SDG 9: Innovation Courses and Certifications

Planetary Boundaries

5 reviews

Explore global environmental change and sustainability in this 8-week course by SDG Academy. Learn about planetary boundaries, resilience thinking, and strategies for global sustainability.

• edX
• 8 weeks, 2-4 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Global Strategy II: Doing Business in The Global Economy

139 ratings at Coursera

Explore global business strategies with this 4-week course from the University of Illinois. Learn to navigate global challenges, analyze strategies, and respond to external pressures.

• Coursera
• 11 hours 11 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Sustainable Business Enterprises

137 ratings at Coursera

This course will explore current challenges and opportunities facing firms in the area of environmental sustainability. It will begin with an introduction to sustainability, with a particular focus on how environmental sustainability is relevant to busin…

• Coursera
• 20 hours 59 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Renewable Energy Futures

165 ratings at Coursera

Explore the future of renewable energy with the University of Colorado Boulder's 5-week course. Learn about new technologies, trends, and opportunities in this rapidly growing field.

• Coursera
• 16 hours 14 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Photovoltaic solar energy

453 ratings at Coursera

Explore photovoltaic solar energy with École Polytechnique's 3-week course. Learn about PV applications, technologies, system integration, environmental impacts, and industry economics.

• Coursera
• 6 hours 20 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Introduction to Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage

1002 ratings at Coursera

In this course you will learn about the most important water treatment methods at household level, successful implementation strategies and about assessing the impact of HWTS.

• Coursera
• 13 hours 56 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Smart Cities – Management of Smart Urban Infrastructures

1721 ratings at Coursera

Learn about Smart Cities within the context of management of urban infrastructures. The introduction of Smart urban technologies into legacy infrastructures has resulted in numerous challenges and opportunities for contemporary cities and will continue t…

• Coursera
• 12 hours 49 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Data Ethics, AI and Responsible Innovation

Explore ethical challenges in data-driven technologies with the University of Edinburgh's 7-week course. Learn from experts in AI, law, and innovation to design responsible, fair, and trustworthy systems.

• edX
• 5 weeks, 3-4 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Sustainable Global Food Systems

6 ratings at edX

How do we feed 11 billion people? Discover the importance of sustainable food systems on a global scale.

• edX
• 5 weeks, 3-5 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Global Public Health

32 ratings at edX

Understanding the value of health not just as a benefit or right of individuals, but as a global public need.

• edX
• 10 weeks, 4-6 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Microcredential

Gender Analytics: Gender Equity through Inclusive Design

Current conversations about diversity & inclusion often forget that these are not just HR issues but affect how products, services, processes & policies create outcomes that differ by gender, race, differences in ability, indigeneity & other intersecting…

• Coursera
• 22 weeks, 2 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Paid Course
• 5 courses

Ecodesign for Cities and Suburbs

6 ratings at edX

Using real examples, learn how ecology can guide urban design to avert environmental disasters and improve people’s lives.

• edX
• 6 weeks, 4-5 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Microcredential

Environmental Management for Sustainability

2 reviews

Learn environmental management for sustainability from the University System of Maryland. Gain literacy in environmental issues, use data for decision-making, and communicate environmental policy effectively.

• edX
• 20 weeks, 5-8 hours a week
• On-Demand
• $596.00
• 4 courses

Ecosystem Services: a Method for Sustainable Development

641 ratings at Coursera

This MOOC will cover scientific (technical), economic, and socio-political dimensions of the concept through a mix of theory, case-studies, interviews with specialists and a serious-game.

• Coursera
• 17 hours 40 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Responsible Innovation: Ethics, Safety and Technology

1 review

Explore ethical implications of technology with Delft University's 7-week course. Learn risk assessment methods, regulation challenges, and Value Sensitive Design for responsible innovation.

• edX
• 7 weeks, 4-6 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)