a great course! not stressing just the right amount of difficulty. they give so many references, articles, and reading materials for students to learn more than what they discussed.
Beyond the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Addressing Sustainability and Development
Beyond the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Addressing Sustainability and Development
Instructors: Arun Agrawal
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What you'll learn
Understand and explain the world’s most pressing problems (focus: poverty & inequality, ecosystem degradation & biodiversity loss, climate change)
Critically analyze the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their relationship to the world’s most pressing problems
Use frameworks and evidence necessary to develop solutions and Apply skills learned to implement solutions
Assess relevant solutions that would help realize the SDGs and at the same time solve the pressing problems
Skills you'll gain
- Innovation
- Social Sciences
- Sustainability Standards
- Economics
- Environment and Resource Management
- Climate Change Programs
- Economic Development
- Socioeconomics
- Social Impact
- Case Studies
- Social Justice
- Climate Change Mitigation
- Environmental Issue
- Sustainable Development
- Climate Change Adaptation
- Natural Resource Management
- Environment
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HE
5.0
Reviewed on Oct 27, 2020
RS
5.0
Reviewed on Jun 25, 2020
Excellent Course, This course help to successful implementation of SDG. Addressing Sustainability and Development for livelihood.
RH
5.0
Reviewed on Jul 15, 2020
Excellent course for everybody!! You can gain great knowledge about SDGs and modern day world's real problems and how to face them globally. Cheers!!!!