and poverty reduction. The course will explore challenges like deforestation, overfishing, waste management, and agriculture, where the environment and livelihoods are sometimes at odds. This is a hands-on, project-based course that consists of weekly readings, videos, and workshops.
On 19 February 2019 (2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CET) Valuing Nature is holding a webinar on "Monetary Natural Capital Assessment in the Private Sector".
On 18 February 2019 (5:00 PM CET / 11:00 AM EST), the OECD is holding "Green Talks LIVE - Materials use to 2060: Economic drivers and environmental consequences".
On 14 February 2019 (7:30 PM - 8:30 PM CET) Smart Prosperity Institute is holding a webinar on "A Circular Economy Approach to Plastics: A review of global case studies".
On 13 February 2019 (2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CET) Valuing Nature is hosting a webinar on "Soil Natural Capital Valuation in Agri-food Businesses".
On 12 February 2019 (10:30 - 11:30 AM CET), The Climate Group's EV100 program is hosting a webinar on "EV100 Webinar: How to achieve zero emission deliveries - learnings from Ingka Group (IKEA Group)."
On 12 February 2019, the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA) and the Environmental Change Institute – University of Oxford are holding a webinar on "Enhancing food system resilience: What roles can forests, trees and agroforestry play? What are the research perspectives?"
On 12 February 2019 (5:00PM - 6:00PM CET) Verra is hosting a webinar on "Introducing the Sustainable Development Verified Impact Standard".
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Starting on 11 February 2019, SDG Academy and the United Nations Environment Program (UN Environment) are offering an 8-week online training course on "Environmental Security and Sustaining Peace". This course provides an in-depth introduction to the multiple roles that natural resources and the environment play in the onset, escalation, and resolution of, and recovery from, violent conflicts.
On 6 February 2019 (2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CET) Valuing Nature is hosting a webinar on "Natural Capital Trade-offs in Afforested Peatlands"