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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...

This e-course is designed to assist policymakers in Africa in developing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating policies supporting a transition towards Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP).

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...

This course explores the cutting edge methods and policy applications in ecological economics, an interdisciplinary field emerged in response to global sustainability crisis.

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...

Africa is urbanising fast. By the mid-2030s, a majority of Africans will live in urban areas. But productive jobs and quality public services are not keeping up with the fast growth of cities and towns. Yet urbanisation holds huge potential for accelerating economic, social and environmental development; even rural areas would benefit from the development of vibrant, sustainable African cities.

This course introduces the academic approach of Sustainability and explores how today’s human societies can endure in the face of global change, ecosystem degradation and resource limitations. The course focuses on key knowledge areas of sustainability theory and practice, including population, ecosystems, global change, energy, agriculture, water, environmental economics and...