Climate Change Courses

The Health Effects of Climate Change

6 reviews

Learnhow global warming impacts human health, and the wayswe can diminish those impacts.

• edX
• 3-5 hours a week, 7 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

UCT

Climate Change Mitigation in Developing Countries

28 reviews

This course challenges you to consider how one might lift societies out of poverty while also mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. We explore the inherent complexity of developing country governments wanting to grow their economies in a climate friendly…

• Coursera
• 18 hours worth of material, 6 weeks long
• 4th Jul, 2022
• Free Online Course (Audit)

The Climate-Energy Challenge

2 reviews

Learn more about the science behind climate change.

• edX
• 4-6 hours a week, 9 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Act on Climate: Steps to Individual, Community, and Political Action

The course focuses on how to translate learning into action on climate change in the areas of food, energy, transportation and the built environment (cities). This course was co-developed and taught by Michaela Zint, Professor of Environmental Education…

• Coursera
• 25 hours worth of material, 7 weeks long
• 1 week from now (18th Jul)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Climate Change, Sustainability, and Global Public Health

The third course of the Impacts of the Environment on Global Public Health specialization will introduce you to two major environmental health challenges facing the world today.

• Coursera
• 16 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 4 days from now (11th Jul)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Climate Change and Resilience in Food Systems

14 reviews

Learn new research-led strategies designed to mitigate the effects of climate change on agriculture and food systems.

• FutureLearn
• 3 hours a week, 2 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

University of Copenhagen

The Sustainable Development Goals – A global, transdisciplinary vision for the future

2 reviews

Within this course, you will get a historical overview of how sustainability has been understood, as well as a thorough introduction to the SDGs – what they are, how progress can be measured, and how the SDGs are relevant for the management of the global…

• Coursera
• 10 hours worth of material, 3 weeks long
• 4 days from now (11th Jul)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Climate Change and Water in Mountains: A Global Concern

What is climate change ? How are mountain regions affected by the evolution of water resources and their uses ? What kind of risks need to be considered ? Mountains are recognized as particularly sensitive physical environments where intense and rapid…

• Coursera
• 17 hours worth of material, 6 weeks long
• 1 week from now (18th Jul)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

The Arctic as a System

In this course you will first learn about the Arctic as a geographic region, the peoples the Arctic, and the long history of Arctic settlement and exploration. Attention then turns to key features of the Arctic environment – its climate and weather, feat…

• Coursera
• 12 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 4 days from now (11th Jul)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Arctic Change & the Nexus of Governance, Economics & Culture

In this course, you will learn how the changing Arctic environment is tied to the growing economic and strategic importance of the North. After setting the stage through a review of the peoples of the Arctic and how they are dealing with change, Arctic g…

• Coursera
• 10 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 4 days from now (11th Jul)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

The Changing Arctic: Present, Past, & Future

This course takes a detailed look at the remarkable changes unfolding in the Arctic environment, including the shrinking Arctic sea ice cover, shrinking land ice, thawing permafrost and cascading impacts on Arctic ecosystems. After a review of Arctic cli…

• Coursera
• 12 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 4 days from now (11th Jul)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

ESSEC Business School

Companies and climate change

How can companies act in the fight against global warming? This is a question that is being asked more and more urgently to all economic actors. To shed some light on your thoughts, we have met with four companies of various sizes and sectors of acti…

• Coursera
• 13 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 4 days from now (11th Jul)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

UChicago

Global Warming II: Create Your Own Models in Python

1 review

This class provides a series of Python programming exercises intended to explore the use of numerical modeling in the Earth system and climate sciences. The scientific background for these models is presented in a companion class, Global Warming I: The…

• Coursera
• 32 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 1 week from now (18th Jul)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Climate change and Indigenous People and local communities

Climate change is a global phenomenon, but its impacts vary among different social groups, who perceive and adapt to climate change impacts in different ways. In this course, you will: a) understand the different debates around climate change impacts on…

• Coursera
• 14 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 4 days from now (11th Jul)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

UCT

Climate Adaptation in Africa

This course explores why climate change adaptation is important in the African context. Africa is considered one to be one of the most vulnerable regions to climate change. Historically, climate-related hazards such as drought, flooding, pest and disea…

• Coursera
• 19 hours worth of material, 6 weeks long
• 4 days from now (11th Jul)
• Free Online Course (Audit)