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University of Cape Town

Climate Change Mitigation in Developing Countries

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 way. You will be introduced to an approach with which to address this challenge. The approach consists of a facilitated process whereby academic researchers and high-level influential actors within society co-produce knowledge. You will track this process in four Latin American countries - Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru, and South Africa. You will hear from various professionals about their contexts and the different challenges and opportunities the process includes. This course will cover topics such as facilitation process techniques, energy modeling, scenario building, innovation, and policy making. You will have the opportunity to respond to these topics with ideas and reflection from your own context. Whether you are a climate change practitioner, work in development, or are simply curious about how climate mitigation is understood, this course will give you insights into the complexity of how countries from the South pursue development goals while addressing climate mitigation. The course is free to enroll and take. You will be offered the option of purchasing a certificate of completion, which you become eligible for if you successfully complete the course requirements. This can be an excellent way of staying motivated! Financial Aid is also available.

Status: Sustainable Development
Status: Innovation
IntermediateCourse18 hours

Featured reviews

SK

4.0Reviewed Sep 2, 2021

Thank you for the course. In order to improve it further I suggest- 1. Session wise summary of the lectures 2. To keep sessions in flow . These help in better grasping and minimize the redundancy

AD

4.0Reviewed Jul 19, 2020

I learned a lot! What prevent me from giving 5 stars is that the last data mentioned are from 2017 and we are now, 3 years later, in a deeply changed world....

SA

5.0Reviewed Jul 30, 2023

It was a wonderful experience considering that this is my first online course. I learned a lot. Thanks to all the contributors and those in charge of the course

AM

5.0Reviewed Jun 6, 2020

Really , this is quite informative sessions. I have learned a lot and some of the practical implication experiences in a real life... Thanks a lot for such a wonderful course ..

S

4.0Reviewed Sep 2, 2019

Very practical course that explains the ground-level reality about climate change and how research organizations cope with government, society and industries to get policies implemented.

SM

5.0Reviewed Jan 29, 2024

A well-packaged course with too much information, those pursuing careers in Climate change field, I recommend you do this course.

C

4.0Reviewed Dec 21, 2020

Excellent course, however this needs more practical videos like activities in the field that is why I only watch speakers explaining about the process.

FS

4.0Reviewed Nov 17, 2025

An eye opening course on climate change, causes, effects and how to mitigate it with sustainable lenses. Highly educative and very much elaborate for a deeper understanding.

VN

5.0Reviewed Feb 17, 2019

It was a very interesting course with good lecturers. Learned alot as regards climate change mitigation. I also like how they analysed the situations for various regions.

SL

4.0Reviewed Jun 13, 2016

If people can mitigation a climate change the world will be solve the problems . I hope this course can make me clear about climate change in the world . why's climate change ? what's the problems ?

CO

5.0Reviewed Nov 9, 2017

The course has been very insightful to me as a climate change scientist. It has been very detailed and it has given me input that from a perspective that i had not thought of before. Thank you.

MK

5.0Reviewed Jan 23, 2024

This course carries substance. The knowledge base is vast, broad and extremely educative. Let us save our micro climate and the world.

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