SDG 16: Peace Courses and Certifications

Strategic Communication for Sustainability Leaders

55 reviews

Communicating science effectively is a critical skill for anyone involved in environmental policy or sustainability. Learn how to integrate effective visualizations into compelling narratives to clearly explain complex ecosystem processes.

• edX
• 5-8 hours a week, 5 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Lund University

Greening the Economy: Sustainable Cities

53 reviews

This course explores sustainable cities as engines for greening the economy in Europe and around the world. We place cities in the context of sustainable urban transformation and climate change. We connect the key trends of urbanization, decarbonisation…

• Coursera
• 5 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

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Introduction to Sustainability

16 reviews

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.

• Coursera
• 8 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

International Women's Health and Human Rights

5 reviews

This course focuses on women’s health and human rights issues from infancy through old age, including information about positive interventions relating to those issues. Learners are encouraged to interact with each other through interactive discussions.

• Coursera
• 10 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Essentials of Global Health

2 reviews

Essentials of Global Health is a comprehensive introduction to global health. The course will be global in coverage but with a focus on low- and middle-income countries, the health of the poor, and health disparities.

• Coursera
• 10 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Public Health Perspectives on Sustainable Diets

1 review

This short course looks at the urgent need to address the sustainability of our food systems, including better understanding the complex relationship between diet and climate change.

• Coursera
• 3 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Social Work Practice: Advocating Social Justice and Change

In this course, you will learn how social workers in the United States engage in creating change and supporting the resilience of individuals, families and communities in this new era.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Leading for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education

This course is open to professionals interested in learning more about leadership in higher education for a changing demographic or interested in developing their own leadership skills. The very idea that individuals can be taught to lead is not without…

• Coursera
• 5 weeks long
• On-Demand
• 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
• 7 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

University of Manchester

Water Supply and Sanitation Policy in Developing Countries Part 1: Understanding Complex Problems

8 reviews

Our course explores what can be done to solve the complex problem that half a billion people worldwide do not have improved water supplies and two billion do not have improved sanitation.

• Coursera
• 6 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

The Age of Sustainable Development

14 reviews

The Age of Sustainable Development" gives students an understanding of the key challenges and pathways to sustainable development - that is, economic development that is also socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable.

• Coursera
• 14 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Health Across the Gender Spectrum

2 reviews

This course offers an intimate, story-based introduction to the experiences of six transgender children and their families. Through illustrated stories and short teaching videos, learners will gain a better understanding of gender identity and the gender…

• edX
• 1-2 hours a week, 1 week long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

The Challenge of World Poverty (Spring 2011)

This is a course for those who are interested in the challenge posed by massive and persistent world poverty, and are hopeful that economists might have something useful to say about this challenge.

• MIT OpenCourseWare
• 25 hours worth of material
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Impact Measurement & Management for the SDGs

1 review

How can businesses and investors help fill the multi-trillion dollar gap needed for sustainable development? Simply put, by getting better at measuring and managing impacts on people and planet. Through this course, anyone can learn to improve their orga…

• Coursera
• 5 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

America's Poverty and Inequality Course

1 review

It’s a special moment in U.S. history in which income inequality has reached unprecedented levels, poverty remains extreme, and racial and gender inequalities are intransigent. Why is there so much inequality and poverty? How might they be reduced? Find…

• edX
• 2-4 hours a week, 9 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)